About Me

I am an online professional with substantial, 20+ years, experience in developing and managing websites, applications and communities. In my role as business IT liaison I will translate your business rules and needs into clear, concise user stories. I can explain complicated IT solutions to your stakeholders in plain language. I am driven, focused, loyal and you'll want me on your team.

I was born a middle-aged Dutch-Indonesian, socialist Eurasian, Anglophile from Amsterdam. I have worked online in broadcasting, publishing, web development and telecommunications since 1995 which makes me an old school webhead, a very early adopter of the internet.

Dutch people are impressed I was the first of them on Twitter back in 2006. It doesn’t pay for lunch.

I take pictures, and look after some websites:

gokodama.com (2017 – now)
I like Japan and sometimes blog about my experiences there. The site is currently down for maintenance.

Gavin Friday Official Website (1995 – now)

I advise the Irish artist Gavin Friday about all things web, manage his official website and all online activities. Sometimes we go on tour. I’ll tweet, shoot pics and document it all until I drop, or make some ginger tea to keep that voice supple.

Whedonesque.com (2002 – 2017)

The most popular community weblog for and by fans of the writer, film- and TV-maker and director Joss Whedon. Winner of the 20006 SyFy genre award for Best Website. Nominated several times for the Bloggies, SciFi.com Site of the week (22-11-2004), Times Online Blog of the Week (4-3-2006), finalist in the SXSW Interactive Festival website competition and quoted many, many times in the mainstream press.

U2log.com (2000 – 2011)

The very first U2 weblog and one of the first niche weblogs. It started as a more or less satyrical commentary on the world’s biggest band and ended up a semi-pro news source. It hurt to let it go after ten years when we quit in March 2011. I met and worked with some of my closest friends here.

Back when I had lots of spare time, I wrote these three books:

• Gavin Friday – The Light and Dark (Von B Press, 1990, out of print)
• U2 Live: A Concert Documentary (Omnibus Press, 2003 edition, Amazon.com)
• The Complete Guide to the Music of U2 (Omnibus Press, April 2004 edition, Amazon.com)

On the road is where I love to be.