For the nomadic worker visiting Berlin I’ve put together a little list of “workable” places around the city. With “workable” I mean more or less dependable internet, decent coffee, okay seating and preferably a few available outlets too. The places are mostly coffee shops located in Kreuzberg, Mitte and Friedrichshain. It’s a personal list andContinue Reading
Underveis (≈ “on my way”) is a simple glanceable webapp that uses Trafikanten.no‘s real-time API for Oslo to let you know when the next public transportation is departing from your stop. Inspired by Russell Davies thoughts on secondary attention and Dentsu/Berg’s work on incidental media and glanceable interfaces, it’s intended to be used on aContinue Reading
This might be the most exciting thing I have seen this year: Twine – a Kickstarter project for a do-it-yourself kit for making smart environments. Twine is the simplest possible way to get the objects in your life texting, tweeting or emailing. A durable 2.5″ square provides WiFi connectivity, internal and external sensors, and twoContinue Reading
The web today is dominated by recommendation engines like Amazon’s “people who bought this also bought that”, Apple’s “Genius” and various personalized news aggregators filtering new recommendations based on what you already have consumed and liked. We also have the social signal, which in the same way provides recommendations based on what our friends consumeContinue Reading
Facebook launched a couple of big new features at F8 yesterday. The new, visually pleasing, “Timeline” profiles and what they’re calling frictionless sharing. With their new Open Graph, Facebook makes it possible for third-party apps and sites to automatically share everything you do inside the app after a one-time initial authorization. Signing in to SpotifyContinue Reading
A while back a few conversations about new ways to distribute art turned into a little side project we have had going on throughout the summer. The Lolita Story is visual artist Edvarda A. Braanaas‘ interpretation of the classic novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. It features 50 iPad drawings and 24 texts, which together formContinue Reading
Summertime. No internet but plenty of beachside reading coming up. That’s the plan at least. Lists are lazy blogging, but anyway here are the books I’m hoping to get through in the coming weeks: The Shallows By: Nicholas Carr Description: “Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a convincing caseContinue Reading
I’m strong believer in the benefits of visualizing ideas, as it forces holistic thinking and done right it makes it much easier to communicate complex ideas to others. Yesterday, I came across IDEO’s framework for mapping a business model on a single page, which I think serves as a very elegant example. Also check outContinue Reading
The Next11 conference here in Berlin had a great theme this year. “Data Love – In our data-driven economy, the consumer is in the focus point of consideration. Because his behaviour determines who wins, what lasts and what will be sold. Data is the crucial driver to develop relevant products and services for the consumer.”Continue Reading
I’ve spent way too much time on turntable.fm the last few days. It’s one of these rare services that don’t really do anything radically new (see listeningroom.net, outloud.fm), but have been able to mix and configure features in such a way that it creates an instantly intuitive and engaging experience. If you haven’t tried turntable.fmContinue Reading