Exposed by the Internet – Solstad, Siegel and Gould

Have you ever felt naked online? Too much information out there, about yourself, your feelings, your surroundings, your private opinions? I was struck by the resemblance between these three stories yesterday, as I by coincidence stumbled upon some of them. And all of these three people; Dag Solstad, Norwegian writer, Lee Siegel, American critic, and … Continue reading →

Blogging on the radio

I was interviewed by Kurer recently, a radio program at NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) about “Politicians in a Digital Culture”, based on an article I wrote for Dagbladet. Here is the podcast. I must admit, it is very strange to hear my own voice “from outside”, so I avoided for a while to listen to … Continue reading →

Racing the streets of Brussels, listening to Vampire Weekend

Yes, I did it! Finished Brussels 20K. My first race ever (except from the Icelandic 3K Kvinnalaupur I did in DC, where we were not allowed to run…). I’m really proud of myself. Since this was the first time I ever ran 20K (I haven’t even done it while training), I was not sure what … Continue reading →

Time for wiki foreign policy?

Norwegian foreign policy as a wiki document? Would that be an intriguing idea? Open for contributions and editing from the audience? I do understand if some diplomats would bite their tongue off if reading this, and to be honest, I’m not sure how that would work out. But why not try it out? The reason … Continue reading →

Why Carl Bildt is blogging

For a long time, I’ve been amazed by the Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt and his blogging capacity. He has been the leading star of the political blogosphere I follow, and I wished more politicians could follow his example. But how does he do it, is something I’ve been thinking. How does he find time … Continue reading →

The Euro blogosphere

For those of you interested in the EU/Euro/European blogosphere, Jon Worth has an excellent blog post about the movers and shakers. Start feeding your RSS reader! (Worth says that blogs that don’t have RSS feeds are not included, so if you write about European issues and you still haven’t gotten a feed, shame on you! … Continue reading →

Framtiden i våre hender’s advice regarding food and CO2 footprints

Food miles seems to be my topic these weeks. And even though the comments I’ve received so far have been pretty clear and very interesting reading, I would like to add another. This time from Mekonnen Germiso, research director at Framtiden i våre hender (here is some information about the organization in English): “Det viktigste … Continue reading →

Grønn hverdag’s advice regarding food and CO2 footprints

Here is Håkon Lindahl from Grønn hverdag‘s take on my blog post about The moral dilemma of eating pumpkin outside the season: “Hei! Dilemmaet du skisserer er veldig ofte ikke noe dilemma i det hele tatt, fordi transport bare utgjør en marginal andel av utslippene og miljøbelastningen knyttet til matproduksjon. Et eksempel er tomater: Norske … Continue reading →

Kurt Oddekalv’s advice regarding food and CO2 footprints

Another follow-up on my blog post about The moral dilemma of eating pumpkin outside the season, this time from Kurt Oddekalv, leader of Norges Miljøvernforbund (Green Warriors). The previous answer was from Bellona. “Hei Bente, ikke enkel den der. Kortreist mat er alltid best på alle måter. Du kan si at det en nasjon ikke … Continue reading →