TNO culture

I am sitting on my new workplace in TNO. On my university the image of TNO is to be dull and very technical company. When applying for my graduation project at TNO I knew they also have a User Centered Innovation department. This sounds new and trendy and innovative though...
In my room there are 7 guys, also graduating, all doing infromatics, either on university level or hbo. They are constantly talking in programming language (they are working on the same code) which makes me realise this is really all about technology. who knows best?? I go crazy and quote Alan Cooper about how programmers are.... it happens here.

Mooi Weer Spelen

This year I again participated at the Mooi Weer Spelen with my Street theater group "ViaViaWegtheater". We made a little surpriseparty which ended as a surprise party casting agency. It was great fun acting again, I have decided to continue doing it, preferably doing more than now.
The day after I also watched the great sepctacle on the "grote markt" in Delft. Also very nice to see, was over too soon.

bike lock

I went out to take my bike to go to my job. My bike was locked with another lock besides my locks (I have 2 to prevent it from being taken). What to do...
During the day I figured out that I could call the city ocuncil who has a special bike cleaning service that also removes all the illegally placed bikes at the train station. But since they work only 8-12, I had to call back again the nest day.
When I came back home, the lock was removed. A coincidence? A mistake? A joke? or somthing typically Grunnings?

Netherlands - Ivory Coast

To be in Delft on time for io festival, meant I had to listen to this match of the world championship soccer in the train. You would expect nobody in the train, but like me there were others who had to be somewhere at a certain time and then Groningen is far away from the place to be.
First I was sitting with two guys, of which one was listening to the match and the other one was reading our faces. Then I had to change trains and I came to sit next to a Frisian girl with a little dog who had a small radio with a big antenna. We were both listening and each time there was scored or in an exiting moment (there are a lot when you can't see the green field) we looked at each other. It is special to listen to this match in the train while the whole country is captured in the world championship and has a beer with it.

io festival 2006 imagination

Last friday was probably the last io festival I will visit. It was great. When I did drink too much, I was planning not too, my feet couldn't stop moving and the day after I couldn't walk anymore. I liked themusic, though 2005 had the best line-up. It is always good to see that hte things we (in 2002 with Inkijk) initiated are still being used, I can enjoy it so much, because I also know the other side of the coin. It was 6 o'clock and ti was light outside, it was a great feeling, I was with the right person.
As good as the festival was also the preparty with Hanneke, Salome, Cristina, Chiara and Merijn. We had a little make-up and change festivity and good food.

code 46

Fantastic movie. Second time was much better than first ime, because then I could watch it in one go, going from Delft to Groningen. The first time a drunken flatmate came in halfway, I got lost somewhere, watched it the day after, but lost track. So see it in one go!
It has a lost in translation feeling, the sophistication of a starwars movie and it it's uber romantic, but still realistic (yes I'm a woman). Watch, you will like it, as does my flatmate who has watched it several times, and that's a guy.