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Yesterday was ok, was even fun.
At work, well at work again we were only 2 (instead of the usual 3) till noon, but by now, I dont care anymore
It is not my shop, it is not my problem. (Hard to say, if you know me)
Anyway, I arranged to have everything ready when it was due to be ready, and in the end I could go to this meeting in Brussels, which would be much more fun.
Reinventing the possibilities of the web. (Well not really reinventing, but using them in an interesting way and especially the thinking about such a thing, is quite learnful.)
So we were sitting, 6 people, putting this abstract thinking in a kind of model, and then checking for the link to reality.
I guess this is why I like ideas, but also marketing. I didnt eat much of it, I never had economics or marketing at school, but somehow for me it has all to do with I would like to have, or if I put myself in another person, what he/she would like to have.
And if in that idea, you find an interesting thing
To sell that idea, to have it work.
You have the story of this one guy who came up with the beautiful eclipse glasses.
It was not really THE invention, what was special about it: he made them look good, instead of a piece of hardboard, it became a nice thing to look at. It sold like crazy. Because admit, if you can buy these ugly glasses or these beautiful: what do you choose?
The thing was: it was needed; he knew everybody was going to buy, and his marketing plan well thought, to contact all pharmacies. For sure I rather buy it in a pharmacies than in a supermarket. Credibility
So he earned a lot of money.
After that, till now, he didnt come up with something else
Maybe hes still waiting for the next eclipse.
So yesterday for me was fun, because it was SO abstract. We were talking about a structure that somehow still has to be built. So you imagine certain ways, you walk through them in your mind and then you see the difficulties. So you go back and take another way. Till there is one that somehow fits your needs.
Wow.
The funny thing is when this happens with 6 people at the same time, in which minds things dont look the same, and still they can follow each other.
I really love it, and for that I am a die hard and go on for hours if needed.
I watched our programmer and saw him looking, sometimes panicking. He has to do the job
But no worries; I am sure hell manage.
Within some weeks youll see abstracting put into reality.
And our little team will look at it, and smile, and see that it was good.
Posted on August 9, 2003
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Invitation
welcome!!!
(i won't be there, but hey, you can enjoy the free drinks in my place...)
Posted on September 1, 2003
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Project in my mailbox
Today I got an amazing project in my mailbox.
And since I am still free in February...
(NY is planned for March/April, if not cancelled, right?)
Even if I would not be free, I'd make myself free...
On the project. Don't want to release much before plans get concrete.
Anyway the amazing thing was, that, before checking my mails, last night, my mind got full of ideas. But ideas where the puzzle fits.
Still busy with organizing the 'Snow in Jerusalem' project. And I want to go through with it, although it will be a hard job.
Since the conflict got into high tension, things will be difficult in Israel/Palestine.
But nothing can't be too difficult...
Busy with making this thing realistic, I was counting everything out, how to make it known in Belgium etc.
Writing all these things out, comparing fees for such projects, fitting in...
And suddenly this mail arrives. Saying similar things.
Doing similar things.
Because in the end it comes down to the same: telling people things, and focussing on children.
Because the rest doesn't seem to listen...
This is one of the things, if I wonder what I am busy with, I only can answer one thing...
Linking.
Due to a lot of travels, and contacts with organisations, I can write some emails and reach a whole public in different countries.
And seems that a lot of my friends have the same.
They say that you can get to a person in less than 5 steps. See Smallworld.
I guess I want to get to a point where I only need 1 step with certain people.
Always reach for the impossible... grin.
Lees meer "Project in my mailbox" »
Posted on September 24, 2003
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Great night
I had a splendid evening last weekend. On Friday we gathered with our fantastic team.
MasTuVu. A bunch of people with capacity toasting on jobs.
With splendid Bernard Massard.
The feeling of such a thing is great.
People together, daring to believe in something.
We will be seen, we can assure you.
Soon in your neighbourhood ;)
Posted on October 5, 2003
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Chocolat Story...
See & taste my story...
Yesterday I went to Jerusalem, to a coctail party of the Consulate -at 12AM-
It was Kingsday.
I was quite surprised, was there a holiday I didn't know about? One that I always missed in Belgium?
Fortunately -or unfortunately?- not, 21 of July is being celebrated in December, probably because of the heat that would melt all Belgian delicatesses...
Met quite some interesting people.
After leaving I got this little box. Wondering what was in?
Thanks Guido and family, I really appreciated it.
Posted on December 5, 2003
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Lightpainting.
Driving home at night.
I guess the weekend was filled with soo many impressions, I've lost some of them by now.
Recapture. Review. Needed. Tomorrow.
Posted on December 14, 2003
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Lightpainting II
Posted on December 15, 2003
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Pour un meilleur monde
A few days ago I found this project: Pourunmeilleurmonde.
I decided that I can help with some pictures: here they are.
Enjoy. And send some e-cards for new year... Pour un meilleur monde...
Posted on December 27, 2003
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Kosovo: Op zoek naar een toekomst
Ze kijkt me aan.
Waarom ik naar Belgie gekomen ben?
Ik ben een politieke vluchtelinge. Mijn land werd te gevaarlijk voor me.
19 was ze, toen ze haar ouders achterliet, en met een oom naar België trok.
Alleen in een vreemd land, een vreemde taal en vreemde mensen.
Niets om op terug te vallen behalve haar familie hier.
Als 2 jaar later de oorlog in Kosovo uitbreekt komen ook haar zussen en haar broer, haar nicht en diens kinderen naar België
afgezakt. Oorlogsvluchtelingen.
Je kan op alles labels kleven. Tot die labels mensen worden, personen met een leven, met lief en leed.
Vluchtelingen, staat het in de krant geblokletterd.
Voor mij zitten mensen die een verhaal vertellen over alles achterlaten, over met een klein koffertje aankomen in een vreemd land.
Over terecht komen op Linkeroever, en eerst in slaapzalen allemaal samen slapen, en later verspreid te worden over het hele land.
Over onzekerheid hoe het met de rest van de familie is, zij die zijn achtergebleven in het thuisland, of gevlucht naar elders.
Over de gruwel die ze hebben opgestapeld in herinneringen
Vluchtelingen worden al te vaak beschouwd als mensen op zoek naar een systeem om van te profiteren,
Soms zijn ze gewoon als u of ik: op zoek naar een toekomst.
Dit en andere verhalen worden aan u voorgesteld aan de hand van foto's van Ine Dehandschutter en Bart Gabriël. De fotoreeks toont beelden uit Kosovo en België; families die elkaar missen, telefoneren, een leven opbouwen zonder, maar toch met elkaar.
De foto's worden aan u voorgesteld in de nieuwe kantoren van Balkanactie vzw.
