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Entries from April 30th, 2009

Gulltaggen in Oslo

April 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing

A couple of brilliant days:
Probably the best commuication event in Norwegian history, so I agree with all my Twitterfriends! I’m really looking forward to next year, but I wonder, can they really match this years line-up?

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Fun things happens in baseball

April 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Sports

Yesterday, in one of the biggest rivaliries in sports, the game between by Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, the centerfielder from Boston Red Sox Jacoby Ellsbury, stole homeplate! This sure is a rare thing – and it’s so fun to watch!
Now I’m just waiting for the speedsters in Oakland A’s to do the [...]

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Users of Twitter in Norway

April 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Marketing, Technology

According to Øyvind Solstad at NRK Beta there is somewhere between 20 000 – 40 000 Twitter users in Norway.
The last figure I’ve heard was 6 500, and that was three months ago. Could this be true? If so, and amazing developoment.
Below is the twitter between Solstad at and the journalist Hege Ulstein at Dagsavisen, [...]

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The Røkke pressconference

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Misc, Politics

This afternoon, one of the biggest investors and most discussed CEO in Norway, Kjell Inge Røkke, had his long awaited press conference, about the sales of Aker shares, and the heated discussions with the minority owner, the Norwegian State.
It was a blow out!
You really have to understand Norwegian to get a grip on this [...]

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Online communities in the telecom industry

April 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Marketing, Technology

There are not as many examples of good online communities for the telecoms industry. Part of the reason for this is that the nature of the industry is one that facilitates communication – they don’t provide content but allow people to communicate over their networks or using their products. Therefore many example of their use [...]

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The casuals are destroying fotball!

April 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Sports

On my way to see Brann-Vålerenga in the Norwegian Tippeliga, and the morons strikes here in Norway. A huge fight just outside the Nationalteatret subway station – about 50 people.
I don’t have anything else that despise and hatred for these people, they are destroying everything about football!
Now I’m looking forward to see Brann take it’s [...]

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Spotify is brilliant, isn’t it?

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Music

You can come across this enormous library of good music, and I again, it happens every five year… , this must be one of the best live recordings ever:
Jerry Lee Lewis – Live at the Star Club Hamburg

And as they say – “Live At The Star Club, Hamburg” is not an album, it’s a crime [...]

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200 millions uses Facebook!

April 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Technology

Congratulations, yesterday over 200 millions has/is using Facebook! In this video (only available if you’re a member of Facebook, but I’ll guess everybody is!) Mark Zuckerberg says “Growing rapidly to 200 million users is a really good start, but we’ve always known that in order for Facebook to help people represent everything that is happening [...]

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The Norwegian government and Aker

April 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Misc, Politics

Yet again, the Red/Green coaliation shows all the signs of making political harakiri, this time the Aker-case. The oppsition have happy days, poundering the message that the Government shouldn’t be involved in business, the way we do here in Norway, which means highly imvolvmeny from the state in different areas, especially related towards oil/energy and [...]

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A new baseball season!

April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Sports

So, it’s time again – Major League Baseball has started again. So what will happen this year??

To be honest, I don’t dare to guess, my guesses last year was so terrible, but some predictions entering the 2009 season:
New York Yankees will miss the postseason again, Red Sox and Rays will be strong! Rich Harden will [...]

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Football in Norway

April 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Misc

This link tells it all, how sad it really is….
163 millions NOK in loss, no worries mate…

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April fools day

April 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Misc

This is my favorite of today: Warner Bros. acquire the Pirate Bay
check it our here
Just, think if….

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