Europeana’s embarrasing crash

Europeana, Europe’s new digital library, crashed within 24 hours after the release on Nov. 20th. 10 million hits an hour drove the servers to the ground, according to the European Commission. Mona Lisa’s popularity is to blame. According to the website, “Europeana will re-open as soon as possible”, probably in the middle of December, according … Continue reading →

Why I love Twitter and the readers of this blog

Have your communication patterns changed for the past year? Mine have. Enormously. And it’s an amazing ride. I got interested in the internet (and in technology in general) as I realized all the new communication possibilities, and how that would impact media and politics. This was back in 1996 (yeah, I know, I was quite … Continue reading →

Congo and the Falling Man – two fantastic images and the stories behind

You’ve probably seen them already. This week, these two images have been all over the place. I’m talking about the images of two crying congolese girls and the Falling man. The stories are very different (war in Congo and the September 11th attack in New York), but the two images and the accompanying stories have … Continue reading →

Digital hijacked politicians

I gave a presentation recently about social media for the Green party from several European countries, among them the European Green Party, organized by the Green Campus. You can find my presentation here. Plenty of interesting topics came up, and one of them was what Austrian blogger and web designer Bernard Schmidt called “digital hijacking” … Continue reading →

What digital citizens should expect from president Obama

As you probably have understood, I’m quite fascinated by Barack Obama and the new kind of politician he seems to be. I do support several of his policies (green jobs and innovations, better health care/social security in America, get America out of Iran, focus on Afghanistan, multilateral approach, etc), but I also think he’s been … Continue reading →

Different shades of charcoal and still not shopping

As I promised earlier this fall, I would not buy any new clothes for half a year. I’ve kept that promise, and the only thing I’ve bought are things I’ve really needed (stockings, winter shoes, socks). It’s been some strange months, and in order to avoid all the temptations, I’ve tried to avoid the usual … Continue reading →

Lovely links

Here is my quirky stuff from the past days: Looking for a new job? I wished I could work here (in New York – you have to watch the video – what a cool way for a company to present itself) (via Colt Kommunikasjon) Want to learn more about the inner circle of Obama? Take … Continue reading →

Time for linklove

I just wanted to say thanks to some kind souls out there for linking/recommending my blog. I got a friendly email from a group of Canadian digital culture students from the University of Lethbridge some days ago. Apparently, they like my blog and has started linking to it, here is their Digi-Cult blog. And a … Continue reading →

Why don’t we have more Top 10 blog-lists in Norway?

I must admit, I love lists. Some years ago, I used to hang around at Poetikon, a Norwegian poetry site with quirky, sweet things, such at lists of more or less important things. This list (translated “Something worth living for” – push “lister” at the bottom if you can’t see it) I found using the … Continue reading →