Wij nodigen u graag uit op de openingsreceptie op
Vrijdag 23 januari 2004 om 16u
Uitbreidingstraat 498 - 2600 Berchem (aan Berchem Station)
Tentoonstelling dagelijks te bezoeken van 19 tot 23 januari, tijdens de kantooruren.
Posted on January 19, 2004
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Kosovo: Do something with your stuff. Show it...
She wrote me, I don't know her (I think...)
What do you want to show them? What do you want them to question?
Good question, needs an answer.
I want people to wonder, to see the details, to notice the beauty.
Not to nag about the things they don't have, let's start to see what we do have.
Sounds like a passage ut of the Celestinian Promise, or another high in the sky hippie knowledge. You who know me: that's not me...
But you wrote more.
You're doing great. Do something with your stuff. Show it.
I did...
Showing in Antwerp right now
Feel free to visit.
Or listen to the interview on Radio 1 (Click on the icon / only in Dutch)
And I promise.. More exhibitions to come. :)
Posted on January 24, 2004
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Zab/ine: Byebye Jabbeke, Zab/ine has to run
By the way did I tell you about Jabbeke?
Yes, didn't I?
Do you remember who he is?
Indeed, a little boy who lives in a tree, beyond the horizon, the tree beyond the furthest tree you can see and in that tree there is a nest, and in that nest, jabbeke lives.
Jabbeke is a very special boy, he never does kaka and he flies without wings.
But that is not only the special thing about Jabbeke, you know what else he can?
Jabbeke can make eggs!!!
But in those eggs there is no eggy ellow or egg white, no little chicken or a duck but... a little tree
Show me your thumb and your finger, and bring them together, a little closer, yes, but still a little closer. Sooooo small are the trees in Jabbekes eggs
And when Jabbeke makes little eggs, they stay three days in the nest, after those 2 days, they open up, you see the little trees, and Jabbeke takes them one by one and flies to the dwarf village.
You know dwarfs, don't you? They live in mushrooms with a red head full of white spots. But you knew this, didn't you?
Yeeeeees!
Well those mushrooms they grow in the woods and that is why the dwarfs have a very
big garden and when Jabbeke arrives with a tree they make a little hole in the ground and they plant the tree. After that, Jabbeke eats Jabbeke cake with the dwarfs, Jabbeke cake is cake with cherries and with a mountain of fresh cream.
When he puts the top of the cake in his mouth, he always gets an a white-cream-moustache, sooo much cream is on the cake.
And they drink lemonade, this hard red one, and afterwards everybody has a red tongue en they show their tongues to each other to see who has the reddest tongue.
And they dance around the little trees, which become big later.
Some trees become very big, and they are very very old, soooooo old, like a 20 million years... That is all the hands of all the peope that live in Belgium...
A lot isn't it? And when they have danced too much and they are tired, all the dwarfs go asleep, and Jabbeke flies to his nest to sleep until he has to make the next egg...
This is a story of Zab/ine.
A memory of some years ago.
The project Zab/ine has stopped. And thus we are saying Good bye, see you soon.
Why? Because of too many things to do and worlds that are miles apart.
But dont worry, youll hear from us.
One way or another
Posted on March 28, 2004
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Final Exhibition Bezalel
©Ine D.
The silence is probably heavy for those at home...
But the activities very busy. (So busy that most of the time I don't seem to see my bed before 2 am and otherwise than before, I am up really early.)
This is the result of my Camera Obscura experiment.
It is working!!!
(FYI, this is an image from outside projected on the inside wall of my studio, through a little hole in the wall)
Thank you, Henk, for the precise explanation and measurements.
I owe you one, and when back in Belgium, you may count on that.
A belgian beer in a nice cafe it will be :)
For those at home: take a flight to visit the exhibition here. Tel Aviv will be alive and kicking in the end of May.
Posted on May 4, 2004
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Graduation Show - Invitation
You are all invited!
Posted on May 23, 2004
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Kosovo: looking for a future
The exibition 'Looking for a future' is still running.
If you want to know where to go, click this link
Posted on May 29, 2004
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The Graduation Show
The graduation show was featured in a radioshow, and in several newspapers: 'A tip to visit.'
Nice...
Posted on June 1, 2004
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Cards..
Today my new cards are being printed.
Too many times I am the one standing without a card to give...
And then suddenly you have to scribble it on a tiny paper people tend to loose.
So things change from today on.
Still wondered what to write on the card. Finally said photographer.
But am I?
Who am I?
Posted on June 16, 2004
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Press Attention
Well, as I commented on some blogs talking about this, getting press is not rocket science for most people and for most journalists, the subject must be interesting for the journalists, you have to prepare their work as much as you can if you want to speed the process by writing notes about what you may want the press to talk about (so that their articles are easier to write), and finally, you have to get the message to them.
Exactly the same thing as I say, out of the mouth of another.
Posted on July 29, 2004
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A book
Breast Awareness was a project PhotoBlog participated in.
One of my pictures was chosen.
Such a thing is 'not real', until the moment you see the results.
Then you think: What the heck, I am published in a book in Beijing!
Moko, congrats again with that project.
Posted on January 20, 2005
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Convergence
Soon to be seen in St Petersburg.
More news on the way.
Posted on February 18, 2005
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Stock photo on Middle East
ArabianEye launched its stockphoto. I am part of it ;)
Posted on March 6, 2005
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Convergence opens this weekend
Convergence: Artist Collaborations
is an exhibition from 03/12/05 - 05/04/05, in St Petersburg, Florida
Creating a global connection through local
and international collaborations – a convergence
of contemporary art, method, and vision by
some of the world’s most exciting young artists.
I am showing some works together with Moko and Kelly
If you have time and happen to be in St Petersburg, check it out. -Unfortunately, I cannot make it in time...-
Check also this amazing exhibitions from Project Creo
Posted on March 10, 2005
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Convergence exhibit in St Petersburg
Tonight, the convergence exhibit is opening in St Petersburg Tampa USA.
Moko, Kelly and I are showing diptychs over there.
Too bad I can't be there...
Here some pictures:
The view out of the gallery
The gallery, and Hakan (thanks for making these pics for me!)
Posted on March 11, 2005
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Dragkings
I told you we were working on an article on dragkingdom.
Here a preview on some pics.
For info: A drag king is a performer who makes masculinity into his or her act.
Drag kings dress in men’s clothes and apply facial hair. Moustaches, sideburns, beards and even chest hair. They bind their breasts and pack. Sometimes they parody, sometimes they emulate, but they always have fun.
Drag kings reclaim masculinity. Their message is that it is ok for everyone to be masculine, also women.
