Oyvind Solstad

Here's my presentation from Comdays 2007. The official Comdays blog has a summary in German.

If you came here for my Comdays presentation, I'll put it up tomorrow afternoon. My schedule and slow WLAN stopped me from doing it yesterday, and today I'm travelling. So sunday 27. October, late - it should be up.It's now up: http://oyvindsolstad.com/2007/10/29/oyvind-solstads-presentation-at-comdays-2007/ If you want to connect, you'll find my Facebook profile, IM nicks and phone numbers in the right sidebar.

At my presentation for "Medievaner 07" and in Tønsberg the week before I talked a abit about in-game advertising. And the possibility that in the future we could see companies like Google and Facebook - who knows a lot about their customers - connect with the gaming industry. So when you play "Project Gotham Racing 4" on the Xbox360, you see ads along the road for products you ...

My two killer advice for your presentation: 1) Have your laptop on the floor at the edge of the stage, not on the podium where the crew want you to put it. Then you can have a look at the preview screen while looking at the audience. Much better. Most presenters turn their back to the screen way to often. Don’t show your back (or ass!) unless there’s a ...

Kampanje (="campaign") is the leading Norwegian mag for people who works with tv, radio, advertising, media, marketing and communication. Kampanje has a monthly (paper) magazine and a website with daily news. Last week they covered my presentation at "Medievaner 07". Today a friend of mine tipped me that the article was the most read at Kampanje.com last week (24. to 29. September).

I did a presentation at "Medievaner 07", Aker Brygge, Oslo 20. september 2007. My presentation was called "What's hot, what's next and why?" (lol). Connected changes everything My main point is this: Young people today are connected with so many people through different channels, that disconnecting their network would be almost like cutting off an arm. Their network is bigger than their parents, it's more diverse, it's more advanced and ...

I did a presentation in Tønsberg last week. I'm not going to put up the whole presentation here. But instead I would like to put up a few pictures and links I've found the last weeks. First up is Aftenposten (Norwegian) who wrote about a new book by Jesper Bo Jensen called "Future Consumer Tendencies and Shopping Behavior". Jensen thinks that people in the near future not will ...

Motion 07 is finished, and what a great conference it was. Great content, great speakers, and lots of interesting people to talk to. Loved it. The conference has got lots of feedback too, and here's their "sum-it-up" post (in Norwegian). I did a presentation on "NRK in new media", and here it is, hosted at slideshare. Watch out for pink underwear. I have added links to all videos I ...

My photo of the "Speedmonster" has been included in the latest Schmap Oslo edition: Personally, I would have chosen this next one. But hey! - always fun when someone want to use my photos. (Click photos to view them on Flickr) These photos are Creative Commons, wo you can use them as long as I'm credited.

I'm speaking at Motion - where arts meets business, in Kristiansand, Norway wednesday 29. August 2007. The speaker list is packed with interesting people: Program in Norwegian - program in English. I really look forward to hear talented people like Kevin Keller... Professor Keller is acknowledged as one of the international leaders in the study of brands, branding, and strategic brand management. Actively involved with industry, he has worked on ...

The logo in the upper right corner, is part of the first letter in my name. It's Ø - a letter used only three places in the world; Norway, Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Wikipedia says... The vowel is not to be confused with the slashed zero. I always write my name Oyvind online, as most people wouldn't even know where to find Ø on their keyboards. So on Facebook ...

Some days ago a friend of mine invited me to Yamky, a social website I didn't know about. I'm always interested in social media sites, so I registered and made a profile. I register for just about everything there is out there, to figure out what's good and what's not good. So I entered my gmail info to check which of my OTHER FRIENDS were on Yamky. BUT - I ...

7. May 2007 I did a presentation at Rose d'Or (also know as the Golden Rose) in Lucerne, Switzerland. It was called "Trends in mobile TV", and presented at the Grand Casino, Casineum. The Rose d'Or (or Golden Rose) is a highly prestigious television award, given annually since 1961 at the Festival Rose d'Or in spring each year. Since 2004, the festival has been held in Lucerne, Switzerland. Before ...

This has always been a rule at Google. And I'm 100% sure that's why they succeed: Because of all the crazy ideas people get when they don't have to accomplish anything. And when I read this article at CNet I was totally convinced Google does the right thing. There are advantages to the deliberate management structure that Microsoft has put in place, he [Steve Ballmer] said, adding that he ...