I have written some stuff about the role social media played in Obama’s campaign in the US. Politicians can make great use of social media and online communities to engage with the public. One real benefit of engaging people in this way is that you can focus people round a specific topic or issue, a […]
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis is asking Congress for $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry. The industry is relatively small, fragmented, and unaccustomed to outside investment, the U.S. porn industry is somewhat buffered from today’s credit crunch, but it is not without problems. Video sales […]
It’s really really bad what is happening on the Gaza-strip, Israel bombing innocent children and Hamas are putting them in schools and others public building to prevent this from happening. But, in a country the size of Western Europe, a war rages that has lasted nine years and cost four million lives. Rival militias inflict […]
In the last number of Webmagasin I wrote an article about communication, in general but the net in particular. You can download it here: Webmagasin
It’s funny in a way, and making people laugh but one of the few things making people vote for Arbeiderpartiet in the forthcoming election. Take a look: Kinoreklame Ap
What an honor! The house bible for all creative people, Creativity Magazine has named the Miami-based company Crispin Porter + Bogusky the most creative company in the world, with the best commercials! Here is the BurgerKing Whopper Freakout Commercial – fun, interesting and a cool way of marketing things! Check it out:
Since it has been holidays and a lot of reading for the little one – one question has come to my mind. Who is the strongest, is it Pippi, the strongest girl in the world, or is it Bamse, the strongest bear in the world? I’m very curious…. Just cast you vote!
Starting of the new year with some thoughts… a pretty ambisious one – enjoy! Some of today’s most vaunted tech philosophers are embroiled in a ferocious argument. On one side are those who think the Internet will liberate humanity, in a virtuous cycle of e-volving creativity that may culminate in new and higher forms of […]
Since it’s just half an’ hour before Christmas Eve – I would like to wish all friends and readers the best for the coming holidays! Enjoy!
Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo Inc said they received US regulatory clearance for natural, calorie-free sweeteners derived from the stevia plant and planned to launch new soft drinks in the coming weeks. Both Pepsi and Coca Cola makers have long searched for a natural alternative to chemical sweeteners such as Equal, Sweet’N Low and Splenda to […]
I wrote about this at Confettis blog, but I thought it had some points I would like to share. In Norway we have a list from TNS/Metrix, measuring the traffic on Norwegian websites. But, you have to pay for it – to become a part of this statistics. That’s why, for example, Google.no isn’t on […]
It’s interesting to see that a blogger/journalist is the one to blow the whistle on one of Scandianavias larger scams in a while. He name is Dorte Toft, and has done a brilliant research, leading to this revealing! Just click on the link above and read the articles for yourself, it’s a good journalistic piece […]
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg Thursday said in a statement yesterday that Norway’s restrictions again political TV-ads is against the freedom of speech, and because of that we can have political ads in the election campaigns next year. Is this a good thing? Yes, I absolutely think so! During an election year, […]
Couldn’t resist it, but the trailer for Dolph Lundgrens forthcoming movie is really something..or… check it out, it’s some kinda’ classic, I dunno’ yet which one… Here we go –
It happened, Åge Hareide withdraw from his position as the manager for the Norwegian football team. Not surprisingly, looking at the results the last year. My idea, get Guus Hiddink, buy out Steinar Nilsen as manager for Brann and get Hareide as the new manager for Brann – that’s the best solution for all parties!
According to The Kelsey Group the Global media investments reached approx. 600 billions USD during 2007. The prognosis for the next coming years will be 2,7 percent, which means that in 2012 – the global investments will be 707 billions USD. It’s an increase with ca 18 percent for the whole period – and Internet […]
On my way to work this morning I suddenly heard the best song ever, not written by Springsteen. And, for thus’ who know me, I’m not a Springsteen-fan, at all! But this is the best he ever could write, drama with saxophone and piano – great lyrics – plain and simple, a really good song! […]
Content: Quality content is a great way to attract the people who are needed to form the elusive community that your brand is hoping will to help build. When considering community initiatives, there are three questions to ask yourself. 1. Where will the content come from? 2. Does it provide indisputable value? Can a regular […]
The company where I work, Confetti is moving, we are changing office. We are now located at Møllergata 13 in Oslo, you’ll find us here. Welcome!
It’s very subjective of course, the right of a journalist or…., but it’s kinda an interesting thing to keep in mind when a guy like Anders Onarheim comments like this. How on earth can you be so stupid and ignorant? What world is he living in? Anyway, show the documentary NRK Brennpunkt about Jón Ýsgeir […]