“I’m not saying I want to be a man. I’m saying I’m already what it takes to be a man. I am masculine.” states Lance, drag king with The Austin Gender Conspiracy, a drag king troupe from Texas, USA.
Drag kings revolt to society’s strict and rigid categories of male and female.
In our daily life a woman with facial hair is regarded as unacceptable, exactly because she breaks down stereotypes. Drag Kings are showing that women can also be sexy men. They experience gender as fluid: a mix of masculinity and femininity unrelated to biological gender.
Text by Britt Mesdagh
Posted on July 27, 2005
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Portfolio systems...
CottageKitchen.com is a little business on kitchens.
The mission was to do a remake of the site, with a focus on the images.
Since the rest of the site is static, I decided to use the MiniGal portfolio system in combination with static shtml pages.
The Minigal CMS system allows the owners to update the picture portfolio without intervention of the webdesigner.
I managed to make an integration of the CMS with my CSS design.
And Minigal is an easy system to upload images through ftp + online administration panel.
Yet I am still looking for better solution -for future projects-.
Anyone tips?
Posted on August 12, 2005
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After17 is out
The Chinese magazine that featured me in their first issue, asked me back for the third.
Seems it is available for download. So check it out :).
My series on Dragkings is featured in it, for the curious ones amongst you.
There seems some troubles in downloading, but I am sure they are fixing them.
Posted on August 26, 2005
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Remember the T-shirts idea for Karama
Do you remember a while ago I asked graphic designers to post some designs for T-shirts?
We received quite some nice things and I am happy to say, Karama will try to produce the T-shirts very soon -read january 2006, fast has several meanings... ;)-
I wanted to present one of my favorites:
Quite cool to walk the streets I think.
Posted on October 24, 2005
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Envy me.
Al this has to do with what happens to me next week.
For now you can envy me.
-Yep those are 2 brand new nano's, and 3 pbook you are counting.
And they are mine for the next 2 weeks... The lousy isight that took the shots too.-
Posted on October 28, 2005
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Did you know...
you can ice skate on the Grand Hyatt in Seoul?
Neither did I...
Posted on November 5, 2005
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Did you know...
you can swim on the rooftop of FourSeasons in Hong Kong?
Neither did I.
Posted on November 5, 2005
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So what's next?
Check out the newly launched website: invest.belgium.be.
That's the official site.
Follow the site you are reading now to see some sideviews...
Posted on November 6, 2005
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There we go...
The last few days I haven't been posting so much.
As said I was in the midst of a hurricane -and I still am-
At this very moment, I am high in the sky, flying towards Seoul.
You might have seen it on the news today: our Prime Minister is going on a business trip, promoting our little country in Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong.
-Guess who is sitting 2 seats from me now...-
Somehow, probably due to the fact that I turned out on the right place on the right moment -thus pure coincident- and a nice push in the back by Bart, I stumbled into this mission, as I was asked to prepare the keynote presentations for the seminar.
The next question was whether I was available to join the mission to be responsible for the technical side.
So here I am, behind me 2 hectic weeks of almost no sleeping, and ahead another week, with probably even less sleeping.
-Within 12 hours we arrive, and 1 hour later, the first presentation on 2 screens, in Korean and English, starts. Cross my fingers nothing goes wrong, yet it would be naive to think nothing will go wrong.-
I won't find much time to blog, but I'll do my best to post little movies.
-And I hope to entertain you with them :) -
*And yes, the hotels mentioned before are the ones we are staying in. -I truly believe this will be the first and the last time I'll sleep in such expensive beds. I also hope to provide a picture of me swimming in that swimming pool... lol-
**Wow the food in business class is good... :)
Posted on November 6, 2005
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Pics.
Okokok I promised movies... But since I didn't had the chance you'll have to do with some pics.
Q met de iPod.
Arrival in Seoul.
Ceremony at a cemetery.
Arrival at the presidential palace.
Arrival at the presidential palace.
Arrival at the presidential palace.
In the streets of Seoul.
Posted on November 7, 2005
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VIP? Me?
Posted on November 7, 2005
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Arrival in Tokyo, announced by our lovely stewardess.
:°)
Posted on November 8, 2005
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South Korea - North Korea
Posted on November 8, 2005
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Room with a view...
This is probably all I'll see in Tokyo. :(
Posted on November 8, 2005
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Tokyo, the next part.
Thanks to the one hour free time left and a bunch of nice gentlemen I did see a glimpe of Tokyo after all.
Tx to Q, Wouter G. andTimothy V.
View out of the car to the airport.
Posted on November 9, 2005
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1 hour off...
In Singapore Fullerton hotel...
And yep it is me in the pool.
Posted on November 10, 2005
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Not all my pics are used :)
Some more special selections later :)
Posted on November 10, 2005
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Big City Lights..
Morning in Hong Kong
On the 70th floor of Cheung Kong, owned by a tycoon.
At the bottom of the same building.
Tram in the streets.
All under construction.
Un-be-lievable..
Posted on November 11, 2005
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Hectic week finished.
Seems we made it.
Everybody is sleeping in the flight, or reading comics, or watching the awful movie.
We all have 2 things in general: tired looks and in the same time relieved smiles.
It is over; we are flying back.
Our stopover (in the 15h flight) will be Siberia, seems to be the only choice to stop... From 32 degrees in Bangkok to minus zero.
And I guess it reflects the opposites between the trip and getting back: from 200 miles an hour to zero...
Home sweet home.
A shower; a bed, and many hours to sleep...
Posted on November 14, 2005
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Jetlagged
Please consider this non-momentum blogging as a giant jet-lag recuperation.
Tx.
Posted on November 15, 2005
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Due to a lack of time and blogging fever
Near the N Korean border
Reynders at the presentation
Before a meeting
Wouter
Tycoon in Hong Kong
Tycoon in Hong Kong
In the streets of Hong Kong
Gala Dinner in Hong Kong
Gala Dinner in Hong Kong
Back home.
Posted on November 17, 2005
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Invest in Belgium: the pictures are online
(In-room massage: dial 85)
It took me some time, but most of the pics of the trip are online.
-probably not so interesting for most of you, but I was asked to put all of them, for participants of the trip...-
Enjoy.
Posted on November 17, 2005
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Report
People certainly wondered and asked a whole bunch of questions after my trip, but frankly speaking, I am just really really tired.
I didn't take the time to recuperate from the jet lag due to another project, and yesterday, it was suddenly too much. I crashed and fell asleep.
My remarks after such a trip: I never ever want to be Prime Minister of a country.
Many people think it was fun and we ate good food and spent the money of the country.
Heck I slept in beautiful hotels.... 2-4 hours a night.
