Vi avskyr overvåkning, men vi legger igjen flere digitale spor enn noensinne, de fleste frivillige. (Another Norwegian article, this time from Morgenbladet a week ago. It’s about surveillance vs. digital footsteeps we voluntarily leave behind). Dagens mest romantiske mail mottatt: «Jeg hadde tenkt til å fri, men så var du ikke online på MSN.» Denne … Continue reading »
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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 »
A tribute to the good tech people in Brussels
My head has been stuck in boxes for several days after my family’s move from Brussels, Belgium to Oslo, Norway, so not much time for blogging lately. But as I’m taking a break from the moving chaos, I wanted to give a huge tribute to some of the great people with an online presence that … Continue reading »
The European Parliament’s experience with social media – a post election reflection
As the night was approaching and the last votes were counted on June 7, the final day of the European Parliament ( EP) election, you could read Twitter updates in 22 different languages from EP’s official Twitter accounts. Or debate the outcome with people from all over Europe on EPs Facebook page. (This text is … 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 »
Masculine Facebook and feminin Twitter – or was it the other way around?
Are there any gender differences in online behaviour and why so? That’s the topic in an article at CNNMoney, even though it never discusses gender differences on Twitter and Facebook (annoying when the title is “Men are from Facebook, women are from Twitter?”). However, I forgot that when I saw that my good friend Mary … Continue reading »
Break a leg @jensstoltenberg!
Today, a tweeting Prime Minister made me happy. Not because of something political he wrote, but because Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian Prime Minister was about to go out running, in a public race (Holmenkollenstaffetten). He is part of the team at the Prime Minister’s Office, and he’s running the last leg of the relay race. … Continue reading »
Waterboarded 183 times and the blogger who uncovered the exact number
On April 19, we could read in the New York Times that Khaled Sheik Mohammed (self-described planner of September 11) was waterboarded 183 times in one month. I think waterboarding is horrible torture, but that is not the point here. The point is that NYTimes reporters were not the ones who uncovered the exact number … Continue reading »
Smell my Twitter farts or follow my campaign – different ways of using Twitter
What is the point of Twitter? To get updates when this guy farts? Or when the baby of this woman kicks? Okay, I laughed, that’s how simple I am. But seriously, this Eastern, Norwegian blogs have been filled with well-written posts about how Twitter can be useful, in a political context. All of these are … 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 »
Revealing my oh so very secret Twitter network
Here are my Twitter friends and their connections to me, via Mailena. People are moving in and out of circles all the time, depending on how much we talk to each other. By double-clicking on other people’s graphs, you can see their networks. Neat! (Via Kristine Lowe). I also like some of the other features: … 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 »
Moltemyr skole and some very interesting social media cases
What does Internet Explorer 6, Moltemyr skole (school), Twestival and a couple of Norwegian bloggers who are testing political impact through social media have in common? Not much necessarily, except for mostly a Norway connection and new digital tools. Well, I’ll give you the red thread. And I’ll start with the most recent case, Moltemyr … Continue reading »
Twestival – social media for social change
Twestival in more than 175 cities all over the world – it is incredible! And all the parties will take place on the same day, this Thursday, Februar 12. I’m part ot the organizing group of the fabulous Brussels Twestival that will be located at Le Botanique. Hurry up and get your tickets! Tweet, meet, … Continue reading »
Standing out in the blogosphere – according to Belgian blogging star
Clo Willaerts has figured it out and she is funny! I saw her yesterday at the launch of Think About It – the European blogging competition organized by European Journalism Centre. I hope some of the aspiring political bloggers I met yesterday will follow her suggestions, then we can expect some really colourful blogs about … Continue reading »
If in Brussels, mark February 12 in your calendar!
That is the day for the Brussels’ Twestival – a festival for Twitter users in Belgium in support of charity: water, an organization that works to provide safe drinking water in developing countries. The idea is to gather Twitter users, meet face to face, not only avatar to avatar, chat, drink, listen to good music, … 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 »
The Gaza tragedy – and some online tools
The horror in Gaza continues. I’ve written about Gaza and EU’s inability to get anything done in my column for the next issue of Morgenbladet (out this Friday), and as I was writing the piece, I looked around online for different ways to offer some help to the trapped civilians in the warzone and get … Continue reading »
Lovely links
Lovely links for you – here is some of the stuff I’ve read lately: I’ve been amazed by all my new Twitter followers I’ve received lately (you find me here at Twitter), Twitter is clearly going mainstream. Here are 5 ways to discover new Twitter applications. SocialToo is another useful Twitter tool (follow/unfollow stats, surveys … Continue reading »
