Jeg håper faktisk 22.juli-rapporten blir folkflest-lesning, ikke bare for en liten krets av kommentatorer, journalister, politikere, byråkrater, politi, etc. Jeg tror vi er mange som har mye å lære av kulturendringene som må til i det norske samfunnet Jeg har bare rukket å lese 70 sider i rapporten fra 22.juli-kommisjonen, så jeg skal ikke uttale … Continue reading »
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What are the best examples of European techPolitics?
Americans like to think they are best and furthest ahead in technology, and specially tech politics (technology + politics), but once in a while, they have something to learn from the Europeans as well. The best examples of European techPolitics is the topic of the panel I’m going to participate in at the Personal Democracy … Continue reading »
Can open data win votes?
Some politicians seems to think so. Especially in Britain right now. Remember, there is a general election in the UK in June. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (Labour) called for smarter government back in December when he presented the reform of public sector, assisted by the legendary WWW-father Tim Berners-Lee. Brown talkes about what he … Continue reading »
Basic elements of techpolitics
So many try to reinvent the wheel when it comes to techpolitics in Europe – we need to get better at learning from each other, across borders! I will explain more eventually, but here is my attempt to visualize (in a pretty nitty-gritty way) some of the basic elements of techpolitics. These elements are in … Continue reading »
A survey of Scandinavian Techpolitics
Why aren’t there more techpolitic attempts in Scandinavia? Why isn’t there a Sunlight Foundation in Denmark, a MySociety in Sweden, a FarmSubsidy in Norway? (This blog post was also posted at Personal Democracy Forum’s European blog) That’s something I’ve been wondering about, since the Scandinavian countries have among the highest internet usage in the world … Continue reading »
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize – the social media reactions from Norway
This year’s selection of the Nobel Peace Prize started an online outcry the second it was announced. For many people, including the recipient himself, is was a shock that hear that president Barack Obama was awarded. And Norwegians were among those who reacted most strongly against the decision from the Norwegian Nobel committee. Not because … Continue reading »
Velgerne vant årets digitale valgkamp
Det er mye vi kan si om politikernes internettinnsats, men la oss glemme det nå. (Denne artikkelen står på trykk i dagens utgave av Morgenbladet. Fordi man ikke kan diskutere på Morgenbladets sider, legger jeg den ut for kommentarer her. Apology to my international readers, this is an article I’ve written for the weekly Morgenbladet … Continue reading »
Ten steps to Wiki Government
I’ve been accumulating a blogging backlog throughout this summer – having tons of ideas for blog posts, but little time to write. Well, some of the ideas and insights I wanted to share with you, is a brilliant list written by Beth Simone Noveck. I heard her at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New … Continue reading »
Internet access as a human right?
The events taking place in Iran for the past three weeks have made me thinking about this topic. Would the situation in Iran been different if access to the internet was part of the UN’s declaration of human rights? Isn’t it time to start thinking about internet as a utility, as something that is so … Continue reading »
The new politics of the 21st century
I liked this quote from Timonty Garton Ash’ article in the Guardian yesterday: Twitter counts more than armouries in this new politics of people power: Probably the single most important thing the US state department has done for Iran recently was to contact Twitter over the weekend, to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that could … Continue reading »
My article from 2005 about Iranian bloggers
It has been incredible to follow the developments in Iran over the internet the last few days. Iran’s disputed presidental election has fired up one of the wildest social media protests I’ve ever seen. Within minutes, thousands of tweets are posted on the #iranelection and earlier tonight, I came across these amazing images from the … Continue reading »
Frp mangler nettkoden
Frp har ikke knekket internettkoden. Vil internett ta knekken på tv-partiet Frp? Siv Jensen. Foto: Bård Gudim, Frp (Sorry to my international readers, but this is an article I’ve written for the Norwegian newspaper Morgenbladet, about the Progress Party, the second largest party in Norway, and their paradoxical use of the internet in the election … Continue reading »
If in Brussels, come to the Technobriefing at the Norwegian Mission
I will be there, hope you will be there too! The Norwegian Mission to the EU invites you to a briefing Tuesday June 2 How is new technology shaping modern politics? Examples from the election campaigns for the European Parlament and the Norwegian Storting. We are hosting a lunch brief Tuesday June 2 at 13:00 … Continue reading »
Surveillance, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall
Have you ever been to a political prison? It’s a chilling experience, I can tell you. Luckily, I’ve only been to one as a visitor, but that was scary enough. The weekend I went to Berlin to run the half marathon, I also went to the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen in East-Berlin, one of 17 political prisons in … Continue reading »
New site for Europatweets
I wrote recently about how you can follow tweets from politicians in the American Congress, British politicians at Westminister, Swedish politicians at Riksdagen and Danish politicians at Folketinget. Now, you can also follow tweets from MEPs, Members of the European Parliament, created by Belgian Xavier, whom I recently met, and two others. The German politician … Continue reading »
How political are political Facebook groups?
Another blog in my little mini-series, Social media for social change.The two previous were about the Twitter storm that hit Moltemyr skole and the social media/fundraising event Twestival. We do know that people use Facebook for all kinds of activities, raising money to cancer sick children (started by the sister of a friend of mine), … Continue reading »
Follow politicians on Twitter – in Sweden, Denmark, UK and US
Isn’t it amazing how fast ideas spread these days? Someone comes up with a good solution in one country, days or weeks later, you’ll find a similar solution in another country. In this specific case I’m talking about websites that allows you to follow tweet from politicians. Here are the four I’ve heard about so … Continue reading »
Lessons learned from the Twestival
Another blog in my little mini-series, Social media for social change. The first blog post was about the Twitter storm that hit a small Norwegian school, Moltemyr skole, after some Norwegian Twitter users became aware of some anti-Darwin articles written by one of the school’s science teachers. Social media for social change (or if you … Continue reading »
What they have figured out at the digital Downing Street
Number 10.gov.uk, the British Prime Minister’s website, is apparently doing something right, but what? The reason why I’ve started to look closer at the Number 10 is that this particular website has been mentioned by a few Norwegians involved in politics I’ve talked to lately as an example of a political site that is modern … Continue reading »
Congratulations America!
Finally, Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States. The incredible long Bush years are over. This can only become better. I’ve celebrated the inauguration by wearing my nice Obama t-shirt from my trip to DC , made by Chris Bishop. Here’s a few good articles and websites about digital government – will … Continue reading »
