Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

San Francisco; here I come…

"Your city is remarkable not only for its beauty. It is also, of all the cities in the United States, the one whose name, the world over, conjures up the most visions and more than any other, incites one to dream. Georges Pompidou This Sunday Ernst-Jan and I will get on a plane, sleep for 11 hours, and then wake up in San Francisco. We will attend the O'Reilly Web2Expo and every party we can talk our way into. We will be staying at the Handlery Union Square Hotel Our itinerary on...

How do you entertain rappers?

Well, you show them the booty... The story: Daniel J. Ashes was doing a photoshoot in my house with SpaceKees, Turk and Jiggy Djé (Noah's Ark label) and asked me to entertain them for a minute or two so he could make a few photos of them laughing. I had to improvise but my guess is they enjoyed my...

Another Shoeshine Event: This Friday!

A few weeks ago I spent a few hours shoeshining (Story and Photos) at the New Tailor shop in Amsterdam. This Friday we are going to repeat the same event but we will start at 4pm and have some drinks with it too. If you want to join us just leave a comment here so we know how much champagne to buy! And, free shoeshines by me for everyone! Dutch Invitation: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten komt schoenen poetsen In navolging van de eerdere succesvole zaterdagochtendsessies kunt u...

A mustache for Amsterdam

Kevin Rose has promised to grow mustache for the Amsterdam Diggnation show. He just posted that on pownce (“Finished taping Diggnation — Alex and I agreed to grow mustaches for the Amsterdam show… damn it, what have I gotten myself into… ”). We decided to follow their example. Here is a preview of what you can expect: Going to the conference too? Grow your mustache too or bring a fake...

Next Web Conference Notes (and discount!)

On April 3 & 4 we will host another edition of The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We are very busy preparing everything. We expect 700+ visitors and a lot of exciting news and speakers. Check out more information on http://2008.thenextweb.org and regular updates on The Next Web Blog. For people who have been following me here I also have a special discount. If you want to visit the conference and have been reading my blog and want a good discount contact me or leave a...

The Next Web Conference on LinkedIn

The Next Web Conference has just been approved as an official group on LinkedIn. If you visited an earlier event, and are proud of it, you can now add our logo to your profile. Follow this URL and follow instructions: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/54197/07A63A6CEEBF All the requests will have to be approved by us but that is just a formality. Official website for Next Web Conference...

Bowlr ‘Twitter All Star Team’ Promotion Video!

This Thursday we are hosting the first Dutch Bowlr competition. A lot of teams have been training for this event and we heard that people really look forward Thursday. The Twitter All Star Team has just posted a promotion video for our event which is simply hilarious. It starts a lot of well known Dutch twitter celebrities and details from a Twitter All Star Team training session. The members in the Twitter All Star Team are indentified not by name but only by Twitter username: ...

Awards ceremony: Website van het Jaar

Yesterday evening I presented the 'Website van het Jaar' award ceremony in Hotel Arena in Amsterdam. The organization received more than 1.3 milion votes in 14 categories. I announced all the winners on stage, had a little chat with them and presented them with their prize. The big winner was Google.nl. For all the winners see the 'Website van het Jaar' website. IPAN was the host for this event and paid for some for the drinks. I took this photo 1 minute before we started. As you can see...