Henk van Ess

Current

Owner at 3G Juice
Owner at Track Tool Mileage Mate
Co Founder at European Centre for Computer Assisted Research

Team leader at The Long Tailers
Member of Think Tank at Nlnet Foundation
Head lecturer Web@cademy at Algemeen Dagblad
Founder of Caveyourtrolls.com at Voelspriet.nl
De Journalist at NVJ
Speaker at 50+ companies
Lecturer at University of Amsterdam
Writer at IDG Netherlands
Owner at Searchbistro.com & Google News Tracker
Lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Writer at Computer Magazines (Self-employed)
Board member at www.vvoj.nl
Trainer at Newsmedia in Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Canada and Great Brittain (Self-employed)
Project manager at Voelspriet.nl
(Investigative) Reporter at Newsmedia

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Past

Contributor at Dirk Scherpenzeel Stichting
Contributor at Het Spinhuis
chef internet at AD Nieuwsmedia

Co teacher Wegener Medialab at Wegener Multimedia
Coordinator Internet News at Utrechts Nieuwsblad
head lecturer at Wegener
Co teacher Wegener Medialab at Wegener Multimedia
Co teacher Wegener Medialab at Wegener Multimedia
Head internet & new media at Utrechts Nieuwsblad | Haagsche Courant BV
nieuwsdienst at GPD
writer at Sybex

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Education

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Hogeschool van Utrecht
CSG

Journalist HBO

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Henk van Ess’s Summary

Henk van Ess has, according to some recommendations at Linkedin, 'deep knowledge of the web'. He is a speaker, writer, investigative journalist, internet trainer and internet consultant for radio, TV and newspapers. He helps to bring multimedia and internet into the newsroom, not by preaching but through practical Medialabs.

He trained over 1000 professionals in the practical and critical use of information technology. Henk helped Royal Philips Electronics to use the web more creative, as inspiration source for new products. He trained reporters from radio, tv and newspapers in intelligent internet research (f.e AD, NOS Sport, NRC, Zembla, VRT, NCRV, KRO, Avro, FD, Vrij Nederland) and does the same for companies and government (f.e. Philips, Commissariaat voor de Media, Consumentenbond, KLPD, Ministerie van Justitie, Dutch libraries). Henk is also deeply involved in worldwide training of reporters. He is cofounder of the European Centre For Computer Assisted Research, founded in 2008 and is a regular speaker on world conferences about 'digital digging'.

Henk teaches internet research & digital journalism at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Erasmusuniversiteit in Rotterdam and the Katholieke Hogeschool in Mechelen (Belgium) and is board member of the Dutch-Flemish association of investigating journalists VVOJ. He is often quoted in Dutch media.

Van Ess is patron of DMOZ.NL, Cave Your Trolls, thelongtailers.com and member of several think tanks for new internet concepts, new open source software and Web 2.0 applications. He is the former head of internet at www.ad.nl, the second newspaper in The Netherlands. As a hobby, he publishes two websites about internet research, www.voelspriet.nl (Dutch),quoted on the official Google Blog under 'What We're Reading' and www.searchbistro.com (English).

You can reach him here: http://www.voelspriet.nl/contact.htm

Henk van Ess’s Specialties:

web 2.0, internet search, IT, SEO, digital journalism, multimedia projects, search engines, internet education

Henk van Ess’s Experience

Owner

3G Juice

(Telecommunications industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 month)

Company that supplies special iPhone 3G batteries, so you can use HDSPA as much as you want.
Owner

Track Tool Mileage Mate

(Automotive industry)

April 2008 — Present (4 months)

Mileage Mate solves the problem of mileage registration. My software logs exactly the place, time and mileage (miles and kilometers) of all your trips, ready for tax purposes or your administration. No monthly fees.

All voyages are exported into Excel, nicely put into a timetable with date, starting place, end place, number of km or miles and a description. Just print it and you're done.

Purpuse:
- for people who have to do mileage administration

Inquiries from resellers are welcome.

Solution will include highly sensitive GPS mouse with ability to log your trips for 18 hrs without thinking about recharging. Site will open in August.
Co Founder

European Centre for Computer Assisted Research

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

March 2008 — Present (5 months)

The European Centre for Computer Assisted Research brings smart information technology into the newsroom. Founded in Brussels, with Danish, Belgian an Dutch participants.
Team leader

The Long Tailers

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 2008 — Present (7 months)

Sixteen young scientists are submitted to the The Long Tail experiment of the University of Amsterdam, called a ' fun idea' by Chris Anderson, the author of The Long Tail. Check it now: http://www.thelongtailers.com

One year long experiment to test the theory that if you have a niche of a niche of a niche, you will have the highest attention, but low numbers of visitors. All sites will have an Adsense account (Google). Do small, but interested audiences click more on ads then those who search for more broader themes?

