Read this! Myron, 27, is a reporter for the Fort Myers News-Press and one of its fleet of mobile journalists, or “mojos.” The mojos have high-tech tools — ThinkPads, digital audio recorders, digital still and video cameras — but no desk, no chair, no nameplate, no land line, no office. They spend their time on the road looking for stories, filing several a day for the newspaper’s Web site, and often for the print edition, […]
The last few days I’ve been thinking a lot about people in transit and what we do while while we’re in it. Commuting is a necessary evil to get from home to work, and back again. While in transit between these two places you might as well do something, like read a free newspaper for instance. They are very common here in Sweden. I believe this behaviour will move into other arenas as well. People […]
So Google News finally launched in Sweden and the blogosphere is going nuts about it. Quite a few papers as well I think, even if they aren’t planning to take the Belgian approach to them. Personally, I’m neither worried, impressed or excited. The functionality in itself tags along with the first post I wrote in this blog – it’s a simple news aggregator. No more, no less. Used correctly this will increase the amount of […]
One of the more weird presentations I’ve held in my life. I was filmed by Mats and Kristian at WM Data in Malmö, the film was sent at a conference in Arvidsjaur and then I answered questions through Skype from Stockholm. Odd, but fun at the same time. Especially since there was 150 energy(!) companies on the other end listening to what I had to say about the future of the internet. (the picture shows […]
Regarding what I wrote earlier, this is the sort of thing I was talking about. Plugins to browsers are an excellent way to go. As our web browsers more and more become carriers of both commerce and applications, a way to simplify the choices that you make within them – from whatever perspective you may prefer – will become big business. Shorten the time spent to make concious decisions and you’re on to something. tags […]
Tonight I’ll be discussing how the youth of today will affect the workplace of tomorrow. You get the picture. The debate is hosted by SNS and starts 18.00 at Malmö Högskola. Swing by if you want to have a chat about that, or anything else for that matter.
The latest buzz in amongst the Swedish internet enthusiasts is the Read/Write Web lists of national web apps. There have been a few complaints (here and here for instance) about Sweden being a disgrace as we apparently haven’t thought of enough stuff ourselves. Apart from that not being true, it also raises the issue of cloning vs innovation. In my opinion, the critical point is the execution of the idea – not the idea itself. […]
Just a few newsworthy links from the blogs I went through today. Not all new, but still worth a look. Revenue sharing entering the video market for real – it’s been there before, but this seems a bit more serious. Another brand in Second Life – Nissan this time. But everytime it happens the site gains in credibility. Newspapers are doing badly as usual – apart from The Financial Times. Vox launches for all of […]
I know there are a million other examples of this, but it’s always more fun when it happens to you personally. Yesterday, Rolling Stone magazine used Discobelle.net (a blog that I contribute to) as the source for their piece of news. Read the original post here. tags technorati : rollingstone blogs tags bloggar.se: rolling stone magazine, bloggar
Just a short note: tomorrow (tuesday) Fredrik and I will be holding a lecture for the journalist students at JMG in Gothenburg. If you’re attending and thinking of taking the afternoon off – think again 😉 We’re going to talk about social media and how journalism comes in to play in this new media climate. And if you can’t be there, I recommend that you try to catch the movie Babel instead. It has nothing […]
