Jordi Romkema

On February 20th Nickelodeon launched a new website in The Netherlands and in Belgium. We created a new interactive playground for the kids. We got fed up with the old site, especially when it came to the content management system. Besides the CMS the site desperately needed a new and fresh design because the navigation on the old site was terrible. Anyway, now all of that is in the past and luckily the new site is a huge success. Read the rest... »

From their classic Beatnuts albums like Intoxicated Demons, Street Level & Stone Crazy, Take It or Squeeze It, to the underground smashes like Al Tariq's God Connections and Missin Linx's Exhibit A EP, the trio has always been a favorite amongst Hip-Hop fans. Psycho Les, a Hip-Hop veteran and producer extraordinaire, has a production record not to be overlooked, boasting classic Beatnuts production credits like: Off The Books, Watch Out Now, and No Escapin This. Al Tariq aka Fashion, although some may not know, was a founding member of The Beatnuts and played an important role in the group's first 3 Albums. In 1998, he left the group to pursue a solo career, so this recent formation of Big City is the unofficial reunion of Tariq and Les since the late '90s. Most remember Problemz as a member of the group Missin Linx, as his lyrical double time flow is reminiscent of The Golden Era of Hip-Hop. Read the rest... »

On April 30th MTV Networks launched the new television channel Comedy Central. Due to the success in the United States and the recent successful launches in Poland and Germany, Comedy Central can now also be seen in The Netherlands. Comedy Central airs as of April 30th between 8 pm and 2 am and replaces the channel The BOX Comedy, which in turn replaced The BOX. Read the rest... »

As of December 1st 2006 The BOX no longer exists. Due to the shifting of channels by owner MTV Networks and Talpa in The Netherlands the channel no longer airs 24 hours a day but now shares a channel with kids entertainment channel Nickelodeon, also owned by MTV Networks. Nickelodeon airs until 20:00 and after that The BOX Comedy takes over with an all comedy programming. The interactive music video request system The BOX was known for disappears completely and from now on the channel airs comedies such as Chappelle’s Show, South Park and Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. Read the rest... »

In the small town of Lisse in The Netherlands lies Chinese Specialty restaurant Dragon Town. This beautifully decorated restaurant is known by all the food loving in the region and far beyond. Even when it comes to fast and friendly service and excellent prices Dragon Town has a strong reputation. Read the rest... »

On July 13th Dutch television channel The BOX launched their new website. With this site The BOX hopes to give their viewers more creative control of the television channel. The BOX main music genres are Hip-Hop, R&B, Classics, Dance & Reggea and viewers can request video's on television through SMS text messaging, phone or, with the introduction of this new website, also online. I was responsible for most of the technical aspects of the website. In other words: the technical concept, design, development, incorporating existing applications and the technical realization of the new sites. Besides these technical duties I was also responsible for the graphic design. Read the rest... »

The BOX , a television channel in The Netherlands, airs besides music video’s also shows such as Chappelle’s Show, South Park, The BOX News, Moccah and a lot more. Some of these shows are available for online viewing in the brand new video-on-demand service BOXBlaster. This free online streaming video application plays video’s in the Windows Media format. The controls of the player (such as the play/pause buttons, volume switches, etc.) were made in Flash. Flash and Windows Media Player ‘talk’ to each other through the ExternalInterface in Flash and Javascript. Read the rest... »

With this website I was able to present my work to the public, as I do with the current website. However this one was still in Dutch. I tried to update as much as possible but there was no content management system behind it. So whenever I felt like updating I had no access to update and when I was at home I didn’t feel like updating it anymore. That was a big flaw for me and it was time to upgrade. What I personally liked about the site is the stylesheet switcher. With just one click you can have a whole different set of colors and graphics. Read the rest... »

The Blazz is the ultimate combination between an online magazine and a community focused on Hip-Hop music. There is loads of information to be found about Dutch and International Hip-Hop artists and bands, interviews, reviews with lots of audio and video to accompany it with. The site is updated daily with the latest news. For The Blazz I created the design for their website and their forum. The design was also transferred to CSS & XHTML by me.

Visit The Blazz at www.theblazz.com

The new website for Dutch music video channel TMF (The Music Factory) is primarily focused on Music but also connects seamlessly to the media experience and communication patterns of the modern day youth. They’re able to watch live to TMF while they’re chatting in the same screen. The extensive video library has also expanded. This means visitors can view shows such as Gamekings, Movie Facts and Winterbase online. They have more control of what they’re watching online because they can choose what they see online, a specific artist or only music video’s in a specific genre. The TMF ID members also have the opportunity to create their own music video playlist. Read the rest... »