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Wouter Timmermans

27 years old, passion for European art-house cinema, Starcraft II player, Chairman of Filmtheater de Uitkijk, Studying MA New Media @ UvA, love travelling in Asia, interested in open source data, concerned about the future of cinema in a new digital world, dislike populists in the Netherlands.

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Interview with Lex Slaghuis, organizer of Hack de Overheid

Interview with Lex Slaghuis, organizer of Hack de Overheid

What is Hack de Overheid (hack the government)? Hack de Overheid is an event where hackers, government officials and journalists come together to work with government data. Hack de Overheid thinks that at this moment there are a lot...
By Wouter Timmermans on 11/03/11 2
Is your boyfriend cheating on you? There’s an app for that too

Is your boyfriend cheating on you? There’s an app for that too

With new smart phones and GPS tracking, it’s possible to find and locate the position of other smart phones and the human body that goes with it. But is this legal? Does privacy still exist? Japanese women apparently don’t...
By Wouter Timmermans on 11/03/11 62
Death of the projectionist and the rise of McCinema

Death of the projectionist and the rise of McCinema

Since I can remember I’ve been in love with film, I’ve worked in video stores and watched so many films that I can’t even remember how many I’ve watched. Since a year I’ve been working at one of the...
By Wouter Timmermans on 11/01/11 Comments Off on Death of the projectionist and the rise of McCinema

Open social networks and their role in society

Social media has grown to amazing heights the last couple of years. Some people say that these social media platforms help to activate citizens and to help answer social issues. Examples of the power of these platforms are abundant:...
By Wouter Timmermans on 10/09/11 Comments Off on Open social networks and their role in society
Book review: Moving Circles: Mobile media and playful identities

Book review: Moving Circles: Mobile media and playful identities

When I visited Jakarta a couple of years ago I was astound by the number of mobile phones that everybody used. My aunt actually owns five different phones that all are used on a daily basis. My family has...
By Wouter Timmermans on 09/22/11 1
Korean gladiators from a distant galaxy

Korean gladiators from a distant galaxy

Most people just aren’t interested in watching videogames. They’d rather be playing them. That may be the case in Europe or in the United States but not in South Korea. In South Korea watching videogames is a national pastime,...
By Wouter Timmermans on 09/16/11 Comments Off on Korean gladiators from a distant galaxy