Heck I ate really good food... but almost fell asleep in my plate.
And yes, I agree, it was an amazing experience. But don't underestimate the real part of the trip. I can assure you my trip to Syria was more fun, and more of a vacation than this hectic week of 7 days and 6 countries. We actually spent most of the time in a plane...
Would I do it again: sure!
Who wouldn't. :)
Posted on November 22, 2005
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Invest...
Verhofstadt en Reynders richten nu hun blik op Azië, in het voorjaar doen ze Noord-Amerika aan.
Yep, let's prepare for the White House...
For those who still wonder: Notional Interest Deduction, read more here (in Dutch) (it took me one week t understand a little bit of it. ;) )
Posted on December 2, 2005
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Don't talk, just do.
Jason Freid of 37Signals explains why we should not write functional specifications and instead concentrate on building the interface.
Don't write a functional specifications document. Why? Well, there's nothing functional about a functional specifications document.
Functional specifications documents lead to an illusion of agreement. A bunch of people agreeing on paragraphs of text is not real agreement. Everyone is reading the same thing, but they're often thinking something different. This inevitably comes out in the future when it's too late.
This rings so true! The only way we can be sure we are talking about the same thing is if all the players are looking at the user experience though interface mock-ups.
[via]
Posted on December 9, 2005
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Chicago...
I visited the SearsTower when 12.
Curious to see how the city changed.
Soon images along with some other cities.
Posted on December 15, 2005
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Flying abroad next week
Just got back from Brussels, picked up a brand new Apple 17 inch, a 15 inch and 4 iPod Videos.
Playtime!
I mean, we'll be flying 8 hours to Washington. Have to fill those machines with some awesome content.
Guess the ministers will be seeing some good vodcasts. And listen to some nice podcasts.
Peter, I'll use this list for sure.
If anyone has any tips: always welcome to send in.
Posted on January 9, 2006
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Kinda busy...
Low posting these days. Pretty busy.
Leaving on Monday for Washington DC.
Taking pics of a certain important person on Tuesday...
Flying to NYC on Wednesday (shoppin' shoppin')
Onto Chicago on Thursday.
Back in Belgium on Saturday.
And then chill one week to fix the jet-lag ;)
Hopefully I'll be able to post some pics here...
Posted on January 13, 2006
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The hotels...
Wooow.
Just checked my hotels with the new Google Earth for Mac (Great feature... Fabulous download...)
Well, seems only a 5 min walk to the big building below...
Posted on January 14, 2006
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Thoughts at 35000 feet.
We are off again.
Next mission with the Prime Minister, to Washington DC, NYC and Chicago.
Tomorrow, this time, we'll be at the Oval Office.
Wish me good luck with the pics...
More pics the next days. :)
(FGOV©Ine Dehandschutter)
Posted on January 16, 2006
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What do you do on an 10h flight?
Not so much...
Play nice video's on your video iPod provided by the nice Apple Belgium guys.
Then you have a stopover in Gander.
Gander you ask?
Gander is somewhere in Canada (Hey , I didn't know we have a stopover)
Gander or did not changed since the seventies or dug up its furniture of the seventies since it is fancy again...
She would just have loved it...
(I did!)
After refilling the machine with fuel, another 3 hours to Washington.
In which we played around with Google Earth (more on that one very soon)
We arrived in Washington, drove through emptied highways and now I have to run to take pics of Madeleine Allbright.
(Time is the thing you have when at 15000 feet, not when you are at a 5min walk of the White House...)
Posted on January 16, 2006
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Arrival in Washington
More on invest.belgium.be
Posted on January 17, 2006
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Meeting Allbright
More on invest.belgium.be
Posted on January 17, 2006
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Follow our trip
Follow our trip through the eyes of a satellite:
(Save the file on your HD and open it in Google Earth.
Download Google Earth if you don't have it yet.)
(For stories and pics: surf to invest.belgium.be)
Posted on January 17, 2006
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Jetlagged...
4.30 AM, and I can't sleep...
Jetlag, (aka "jetlag" or "jet-lag"), is a physiological condition consequence of alterations of the circadian rhythm. Such alterations result from shift work, transmeridian travel, or altered day length. They are known as desynchronosis, dysrhythmia, dyschrony, jet lag, or jet syndrome. The condition is generally believed to be the result of disruption of the "light/dark" cycle that entrains the body's circadian rhythm. It can be exacerbated by environmental factors.
Characteristic symptoms of jet lag include:
* Fatigue (YEP, I have)
* Disorientation and/or grogginess (sure)
* Nausea and/or upset stomach (absolutely)
* Headaches and/or sinus irritation
* Insomnia and/or highly irregular sleep patterns (well..it is 4am, isn't it)
* Dehydration and loss of appetite
* Irritability
* Irrationality (hmmm, knowing what I think know, you would probably call me irrational indeed...)
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Posted on January 17, 2006
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Visit to the Oval Office
This morning I had to go to the Oval Office.
Normally I was supposed to join the press.
That was until I arrived and introduced as the 'official photographer' of the Prime Minister (which I am).
I was allowed into the Oval Office together with the official White House photographers.
I am truly impressed.
I am...
PS: Very Exclusive pic in the White House ;)
(Bron: Ine Dehandschutter. Free for use)
PPS: Did you know the President has 3! full-time photographer who picture his whole life?
Posted on January 17, 2006
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Press Conference outside of White House
Press conference.
Posted on January 17, 2006
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Arrived in NYC
City that never sleeps.
I am falling like a stone...
But all the work has to be done: I am uploading some of the pics to a web-gallery. (Url follows after I get some time to clean up some images...)
We need to send images to the invest site.
In case you'd think these trips are just fun, I can assure you, they do kill...
We barely sleep 4 hours a night here.
(But I admit, it is fun...)
Didn't see anything of Washington but hotel lobbies, hotel rooms, and conference rooms. And OK, an Oval Room, for which I might be envied...)
No pics of NYC yet. But tomorrow afternoon we'll be seeing Koffi Annan. And the New York Stock Exchange.
So more pics to come :)
To satisfy your photo-hunger: another pic out of the White House.
Posted on January 18, 2006
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Breakfast at the New York Residence
(Yep, they started at 8AM.. So me too.)
Posted on January 18, 2006
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Koffi
So here he is...
Koffi.
Hours waiting, for 3 seconds of pictures and 1 handshake.
Funny world.
Posted on January 18, 2006
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Free time
Can't believe it, we actually have some free time!!
(That is: I am free. Our Prime Minister is working all day, in one to one meetings with investors. Frankly speaking: respect. Wouldn't like to have his job...)
Posted on January 18, 2006
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One free night.
While the officials are at an official dinner, we went with some people into the city.
