Current Affairs
- I’ve cried almost every day since 22/7, Knut Storberget told the media when he resigned as Norway’s minister of justice and police Friday. But he vehemently denied his resignation had anything to do with the Ministry’s growing catalogue of errors in handling the twin terror
Media
Now, what did you have to do again in the good old days to get yourself on the evening news? These days all it takes is a tweet. Arguably it might take what most people would call a tweet too far, but still… This week I was invited to discuss
Current Affairs
“I for one want to vote the Utøya-generation into office.” I’m not certain where I read that statement now: on Facebook, Twitter, blogs. It probably flashed past me frequently on all those platforms after 22/7, and after the municipal and county elections last moth it’s clear that
Web/Tech
Writing about Steve Jobs and his philosophy of life for work today I was reminded about liberation management. I was really struck by this video (which must have travelled all over the web by now), Jobs 2005 Stanford commencement speech, and how it gels with the other things we know
Blogging
What I remember most vividly about 9/11 is a woman alternately sobbing, crying and screaming over the phone line as the drama unfolded on the TV-screen. I was at home in East Finchley, London, working on my masters project, when my ex-partner called me and asked me to turn
Pictures
This mobile snapshot keeps fascinating me. I snapped it on my way out from work 8 August when Oslo was still full of roses after so many had showed their support for the victims of 22/7 by leaving roses all over town. As some of you will know, this
Journalism
I just came across this brilliant post by DigiDave on how various types of journalists see themselves and others. Lots of food four thought and laughs in this image:
Personal
Luckily, Irene turned out to be an empty threat in the end. Mind you, I’m talking about the woman. Not the hurricane turned tropical storm which caused very real damage along its path. Even though its impact could have been much worse I agree that «nothing is ‘not that
Media
Shocked out of holiday mode, and a general cutural innocence, by the worst terror attack in the country's modern history, it is perhaps not surprising that some Norwegians find themselves missing the summer's traditional silly season. "I miss headlines about dangerous tics, murder snails and
Current Affairs
Just how will the wheel turn, how will the public debate shift, after the terror attacks of 22/7? Food for thought from Björn Stærk: ...After the terror attacks in Norway on July 22, perpetrated by a fanatical opponent of multiculturalism and the Islamization of Europa, it happens again. The
Current Affairs
Anders Behring Breivik might have killed close to 100 people to market a manifesto partly copied from the Unabomber. I didn’t know whether to cry or throw up while reading the manifesto published by the man who has admitted to the twin terror attacks on Oslo Friday. When people
Personal
“You know, it was a near miss for you just as it was for me as I narrowly avoided being on the Piccadilly line train when one of the bombs exploded on 7/7” The sentiment belongs to my Dutch ex-partner. We lived together in London on and off for