Nettopprørets begrensning

Internett-aktivismen fungerer best til å stoppe andres forslag fremfor å sette egne saker på agendaen. (Article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about the online debate about net neutrality and shortcomings of online mobilization based on the article by Herman and Kim)  Hva:  Studie av debatten om nettnøytralitet på internett og hvem som dominerer den. Hvem: Bill D. … Continue reading →

My review of different collaborative tools.

A couple of day ago I wrote about my search for a good collaborative tool for idea/argument sharing. I’m looking for a tool which makes it easy to contribute yes and no arguments (without having to login) and later on, vote on the best arguments. I was recommended four different tools and here are my … 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 →

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 →

The new public debate

Civic journalism, online communities and online debate is taking off in Norway. In a very interesting and positive way, I think. As I am living abroad, in Brussels, I’m following the development and discussions from a distance. I was involved in all those discussion when I was working at Dagbladet, and its good to see … Continue reading →