Have a nice dinner, have a nice drink at 'W', near Time Square.
Fabulous...
Loved the design.
Posted on January 19, 2006
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Busy day
The schedule for today:
-Breakfast at the Residence to meet investors
-Meeting at Bloomberg Television for 2 television interviews
-Meeting with Steve Forbes
-Meeting with The New York Times.
-Have lunch at the Stock Exchange and go to the floor.
-Catch a flight. (and be late because Dick Cheney is arriving.)
(At this moment, I am at this flight, gathering my pictures, preparing the keynote for tomorrow, and setting the pics ready for upload on the invest.belgium.be site)
What you read above is an ordinary day in this hectic trip.
As always: more info and pictures on the Invest.belgium.be site
Posted on January 19, 2006
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At the residence
Beautiful view on Central Park and the NY skyline.
Posted on January 19, 2006
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Some more pics
More pics in the extended entry.
Posted on January 20, 2006
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Track us :)
Download the link and open in Google Earth.
Posted on January 20, 2006
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Chicago
Chicago Airport upon arrival
Drinks
Conference
At the city of Chicago: Major Delany
Posted on January 20, 2006
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Longing for...
..home.
And a bed.
And a whole Sunday.
Posted on January 20, 2006
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Trip in some video
Posted on January 20, 2006
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Staying at Hyatt.
Mjammie.
Just ate delicious sushi in the Lounge of the Hyatt...
What more can one wish for?
Posted on January 21, 2006
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Back in Belgium
The plane landed at 10.30 AM.
Tired to death now (28h awake)
Catch the news here.
(Oh, there is a glimpse of me in it... lol)
(Image sent by Pixelman)
My pic:
Posted on January 21, 2006
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After 17, issue 5 has been released
After17 is a Chinese Magazine I sometimes contribute for.
So I did for this issue.
Enjoy.
(NB: Download takes long...)
Posted on January 22, 2006
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Oval Office
Some people asked me if I found it impressive to be in the Oval Office.
Yep, I certainly did.
Yep, it was quite strange to come into this famous place and see Mr. Bush and Condi Rice in front of me, and no sign of our Prime Minister.
But I guess what was more stunning to me, is the fact I know this Office from pictures of long time ago.
I stood near this table, I watched the room like they did 65 years ago...
That was the very impressive moment for me.
Posted on January 24, 2006
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Slideshow Prime Minister online
As a test I have put some pictures online on my Flickr account.
View the slideshow of the Prime Ministers Keynote in the US (with more pictures in the White House)
Posted on February 10, 2006
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International cooperation
I sometimes design for a company in the US.
When asking on how they got to me, the story is funny:
My US boss was in Costa Rica, and on his last 2 or
3 days here I contacted him for the web design job and got it. My other
boss is Russian. And so far we have people in different spots in 3
continents working for the company (soon it'll be 4 continents as I'm
moving to Australia :):) ), all of us work online so I don't actually
know how they all look :)
So, you actually got contacted by the Costarican working for the US
company owned by the US and Russian guys!!
And I found you through TypePad. We had to customize the blog and they
didn't offer the service but kindly gave me a list of people who worked
with those codes. Not everybody did TypePad, you did, and your website
was really nice, I got hooked with the photos ... And then I found out
you were "around the corner", Cuba, so that was funny too. I've been at
this for almost a year, and I love it, working with people from
wherever and making it work!!
Aaah! Global virtual world. Don't we love it! :)
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Posted on July 25, 2006
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After17
After17 is a Chinese online-magazine I collaborate with.
In their recent special issue, they used pictures made by Israeli, Israeli-Arab and Palestinian children.
It became a beautiful piece of work, worth checking.
Some of the pictures were taken in the SnowBlog project, some by me, and some by some friends of me, and some bloggers I read (Lisa Goldman, we finally worked on a project together!)
The honors entirely go to dear friend Moko Chen, and the photographers themselves.
Congrats!
Too bad I don't read Chinese...
Posted on September 8, 2006
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Destination India?
India will sideswipe you with its size, clamour and diversity - but if you enjoy delving into convoluted cosmologies and thrive on sensual overload, then it is one of the most intricate and rewarding dramas unfolding on earth, and you'll quickly develop an abiding passion for it.
Nothing in the country is ever quite predictable; the only thing to expect is the unexpected, which comes in many forms and will always want to sit next to you. India is a litmus test for many travellers - some are only too happy to leave, while others stay for a lifetime.
Hmmm.. Which kind of traveller will I be? The latter?
(At least we won't face this kind of trouble.)
Posted on September 8, 2006
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Featured on Lisa's blog
I got featured on Lisa's blog... Wow...
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Posted on September 10, 2006
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Wallah!
Designed to resemble a billowing sail, the hotel soars to a height of 321 metres, dominating the Dubai coastline. At night, it offers an unforgettable sight, surrounded by choreographed colour sculptures of water and fire. This all-suite hotel reflects the finest that the world has to offer.
With your chauffeur driven Rolls Royce, discreet in-suite check in, private reception desk on every floor and a brigade of highly trained butlers who provide around-the-clock attention, you can be assured of a highly personalised service throughout your stay.
Tennis Court available...:
I once met one of the managers of that hotel...
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Posted on September 11, 2006
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India and vaccines
Make sure your food and drinking water are safe. Food and waterborne diseases are the primary cause of illness in travelers. Travelers’ diarrhea can be caused by viruses, bacteria, or parasites, which are found throughout South Asia and can contaminate food or water. Infections may cause diarrhea and vomiting (E. coli, Salmonella, cholera, and parasites), fever (typhoid fever and toxoplasmosis), or liver damage ( hepatitis).
Hmmmm.
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Posted on September 21, 2006
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7 sins
I was asked to make a little movie with the n93, to test run it.
On one of the 7 sins (I am not a movie maker, thus 7even was not an option ;) )
Here it is (in Dutch...):
Or watch it and rate it a YouTube.
I am passing the stick to Polskaya who clearly has been studying movies recently ;)
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Posted on September 30, 2006
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Rokc and roll
Just worked 12 hours non stop on a site, for an American boss, with a Costa Rican employer.
Don't we love the new world?
:)
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Posted on October 5, 2006
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Research for work...
:)
Qutab Minar
Mahatma Ghandi
Oberoi Hotel
Abdul Kalam
Sonia Ghandi
Hyderabad
Dakshina Chitra
Mamallapuram
Taj West End
Bangalore
Indian Institute of Science
Ajit Shetty
Chennai
New Dehli
Sister Jeanne
Taj Mahal Hotel
Mumbai
Dubai
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Posted on October 18, 2006
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Official
So what's up with me?
short posts here and there without real content, and some linking here and there.
