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Entries from August 26th, 2009

Mobile is growing in India

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Technology

Despite the crisis in the business sector, the mobile industry in India is still growing, and they do it a lot, according to an article in todays Dagens Nyheter. The mobile networks and mobile communication is the only choices to communicate in the huge country according to the article. Today there is 479 millions mobile [...]

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The discussion is heating up

August 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics

It has been a busy couple of weeks, back at work, writing a lot about the digital possibilities out there, commented a lot in VG about the politicians use of social media, been in a discussion on TV2Nyhetskanalen together with @jilltxt and @SVHeikki on the same matter – and trying to follow the discussions in [...]

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Usain Bolt

August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Sports

I had plan to write a hot lof of stuff regarding the elections here in Norway, but when I saw Usain Bolt last night, that kind of performance deserves a blog post on it’s own! What can you say, except wow! This must be one of the single most impressive sports performances ever, shattering the [...]

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Give the kids something to eat in school!

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics

One of the things that I really miss in the debate in the forthcoming elections is the question about nutrition in schools. There have been some try-outs all over the country, and the results is conclusive: Giving the kids something to eat during the day increases the results!
Why isn’t this higher on the agenda?
In the [...]

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My reply to @vampus in VG

August 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing, Misc, Politics

The brilliant blogger, politician and commentator Heidi Nordby Lunde commented on my article in VG the 24th of July. Today my reply to her was posted and it looks like this:
Etter mitt innlegg i VG den 19.Juli om politikere og Twitter, fikk jeg mange kommentarer, bl.a. en fra den fremstående og dyktige bloggeren/politikeren Heidi Nordby [...]

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Continuing the debate in VG

August 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Politics, Technology

It came to my attention yesterday that Arbeiderpartiet featuring Norway’s prime minister had a put an ad on Sidereel.com, a website which is on the MPAA blacklist as dubious, distributing illegal meterial. When the article was published today in VG I had some reactions from both Google and Arbeiderpartiet of course.
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Just wrote a reply to Vampus

August 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Misc, Politics

It’s the first day at work after a long, intense and good holiday. Two weeks at Mallorca, with the Mediterranean sea and somewhere 35-40 degrees almost every day, not to bad…

Since I wrote my article in VG about politicians and Twitter I have received a lot of response and I have wrote a reply to [...]

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