What I’m reading

03.08.2008

I’ve created an account at Shelfari. Feel free to add me as your friend or see what I’m reading/want to read/have read. I’m Oyvind at Shelfari. Here’s a preview – with the books I’m currently reading:

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I told you so: Training data to your iPod

05.03.2008

“Treadmill” by maHidoodi Nike reports that Apple and Nike teams up with health clubs and gym equipment manufacturers: Nike and Apple are working with major gym equipment manufacturers such as Life Fitness, Precor, Star Trac and Technogym to make their cardio equipment Nike + iPod compatible so health club members can easily track workouts on [...]

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Norwegian King Harald speaks about Facebook

31.12.2007

In his new years speech for 2007, Norwegian King Harald said (in Norwegian): Mye i livet er viktig, men mon tro om vi ikke trenger å ta oss mer tid til å snakke sammen? I gamle dager hadde de butikken og kirkebakken, – møtesteder for den gode pratens skyld. I dag har vi mobiltelefonen, “Facebook” [...]

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Twitters in Norway

07.12.2007

According to Twitterfacts, I was the 5th Norwegian using Twitter: Oldest Twitter accounts from Norway http://twitter.com/Elisabeth – Elisabeth – first message on 30/08/2006 http://twitter.com/asgeirn – Asgeir S. Nilsen – first message on 3/09/2006 http://twitter.com/larskflem – larskflem – first message on 7/11/2006 http://twitter.com/einar – Benjamin Jacobsen – first message on 9/11/2006 http://twitter.com/oyvind – Oyvind Solstad – [...]

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Rain makes the world pretty

26.11.2007

A bridge at Solsiden – a newly developed part of the harbour in Trondheim, Norway.

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What does Mathieu Janin say about me?

29.10.2007

If you know french, could you help me translate what Mathieu Janin says about me and my presentation at Comdays 2007 in his blogpost? An excerpt (which sounds nice, but I don’t know French): Inspiré par Malcom Macdowel, auteur du bestseller “tipping point”, il nous présente deux exemples norvégiens de succès au travers d’une magnifique [...]

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Picture in Bieler Tagblatt Online

29.10.2007

After my presentation at Comdays 2007, Simon tipped me (thanks, Simon!) that my picture was at the website of Bieler Tagblatt. You have to click on the icon to the right of the date, and go to picture 13. I’m also at slide 10, from the panel discussion on Wednesday. From Bieler Tagblatt Online – [...]

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Oyvind Solstad’s presentation at Comdays 2007

29.10.2007

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

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Comdays presentation coming sunday 27.10

27.10.2007

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 [...]

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Contextual advertising

19.10.2007

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 [...]

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Two small tips for your presentation

15.10.2007

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 [...]

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Most read at Kampanje

01.10.2007

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 [...]

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Medievaner 07

24.09.2007

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 [...]

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The future of shopping

17.09.2007

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 [...]

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Motion 07 – my presentation

06.09.2007

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 [...]

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