The answer is simple: I am preparing for India, and I am leaving in 1.5 weeks...
I am (again) official photographer of our Prime Minister on this mission.
I'll try to make short reports on this site.
'Try' because, really, things are pretty busy on such a trip -whatever people might think of it..-
We are actually visiting 5 cities in 5 days, hopping planes, presenting 3 times a seminar on the economical advantages of Belgium, next to that, there is the official part of meeting leaders of the country, visiting special locations, and loads of meetings with business men, in the morning, at noon, and in the evening.
By the end of the day it is 2/3AM, and at 7AM the next meeting is planned.
Not to mention the fact that we arrive in a different time-zone from start.
There is loads of preparation one wouldn't think of: everybody needs briefing, everybody needs a back up, everybody needs a hotel-room and a car to get wherever he needs to go.
And since it is all urgent and high profile, there is security and sometimes the roads are emptied to get the cars where they should get...
These will be 3 hectic weeks.
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Posted on October 21, 2006
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Leaving tomorrow
Ok, later on today I'll be checking al material and if all is ok, but tomorrow night we're leaving for India.
It is the first time of all these trips all is ready, and I don't need to do anything until arrival.
Really weird. I feel a little uncomfortable in not having anything to do but to get my trousers from dry cleaning.. lol
Reports will follow tomorrow. Bringing my N93 along :)
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Posted on October 31, 2006
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Ready, take off.
Nov 2, take off for stopover at Abu Dhabi.
Will the plane last that long? (There is a joke about the airbusses of the army: they have problems pretty frequently.
It is a joke, yet... Where there is smoke... Flew a lot of times by now and until now no crashes ;) )
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Posted on November 2, 2006
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Good morning sunshine.
Morning in the air.
We left at 00.00 in Belgium, and are flying across some time zones.
Flying through time :)
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Posted on November 2, 2006
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Diamonds and pearls.
While passing time in the plane, you start to talk to some people.
I met Mukesh Shah, from Munic Gems, an Antwerp-based Indian diamond trader.
(Google Indian diamonds and you'll read India is becoming the biggest manufacturer in the world, surpassing Belgium and Israeli)
By now I know something more about pink and champagne diamonds.
Next to diamonds Mr Shah is busy with other projects, from which one he revealed to me.
Update: actually I understood this wrong: Mr Shah has an interesting humanitarian project. Have to get back to him to him to understand it fully.
No time now though.
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Posted on November 2, 2006
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Abu Dhabi, Dubai
A technical stop over.
Landed after 8 hours of flying, going another 3 hours after taking off again.
We won't make it further than the transit zone with some duty free shopping.
Traveling like this is rather hellish: 8 hours on an Airbus just results in a broken back.
For me, for the journalists and probably also the Prime Minister...
-Nope, we don't have a special equipped Airforce One like the States does :) -
Above: view out of the air on approaching Dubai. It seems clouded and the city rises between the clouds.
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Posted on November 2, 2006
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9PM in Belgium 1AM here...
I have the feeling posting will become extremely difficult the following days...
The arrival was quite hectic. But by now I have the feeling all things are quite hectic in India...
We arrived in the airport and got into our cars. From that moment on, I realized I got to get away from traditional (Belgian) standards of organization. (Believe me, getting into a car in India is crazy. I will no longer curse my sister when together in a car...Actually she is a good driver I found out today... ;) )
We didn't get into the official colon to the hotel, nor did our clothes arrive, so we ended up late and not so well dressed to the reception.
And there it was: 'total peace'. The ambassadors house in New Dehli is just beautiful. A huge garden screaming 'yin yang' filled with people and making us at ease after along flight.
I had to work though. (But yet it was nice.)
The peace dissolved as fast as it came, when we headed back to the hotel: apparently nothing was ready yet.
So we decided to go and eat (something we didn't do since breakfast)
Luckily (again) we were invited to this nice restaurant in the Sheraton, offering really delicious food, giving us strength.
For no real purpose though. When going back, it seemed the conference room is still not ready, and people would be working around the clock to get everything ready.
By now, I feel a little uncomfortable, not knowing if or when I'll see the final setup to test.
By now (9PM in Belgium and 1 AM in India) I offer gifts to Buddha so he will give me a ready room tomorrow at 7AM. -ordering the wake-up call now-
Yep, this is a busy week...
Catch u tomorrow...
Posted on November 2, 2006
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7.00 AM local time or 2.30AM in Belgium
Finally, I went asleep at 2.00 AM.
And forgot to close the airco. Airco's left open at night suck... (Terrible terrible headache. Took already a 500mg Nurofen to make it stop. I hope I don't get too happy :) )
The conference room has changed dramatically.
Last night at 2, nothing was ready. Today a full audio and video set up is ready and they are working hard to make all work.
FIngers crossed.
Grabbing breakfast and heading for the wreath-laying at Ghandi's grave...
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Posted on November 3, 2006
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5.30PM local time
This morning I was impressed to see the conference room.
I was busy changing all settings until I had to go for the wreath laying at Gandhi's grave.
Which is a funny story: we all had to remove our shoes to enter the area where he was buried. The Prime Minister and the other were walking on a road, but the journalists had to walk on the grass that was quite wet...
A funny sight: journalists running on bare feet or socks to get on the right spot to take some good footage.
We all ended up with wet feet... Because nobody minds, everyone needs the image.
Add to that that the Indian press is ready 'dying for that one pic' and you get an idea.
After that I immediately headed back to the conference room where the final preparation was done (note for myself: happy I brought all the extra cables because many were needed...)
Now did it go well? True horror, or real delight?
Actually it went well (sigh...)
Of course there were minor things that could have been better, but that's always the case.
The video started in tile, there was sound and all the speakers were able to show their slides.
All was run within the strict time limit which is, really, amazing on such events...
After that we had a lunch.
And then again I had to be ready to go for another spot: the presidential palace, where the Prime Minister met the president.
The palace is huge... with beautiful gardens, and amazing architecture on both in and out side.
It is a true pity that the only thing that matters on that very moment is to have the handshake of those two persons.
I mean, truly, these pictures are all the same, everywhere and anywhere.
I wonder why trough out history these images became so important.
After which we went to the monument for the lost soldiers.
Some interviews were given, and it was a great photo-op.
In the cars again and heading for the hotel, where more talks follow.
Now it 5.30 PM local time. And I am busy setting all the images ready to send.
I am death tired :)
What I think of New Delhi you wonder?
Ooh, I am in New Delhi?
(We jumped in and out cars. Didn't see much except for emptied roads and hotels, and palaces...)
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Posted on November 3, 2006
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Sidepics
People in the presidential palace.
