For a user study at the University of Nottingham, I created & evaluated a more supportive search engine, called “SearchAssist”.
Paper: Active & Passive Utility of Search User Interface Features (2016)
Lost but Not Forgotten – Finding Pages on the Unarchived Web (2015)
At every tick of the clock, pages and sites on the World Wide Web are continuously appear, evolve and disappear. In this paper, we uncovered & recovered lost webpages.
Repair Cafe site (2012-13)
I had the privilege to redevelop the websites of the Dutch Repair Café foundation at the moment of a major growth period.
Visualizing Climate Change Research (2009-12)
For large Dutch research programmes on climate change, I created an interactive and animated geo-visualization using Google Maps.
Semantic Search Suggestions (2011)
During the EuropeanaTech conference, I joined a hackathon, and did the designs for a visual query suggestion tool – winning the 2nd prize.
‘O.Pardon’ animation (2010)
For the Dutch clothing retail chain Sissy-Boy, I created an animation marketing their new ‘O’Pardon’ jeans brand.
The Black Darkness (2009)
For the first Celluloid Remix contest, I remixed archival footage of the Eye Film institute – eventually winning the 3rd prize.
Visual Navigation Project (2016-2018)
The project aimed to enhance the user’s visual experience, to inspire and to increase use of library resources. Role: project leader/designer
PhD defense: Supporting the Complex Dynamics of the Information Seeking Process
On April 18th at 10:00, I defended my PhD thesis at the Agnietenkapel (University of Amsterdam).
Winning team HackaLOD challenge
In February 2018, I joined the DH Lab KNAW team at the fourth HackaLOD challenge. We received the 1st prize with our historical recipe app, Jamie LOD-iver.
XIMPEL (2007-current)
XIMPEL is a free open-source platform to create interactive media applications. Role: co-founder.
Search Stages & the Search Process
View my publications related to search stages and the search process.
Serious Games, Educational Technology & Interactive Media
View my publications related to serious games, educational technology and interactive media.
Digital Libraries & Book Search
View my publications related to (social) book search and digital libraries.