Vi står midt i et nybrud indenfor journalistik, hvor nye og gamle medier søger at finde ud af, hvordan deres læsere ikke bare kan bidrage med betalende medlemskaber, men også med viden og indsigt, der kan gøre journalistik økonomisk bæredygtig, samfundsmæssigt vedkommende og folkeligt oplysende. …
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Recently, I came across a blog post by Jake Knapp who also experienced the distractions caused by having a smart phone. So he decided to try and tweak his iPhone to make it distraction-free. And now, more than a year later, he’s still using it – …
Read MoreQuit your smartphone
Today I have an opinion piece in the Danish national newspaper Politiken. It’s a much shorter rewrite of my blog post about filters in the age of distraction, called “Drop din smartphone.” UPDATE: The piece has been posted on the Politiken website. Unfortunately, they’ve changed …
Read MoreDistraction filters on the smartphone
Some time ago, I wrote about how I ditched my smartphone and returned to an old Nokia “dumbphone”, started a tight Inbox Zero regime, and began checking my email just once a day. All in an attempt to regain control of my digital life. The …
Read MoreThe web as ecosystem
I recently finished reading Steven Johnson’s book Future Perfect. Being in the know as one of the “peer progressives” he lauds in the book, I found many of his points to be familiar. And all in all, I didn’t enjoy the book that much. But …
Read More12 ways to overcome computer friction
Some weeks ago, we held a conversation salon about everday life (“hverdage” in Danish) here in Copenhagen, and one of the questions we touched upon was: Where do you find calm in your everyday life? The more I thought about it, the more I realized …
Read MoreDeveloping filters in the age of distraction
At one point not too long ago, I realised that every time I checked my email, I was hoping for something to distract me from the thing I was working on. Something easier, something immediately rewarding. But most of the time, I just found more stuff I needed to do, and I got more stressed out. So, I’ve decided to make some rules for myself: From now on, I only check my email once a day.
Read MoreA network-based organic food co-op
A month ago, my old colleagues at Socialsquare posted a short video interview with meon how the internet is changing business. The interview was an edited excerpt of a longer interview where I also talked about KBHFF as a concrete example of a networked, open …
Read More“How the internet is changing business”
Recently, I went to visit my old colleagues at Socialsquare to catch up. They also did a little interview with me about KBHFF, the Copenhagen food co-op I’m involved in, and how I see that the internet is changing business in general. Yesterday, they posted …
Read MoreEvolution of a blog
Defining the topic for this blog has been an on-going challenge for me since I started blogging in December 2004. And that is reflected in the way my blog has evolved over the years. Starting out as a simple way of sharing my experiences as …
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