Guards at the presidential palace.
Driver.
Smog in New Dehli...
Posted on November 3, 2006
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Chennai, here we come
I am writing this on the flight to Chennai.
This morning was nice and quiet and a welcomed pause in the hectic schedule. I was able to select and optimize some pictures and send them to Belgium.
(The Prime Minister on the other hand had quite a few meetings...)
Yesterday night I crashed into the nice bed, and I slept without a pause until this morning 7 AM local time (which jet-lag?)
At 11 we went for a visit to the Qutub Minar, a beautiful minaret, the oldest in India (dating from the 12th century if I am not mistaken)
It is protected by the UN heritage.
After a nice lunch, we headed for the airport. And here we are, ready for the next stop :)
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Posted on November 4, 2006
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Arrived in Chennai.
Now I didn't think we'd have a special welcome committee.. But we had.
Probably something like 30 little cute white cars were waiting for us. With our names on!!! Driving us in colonna to the hotel.
Like in Delhi all the streets were emptied, but here on each 100 meters there was a police officer checking whether we would be safe.
And then the arrival in the hotel...
We have guards on our floor (normally this is preserved for the floor of the Prime Minister, I don't know why, but here apparently it is foreseen for the whole VVIP delegation... Even the elevators have police officers.)
Will certainly remember this entrance in a city.
Anyway, the Prime Minister has a tight schedule, but there is no presentation here, so my program is rather OK: picturing the Prime Minister is less stressful than setting up a conference room.
Note to myself: this is the second time our luggage is a lot later, should take clothes in hand luggage next time. And bring on that monchichi!
Due to all the turbulence I just forgot all about it.. -sorry so busy-
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Posted on November 4, 2006
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Disco
Disco in India is soooo wrong ;)
Tonight I ad some time free, and a Belgian living in here took us for a tour in town.
This is just minutes before my camera was taken away 'because it is very dangerous to take pictures in a discoteque -last time the couple pictured was put in jail, the manager too, and the hotel was closed for 2 days.
The music is really wrong music (according to my humble opinion. Lori Glory, you should come and save the tent... You might have a great Trouble party here. Police included ;) )
Is was all American Snoop Doggy Dog music. We wanted Indian pop...
Update: I changed the image in this post, because tonight I heard from a belgian guy the whole story. Which is stunning indeed.
Apparently the couple was sent to jail because they were kissing on the picture.
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Posted on November 4, 2006
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It is Sunday then it must be Bangalore...
We actually left at 4 for Bangalore, and spent the day visiting some monuments.
Quite impressive. But a lot of work for me. And sweaty as hell...
Dakshina Citra & Mamallapurum
Local Bokrijk...
Our cute cars (Ambassadors.)
The colonna of cars in front.
Leaving Chennai.
And arriving in Bangalore.
(Check the requisites the Prime Minister is getting.. grin)
Signing of an agreement (I am not joking when saying the Indian Press is actually fond of our Prime Minister, and meanwhile I get elbows and camera's in my face because 'they want to be first')
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Posted on November 5, 2006
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Van Quickenborne meets blogster
Now this is a pretty neat story:
Van Quickenborne did some research on coming here and he found out a Belgian student is studying here in Bangalore, so he deiced to contact her and ask her for a meeting.
And here they are... sitting at a table chit chatting on India.
Reminds me of the mail I got from the consul in Jerusalem, and me figuring out that I had more readers than I thought I had, and certainly not the ones I expected to have.
Resulting in wonderful things...
So who's the blogster? Read all about it on www.kafka.be and click on Kafka in India.
(I can tell you she was very surprised to hear a certain politician was reading her blog. :), and I can tell you he is reading some others amongst you too ;) )
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Posted on November 5, 2006
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Presentation stress
Unlike in Delhi, in Bangalore I found a room with a full audio and video set up. Henk Mahieu from BuZa (Foreign Affairs) smiled to me and said 'You can have a nice sleep tonight.'
I needed it, because the plan was to wake up at 5 and join in in Van Quickenborne's mission to go out of town and check some micro projects, followed by a visit to the Technical Institute.
I though i had a room with audio and video, that is...
When at 9PM I wanted to check the connections and see if everything went smooth, the room had gone into a dramatically change: not only the tables were undressed, the stage had disappeared, including the whole video and audio set up.
I have to say I almost had a heart attack, and then decided it was better to smile about all this inefficiency...
Apparently the set up of the room for the former event (also with the Prime Minister) was done by another company, thus all is removed and the new company is doing it all over again. (One wonders why a presentation of 1h and another presentation of 2 hours need so much preparation)
It is 7 AM now: they should have been working all night to set up the new room, and I am pretty sure I will be stunned again.
Yet my night sleep could have been so much more relaxing. I am awake since 5AM, wondering of all will be OK.
A shame of the perfect bed.
I will be missing the trip with Quick, and the visit to the Technical Institute.
And all of this in the knowledge that yesterday evening there was a full set-up ready, needing only one plug to my computer to check followed by a happy night.
I guess living in India would drive me crazy...
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Posted on November 6, 2006
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Monday 1PM...
4 days... That's what it took me to get the Turista in India...
But according to what I hear from other people I can rename it to Diplomata.
Lol.
The presentation went really well. All was set 5 minutes for start off (Imagine the stress on top of my stomach problems)
And as for my Turista, Mr Shetty is here, and I guess he might have a very good marketing action for Janssens Immodium on me today.
Grinning.
Update: before anybody makes anything out of it: there are few people with some problems. I had a mail of somebody thinking 50 people were having troubles: no guys, it was a small joke...
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Posted on November 6, 2006
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Mumbai
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Posted on November 8, 2006
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Back in Belgium
We arrived back in Belgium yesterday morning at 4.
I had a splendid sleep in the airplane. Really!
Maybe it is time to make a short wrap up of the trip:
-Indians are quite hectic. Sweet but hectic: they have this kind of happiness inside their eyes, and and very extremely friendly except for the journalists- but their organization talent is quite limited. I missed several photo ops because of the fact that the conference room wasn't well prepared and several times I was happy that I was there in time, so no huge mistakes happened. Actually it is the first trip where at the presentation itself, few things happened wrong.
-Mumbai/Bombay smells awful. You don't see it on the pics -didn't post them yet- but the city is full of open sewing. Jak... Really. Couldn't live there. If this is how the Middle Ages smelled, I am so damn happy we are in the 21th century in Europe.
-I am not keen on politics, and I am still convinced here are way too many politicians in our small country. And if you ask me to confess color I'll tell you I am rainbow.
But we have a damn good and hard working Prime Minister.
