Did a gonzo presentation for 100 danish library leaders today. Ended up calling it “Excitement, Fundamentals and Implementation”. Discussing the excitement about the future many people are experiencing. Calling for the library to go back to the fundamentals of giving free access to information. Calling for the libraries to actually implement their core in a digital context by digitalizing all information in their archives and providing danish citizens free digital access to all material published whether in books, journals, dvd, etc. – effectively bridging the copyfight vs. the copyright cartels …

Happy Hour is 9 to 5 is the title of my friend Alexander’s new book (aka. Mr. Chief Happiness Officer). Read it online for free or buy a pdf/physical book to support Alexander and his work. Comes very well recommended.
(photo of the friendly Laundromat Cafe staff admiring the first physical copy of the book – big parts of the book was written in the cafe).

My kid brother gave me a wonderful christmas gift – a gift card to do micro lending with Kiva. You can check out my portfolio and follow my adventures.
Kiva is a great prototype – but would love if the system could be more P2P than the current implementation – which is more of an add-on to existing instutional micro lending systems. (a lot of transaction costs that could be taken out of the system).

Ted Rheingold tagged me to do a 5 things you may not know about me – so here we go.
– I’m a high school dropout with no formal education. (technically probably still on leave from high school).
– I’m 29 years old and live in Copenhagen, Denmark with my girlfriend and our two kids.
– In my teens i was a hockey dj, actually the reason why my family got a real computer. DJ’ing for 1.000-2.500 people for ice hockey games – a great learning experience about the symbiosis …

Was on the danish national broadcasters conversation show “Deadline 2nd section” in a conversation about “the new reality of the net” (their title) last sunday. Haven’t dared watching it myself, but if you’re adventurous you can watch it.
Interestingly how much attention Secondlife gets since it’s a very small trend compared to the major trends, interesting how such a tv show is produced (apart from the 3 camera people it’s very light staffing), how scripted a conversation show on tv actually is – perhaps that what it takes to do …

Participated in an Arup workshop recently with a great diverse group on the future of the business hotel. One insight i had during the workshop seems to be sticking. An emerging travel ethic that seemed to resonate with most of the participants all though it goes against all current trends.
We’re currently in a phase of democratization of business travel due to low costs, more people have international relationships in organizations and many smaller organizations/micro companies. So we’re jetting around the globe, flying back and forth in one day to London, …

Paradigm surfing is what i do.

This tidbit from the google quarterly earnings somehow stuck with me.

Other Cost of Revenues – Other cost of revenues, which is comprised primarily of data center operational expenses, as well as credit card processing charges, increased to $223 million, or 8% of revenues, in the third quarter of 2006, compared to $204 million, or 8% of revenues, in the second quarter.
So their raw production costs (which includes the the worlds largest datacenter) is 8% of revenues.

Well, even the title is hilarious, so check out this speech by Sumner Redstone [pdf], chairman and founder of Viacom at a conference about “Progress and Freedom”. Some noteable quotes…
– “Copyright is even more right in the digital age because copyright compels creativity. It furnishes the incentive to innovate. Therefore, limiting the protection of copyrights threatens innovation.”
– “Finally, at the risk of sounding naive, let me state the obvious: copyright is, well, right. It’s inherently right for both the creator and the consumer. It’s …

People across the world connecting via blogs. Iconic post/comment if it’s for real.