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 →

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 →

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 →

Chinese activist receives EU’s Sakharov prize

EU dared what the Norwegian Nobel Committee didn’t. AIDS and environmental activist Hu Jia has received the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize for Freedom of Thought. Here are some of the global blogger’s reactions. One of China’s most famous bloggers, Isaac Mao, has written about Hu Jia and his wife Zeng Jinyan’s struggles for freedom earlier. … Continue reading →

Academia: How to loose control of your message and feel fine about it

I recently gave a seminar about blogging basics in Norway for a bunch of academic communication people, organized by forskning.no. They represented all kinds of academic institutions in Norway, such as the University of Oslo, Bergen University College, BI, Bioforsk, Oslo Cancer Cluster, etc . One of the issues several of the participants brought forward … Continue reading →

Behind the scenes at the Huffington Post

Huffington Post is one om my favorite web sites/blogs (and right now, it’s filled with Obama victory news), and I’ve been amazed by the way Arianna Huffington has built up the site since 2005. I wrote about the site when it went live in 2005, and since then, it has more or less skyrocketed. Now, … Continue reading →