May 25, 2025

I am a photographer who writes, tinkers and does computer stuff. I live in Heiloo, 35 km north-northwest of Amsterdam.

After a trip to Portland, Oregon, I am recovering from a hefty jeg-leg.

Sometimes, I do not photograph. But I usually take pictures of what is in front of me, and I get in front of punk rock bands for that, too.

I love doing things myself and being independent. I am skeptical about Big Tech. I am very interested in what Cory Doctorow, Waag, and Bits of Freedom have to say on this topic with great interest.

Derek Sivers: Now page and also

Personal non-commercial websites are an antidote to the spammy corporate web.

I think the future of the internet is the curated internet. Yahoo started as a directory and got killed by Google. Google search, Facebook, and Instagram these “platforms” have drowned themselves with spammy crap. For non-commercial, neutral content, we move back to a directory-like internet. Curation is a task for all of us.