My kid turns one today and I cannot BEGIN to explain how much he means to me.
Happy b-day Alvin.
Your dad loves you very much.
Since the rest of the world seems to be doing it 24/7 these days. In fact, I’ve kinda had it with the hype (don’t get me wrong. I agree. The right guy won. History is made. Change and hope and all that).
But I really need to mention this group on Flickr. A message for Obama is a group of people sending just that – a message for Obama. To me, it is a perfect example of how a message that is presented visually (even when it’s just writing on a piece of paper) is so strong. It carries context and emotion. I dig it!
Oh, and on the humorous side, I think this guy sent the funniest message of the bunch.
Nearly exactly one year ago, I wrote a blog post on microblogging and campaigning. Today I wrote a blog post over at Re:s blog on corporate microblogging (in Danish), and I’m currently working on an article on microblogging for Poets & Plumbers. I wonder if it has all come full circle or if microblogging is finally hitting it’s peak on the hype cycle. Either way, it sure is all the rave at the moment!
Esteemed colleague Mads Kristensen (consultant over at vadnu.com) has suffered a major life crisis in the course of the last couple of weeks. He has very suddenly lost his wife to cardiac arrest, and has been – and still must be – in the midst of emotional chaos. Now, why am I blogging about this? Well, first and foremost because Mads does.
Over the last couple of weeks he has turned to his network on Twitter and Facebook to vent and find release for some of his frustrations. And the network responded with sympathy and encouragement.
It has been no less than moving to follow, and it gave me a completely new perspective on how social media can (also) be used.
I take my hat off to you for being so honest and open, Mads. And I wish you all the best for the future. I’m sure you’ll emerge powerfully from this crisis.
I’m not fortunate enough to attend the Web 2.0 expo going on right now. That sucks! Luckily, Peter Svarre is blogging his provebial ASS off from the event. I’ve been following his posts, and they provide real value. You should do the same.
Some of you may have read my Danish scriblings over at supersocial.dk. It’s been a while (to say the least) since I posted anythng overthere, and the reason for this is quite simple.
Since joining Re: I’ve put my blog energy into getting Re:thinking – (our company blog) off the ground. I think the guys at Re: did a killer job on our new site (based on WordPress), and it’s crucial for me to contribute to the blog. Maintaining two Danish blogs is too much for me to cope with at this moment, so I had to make a choice, and it was a no-brainer. I’m a Re: guy now 
That being said, I quite like my supersocial domain, and I’ve been struggling with a way to put it to good use. As of now, it’ll be an aggregated blog (running on tumblr) of stuff about social software. It runs on feeds from my delish-bookmarks (tagged social), Flickr-pics (tagged social), posts from this blog and the one at Re:, Tweets, shared articles from my Google reader and some other stuff.
So consider it my personal social media filter. I hope some of you can put some of it to good use, and if not you can still follow my posts in Danish at Re:thinking.
Enjoy.
So I just voted for my favourite tweets over at the twitties (my geekness never seizes to amaze me) – have you put in your votes yet! Claim your influence, damnit!
Got a kick out of this nifty thing while I had my morning coffee today. A youtube video jukebox generated from my last.fm lists. It’s made by Morten Just. (Via)
Sorry for the lack of meaningful content in this post, but I’m doing a quick test of Posterous’ auto post functionality. It could come in handy!
Last.fm best of 2008
If you’re into music and you like top-lists, I suggest you check out last.fm’s best of 2008. It gives you the low-down on what last.fm’s users listened to and loved in 08. There are three types of lists: albums, artists and tracks, but I won’t spoil it for you by telling you who tops which charts. Go have a look for your damn selves.