http://dltq.org a vlog by Raymond M. Kristiansen Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:17:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am off to Bardufoss today to meet Roar Sollied, the 1st candidate for Venstre in Troms. We will shoot some video, and I will teach him some web2.0 things. Of course, we all know that not every politician does well on Twitter or Facebook. Sometimes, it is quite hard ... http://dltq.org/2009/07/01/off-to-bardufoss/ This blog post is not about Superman or Batman defying gravity, but about cities like Tromsø defying the gravitational force of Oslo in Norway. This afternoon I had some very pleasant hours drinking coffee and discussing with Morten Skandfer, the deputy leader of the social-liberal party Venstre in Troms, the ... http://dltq.org/2009/07/01/defying-gravity/ On May 25th I attended a meeting about EU-Ukraine relations. Or, rather, the title was: Round table discussions "European Prospects of Ukraine", and it took place in the Danish Parliament. Programme: 1. Introduction by Erik Boel, President of Danish European Movement 2. Speech on "European Prospects of Ukraine" by H.E. ... http://dltq.org/2009/05/25/on-eu-ukraine-relations-notes-from-a-mini-conference/ Dead Aid is written by Dambisa Moya who is a Zambia-born author educated in the UK/US. I have been following @dambisamoya for a day now, and have also read more about her position as well as the @dambisamoyo's from twitter search. Yesterday, Jeffrey Sachs from Columbia University wrote this article ... http://dltq.org/2009/05/24/the-aid-issue/ Ulla Tørnæs (the Liberal party) is responsible for Danida. Picture is from Information The Danish newspaper Information has lately been publishing a series of articles criticizing DANIDA, which is the Danish office responsible for the billions of kroners spent on development aid projects around the world. In today's issue of Information ... http://dltq.org/2009/05/22/danidas-demise/ Twitter has become a widely used/hyped site, and there is a large amount of different tools. If you need some starting points, this twitter wiki is a good place. Today, Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd) wrote a post "A Modest Proposal For More Microstructure: Twitter /Locations" I personally don't find the /location meme ... http://dltq.org/2009/05/21/structured-tweeting/ A few weeks ago I was at a conference here in Copenhagen organized by the Danish Labour Youth. The conference was about Russia, and particularly where Russia is heading now. I was kind of surprised when I saw that the programme showed that the Russian ambassador to Denmark was to ... http://dltq.org/2009/02/27/russia-and-georgia/ (This blog post is continually updated) In 2020, there will be a different kind of luxury, the kind that money can't buy, but which takes a lot of work to maintain: The luxury of privacy. As Facebook and other forms of social media litter our atmosphere, we see several tendencies that ... http://dltq.org/2009/02/26/the-luxury-of-privacy/ Almost a year ago I read Joi Ito's review of Daemon, and I checked if the book was available at my local library. It was not, so I wrote them an e-mail suggesting the book. Subsequently, I wrote a little tweet, and then I left it at that. A few ... http://dltq.org/2009/02/23/a-response-to-daemon/ http://dltq.org/2009/01/20/in-remembrance-of-who-we-are/