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 …