My roommate, a soon-to-be doctor in European politics agrees on that one 'Verhofstadt is world class, and maybe Belgium is just to small for him'
I couldn't agree more when seeing him working around the clock during these trips.
-Thank God for Janssen&Janssen. I think we chose the wrong 'Biggest Belgian' a year agree. I really ought to be Janssen. Really.
We do not realize the impact of good medicines in our society. How it improved our lives.
-As for myself, I am pretty happy I didn't become a journalist after all (these writings are no journalism either) I saw several times the battle of the strongest during this trip, and I am happy I don't have to fight it.
Actually it made me see things from a different perspective too: I think it was an awful trip for the Prime Minister: the press was really way to close to him, on every occasion.
I don't understand why, because by being so close, the surrounding image, the perspective gets lost.
There wasn't one occasion where he was left out of the spots. Must be an awful way of traveling...
I woke up at 7 today. Got in bed around 9.30 PM.
Terrible headache..
And still in bed, working with the laptop on my lap ;)
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Posted on November 9, 2006
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India: notice the red spot
For luck and happiness they say.
Posted on November 13, 2006
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Kabouter
Ok imagine me, being invited to give a lecture at the KHM Mechelen. Imagine me asking about bloggers. I figured out after 1 hour that the person in front of me is Kleintje(She kept the secret until I noticed the droodles.)
Notice her in the back of the little movie presenting Libsische dwarfs... Nah :P
There were some other bloggers too, but I invite them to put their link in the comments.
I put my presentation here in attach. For those interested. It is about evolution in media (in Dutch).
Posted on December 14, 2006
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Fanciest Farmer girl :)
We are present at the contest of the Fanciest Farmer Girl, doing the keynote and taking pic (the latter is done by Tim
Having fun :)
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Posted on January 13, 2007
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At the job
I am busy with recording some vodcasts these days and somehow in this job you do learn a lot of interesting stuff such as:
-Johnson&Johnson is testing a patch-painkiller you have to push when you start feeling the pain. Only then the patch starts to spread the painkiller.
-They also developed a kind of drug that is 'smart', it releases the medicine on different time spots, thus enabling a 'one-time injection' being enough to provide your body with medicines for the whole month.
-IMEC is working on nano-technology, developed a series of informative movies on how nano-technology is inserted in our lives.
Really interesting, but only available in their off line exhibit room (though I am trying to convince them to put them online...)
How did those huge computers became so small? How did a radio ended up an iPodNano?
Really interesting stories. I do love my job.
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Posted on January 15, 2007
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UGent maakt antilichamen in plantenzaad
UGent maakt antilichamen in plantenzaad:
Wetenschappers van de Universiteit van Gent zijn erin geslaagd om in plantenzaden antilichamen te produceren.
Lees meer bij VRTNieuws.net
Ha! I visited the VIB today, we had to do an interview for a vodcast.
Really interesting (again)
Posted on January 16, 2007
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What to expect tonight in the Atomium ;)
The launch of Vista, in Brussels.
And the last concert ever of Praha Khan...
(Disclosure: tonight I am working as a photographer)
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Posted on January 30, 2007
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Second Life
And 300 meters further, the blogging guys are playing in Second Life, while watching the life stream out of the Atomium.
The event is fully booked.
You can try in Second Life, in the coolest clubs.
slurl
Most them are sold out though...
More info on this event here.
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Posted on January 30, 2007
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Atomium
The atomium was recently renewed and looks fancy.
Funny to see that most of the real design I owe, is also present there.
Anyway, some spacy shots from inside:
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Posted on January 30, 2007
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The day after after
Ok, now the pain arrives...
All my muscles hurt like hell, and so does my back.
I realized it would be like this when the security guy at the VIP Atomium ball said 'this one keeps on doing stairs'
Yep, I was the photographer, having to report everything.
And since there is 1 elevator in the Atomium, and like what? 1000 people needing to get up and down, using the elevator was kind of 'wasting time waiting'
But it was worth the effort.
I had fun that day, seeing the ever gentle Maurice Van Engelen, while soundchecking, seeing the break dance guys stretching their muscles (something I definitely would have done if I had the energy left late at night), chitchatting with Michiel, meeting up with the bloggers, sipping some champie, dancing on some good music, and most of all, working.
I do love my job...
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Posted on February 1, 2007
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Kristin Hersh
If you were asked to do an interview with Kristin Hersh, what would you ask her?
(Please comment on this one )
My notes:
-Her father, W. James Hersh, is a philosophy professor at Salve Regina University specializing in the philosophy of the imagination and political philosophy. (mmm wonder if that influenced her songs.)
-Her father wrote a song 'Houdini blues' if I am not mistaken
-She edited her own wikipedia entry (would ask something on that too)
-Her first songs were written 'automatically' while later on she started to really writes songs (what is the difference for her.)
-For me 'The Real Ramona' was her best album ever. (But what is the best album according to her?)
-When seeing the tour dates + places: doesn't she get tired by these tours?
-There is a contest lip-singing she released on YouTube. (Who's idea. Why.)(check this out, the results are stunning!!)
-Would she speak my voicemessage :)
Kristin Hersh is touring with The Mc Carricks, and is in Gent on Thursday in the Handelsbeurs
Sounds like this could result in something really weird but nice
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Posted on March 13, 2007
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IT Pro Developer days of Microsoft
I am at the IT Pro Developer Days of Microsoft taking pictures.
You can find them on my Flickr account in the Microsoft set.
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Posted on March 28, 2007
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IT Pro Days: third day
My days have been quite hectic: taking pictures on the IT Pro days is quite challenging...
Admit: 8 rooms, with 5 keynotes each spread during the day, some coffee and lunch breaks, a speaker, and a bunch of geeks: visually it isn't that easy to do something with...
I have to thanks the guys of DDMC on my bare knees for changing the boring rooms into something with beautiful light settings, allowing me to look for more than 'the obvious'.
You can see the photoset on Flickr
What I learned from these days:
-they started organizing this October last year (and it showed. It was really well designed and organized... you can say a lot of things of Microsoft, but they sure do know how to organize an event.)
-it pro keynotes CAN be interesting and funny (really, I switched rooms all the time, and some of them were dead boring, but a bunch of them were or interesting, or full of jokes. A pity I had to leave...)
-promo girls do an awful lot of nothing all day...looking beautiful seemed suddenly dead boring to be.
-David Chappell is almost as good as Steve Jobs ;) (don't boo me here. They are both really charismatic, and they know how to speech)
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Posted on March 29, 2007
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Nokia Nsights bloopers
I got interviewed for Nokia Nsights.
Of course I made some bloopers.
Just to make you guys smile:
The final video's are here: on photography, and on citizen journalism.
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Posted on April 17, 2007
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