Stor datapolitikk

DATALAGRING Vi vet ennå ikke om Hillary Clinton stiller som kandidat i presidentvalget i 2016. Men vi vet at den amerikanske valgkampen blir datatung. (Article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about the computational politics, presented in an article by Zeynep Tufekci) Hva: Artikkelen om hvordan nye datametoder forandrer amerikansk politikk og offentlighet. Hvem: Zeynep Tufekci, University of … 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 →

Obama in the West Wing

Several times, I have wished the reality was more like the West Wing. Apparently, the borders are blurring. In this article in the Guardian, the scriptwriter says he got inspired by Barack Obama after his great speech at the Democratic National Convention for John Kerry in 2004. “I drew inspiration from him in drawing this … Continue reading →