The topics include:

* vibrant Icelandic electronic music scene.
* bread with chocolate sprinkles.
* the pirate of Lipari.
* boardercross racing
* international kibboetsj children
* and more!
Member of Think Tank

Nlnet Foundation

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 2008 — Present (7 months)

Member of think tank that proposes new open source software, check out http://www.nlnet.nl/. Nlnet is a Dutch charitative venture capitalist who funded nice projects for the web community, see http://nlnet.nl/project/current.html
Head lecturer Web@cademy

Algemeen Dagblad

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Media Production industry)

September 2007 — Present (11 months)

Ambitious program to educate over 500 reporters of AD Nieuwsmedia, second paper in The Netherlands, in the latest internet tricks & tips.
Program: 'So why Google?' , 'Life beyond Google' , 'Find the perfect question', CSI Internet, finding secrets, finding persons, finding things faster and the Digital Toolkit (Kindle, Irex, Docupen, Iris and more gadgets that make information professionals happy)
Founder of Caveyourtrolls.com

Voelspriet.nl

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

August 2007 — Present (1 year)

Plug-ins for forum software to get rid of trolls. "As long there are people on this planet, a small percentage will do anything to get attention. Give annoying posters what they need the most: attention. Don't kill trolls, but feed them." Read more on http://www.caveyourtrolls.com
De Journalist

NVJ

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)

January 2005 — Present (3 years 7 months)

Columnist 'De Journalist', bi-weekly, 'Itech/Web' about hardware, software and websites that can make the live of information professionals easier.
Speaker

50+ companies

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

December 2004 — Present (3 years 8 months)

For seminars & internal events. Topics include: Life Beyond Google, internet search trends, SEO trends, scoring in Google without evil , 'CSI Internet', internet research, digital journalism and Web 2.0.
Lecturer

University of Amsterdam

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2004 — Present (4 years 7 months)

Lecturer Digital Journalism
Lecturer Internet Research
Writer

IDG Netherlands

(Internet industry)

2003 — Present (5 years)
Owner

Searchbistro.com & Google News Tracker

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2002 — Present (6 years 7 months)
Lecturer

Erasmus University Rotterdam

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2002 — Present (6 years 7 months)

Courses for post doctorate and masters: digital journalism and internet research
Writer
Computer Magazines (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

November 2000 — Present (7 years 9 months)

Writer for magazines and news papers about internet, web 2.0 , tech stuff, gadgets and search. Clients include Computer Totaal (biggest computer magazine in The Netherlands) , Tips & Trucs, Intermediar and others.
Board member

www.vvoj.nl

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

January 2000 — Present (8 years 7 months)

Board member of Dutch-Flemish association of investigative journalists, responsible for training and education of Dutch and Belgian reporters
Trainer
Newsmedia in Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Canada and Great Brittain (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 1999 — Present (9 years 7 months)

Internet trainer for European radio, television and news papers, especially internet research and digital journalism.
Project manager

Voelspriet.nl

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

January 1999 — Present (9 years 7 months)

Internet projects for European newspapers, mostly serious gaming (by making people interested in the 'boring' stories), utilities for better search and implementation of RSS
(Investigative) Reporter

Newsmedia

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

January 1990 — Present (18 years 7 months)

Wegener, GPD, AD Nieuwsmedia and many others (freelance since 2007)
Contributor

Dirk Scherpenzeel Stichting

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)

Contributor to the book "Forgotten Stories', see for lecture http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-26095-nl.html and http://www.onfile.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=785&Itemid=27
Contributor

Het Spinhuis

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

March 2007 — October 2007 (8 months)

Summary of 'Journalistiek en Internet' Onderzoek 2002-2007, see http://www.internetjournalist.nl/onderzoek/pivot/entry.php?id=40 for Dutch summary and English, http://www.internetjournalist.nl/onderzoek/film/ (click English).
chef internet

AD Nieuwsmedia

(Internet industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year)
Co teacher Wegener Medialab

Wegener Multimedia

(Public Company; Internet industry)

2001 — January 2006 (5 years)
Coordinator Internet News

Utrechts Nieuwsblad

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

September 2000 — September 2005 (5 years 1 month)
head lecturer

Wegener

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

January 2000 — August 2005 (5 years 8 months)
Co teacher Wegener Medialab

Wegener Multimedia

(Public Company; Internet industry)

2001 — 2003 (2 years)
Co teacher Wegener Medialab

Wegener Multimedia

(Public Company; Internet industry)

2001 — 2003 (2 years)
Head internet & new media

Utrechts Nieuwsblad | Haagsche Courant BV

(Internet industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)
nieuwsdienst

GPD

(Internet industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year)
writer

Sybex

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

January 1993 — January 1995 (2 years 1 month)

Handboek PC communicatie, see http://worldcat.org/oclc/66229731&referer=brief_results

Het nieuwe handboek PC communicatie, see http://worldcat.org/oclc/69426047&referer=brief_results

Internet volgens Bartjens, see http://worldcat.org/oclc/69214182&referer=brief_results