About — Net Collective B.V.

Net Collective B.V. is a holding company and provides management services.

History

Net Collective was founded in Tilburg in 2002 as an internet consultancy and services company. It developed custom websites and web applications, advised organisations on their use of technology and operated hosting for hundreds of websites and domain names. Its services grew to include server colocation, business DSL and nCMS, an in-house content-management system used for everything from newsletters and booking systems to busy public websites.

Net Collective supplied technology for rock band Krezip’s website, and worked for clients including couturier Frans Molenaar, media personality Emile Ratelband and Museum Beelden aan Zee. For Rijkswaterstaat’s Geo-Loket it built “Hoe hoog woont u?”, a postcode tool showing the height of an address relative to NAP. It also created the interactive campaign site that accompanied Jan van Zanen’s successful campaign for the VVD chairmanship.

Featured project · 2005–2007

The Instant Ringtone Machine

One project captures the experimental spirit of that period particularly well. Net Collective and 3W ICT Diensten developed the Instant Ringtone Machine for Muzieklab Brabant and The Ringtone Society: a touchscreen application that let visitors stack samples by independent musicians like building blocks, mix them into a unique ringtone and send the result to a mobile phone.

The Java- and XML-based installation appeared at Lowlands in 2005, followed by venues and festivals including 013 and Festival Mundial. In 2007 it became a museum piece when visitors could use it at the Museum voor Communicatie in The Hague.

Contemporary sources: ZDNet’s 2005 Lowlands preview and a 2007 Museum voor Communicatie listing.