PdF – the European way

For several years, Personal Democracy Forum has been my favorite conference. It’s been the place where I’ve gotten most inspiration, met most like-minded people, felt incredible welcomed and always got my mind challenged. This was also the case at the recent PdF Europe in Barcelona. But more than before, especially compared with last year, it … Continue reading →

What are the best examples of European techPolitics?

Americans like to think they are best and furthest ahead in technology, and specially tech politics (technology + politics), but once in a while, they have something to learn from the Europeans as well. The best examples of European techPolitics is the topic of the panel I’m going to participate in at the Personal Democracy … Continue reading →

Basic elements of techpolitics

So many try to reinvent the wheel when it comes to techpolitics in Europe – we need to get better at learning from each other, across borders! I will explain more eventually, but here is my attempt to visualize (in a pretty nitty-gritty way) some of the basic elements of techpolitics. These elements are in … Continue reading →

Stuff I’m doing these days

Dear friends and readers – huge apologies for my lack of  frequent updates on this blog this fall! As I told you some months ago, I’ve moved back to Norway, Oslo, and I’ve started a new job as communication advisor at Origo, a social network and publishing platform. I love, love, love  it, but when … Continue reading →

A survey of Scandinavian Techpolitics

Why aren’t there more techpolitic attempts in Scandinavia? Why isn’t there a Sunlight Foundation in Denmark, a MySociety in Sweden, a FarmSubsidy in Norway? (This blog post was also posted at Personal Democracy Forum’s European blog) That’s something I’ve been wondering about, since the Scandinavian countries have among the highest internet usage in the world … Continue reading →

Ten steps to Wiki Government

I’ve been accumulating a blogging backlog throughout this summer – having tons of ideas for blog posts, but little time to write. Well, some of the ideas and insights I wanted to share with you, is a brilliant list written by Beth Simone Noveck. I heard her at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New … Continue reading →

New city, new job – Oslo, Origo

I’m leaving Brussels this weekend, as I’m moving back to Oslo after three years in Belgium. It is not easy to leave a place after so many good years here, just as it was hard to leave Washington DC after three years there in 2002. But it’s time to go back to Norway and start … Continue reading →

Beta government – Vivek Kundra and Beth Noveck’s revolutionary ideas

The highlights from this weeks Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York – what I call the dream conference for politics, media and technology geeks – are many, but Vivek Kundra’s presentation is clearly among them. Kundra is president Barack Obama’s chief technology officer (no one has ever had that title in the White House … Continue reading →

Redefinition of the word PUBLIC

I’m at the Personal Democracy Conference in New York and after only one hour this seems very promising.This is the dream conference for tech, politics and media geeks. You can join in the conversation on Twitter at #pdf09 (at this point, 2538 tweets are written – a very talkative crowd, the biggest trending topic at … Continue reading →