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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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My name is Oyvind Solstad, and this is my personal website. I have also have a Norwegian website at oyvindsolstad.no. In Norwegian, my name is spelled Øyvind Solstad. Work I work as head of social media and user involvement at VG, the leading newspaper and website in Norway. All views expressed on this site are …
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