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House on the moon and opera in the fjords
March 15th I attended the GROW innovation conference in Bergen for the second year. It was a day for inspiration and new perspectives.Most refreshing I found the talk of the Swedish artist Mikael...
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SVG on mobile - The next big thing
I just submitted a talk to JavaZone before the deadline April 16.Scalable Vector Graphics is a mature standard that have been around for a long time, but have lived in the shadow of Flash and suffered...
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Retro cab experience
Yesterday we took a cab to the city centre to listen to Goldenboy. Just as I was about to leave the taxi and looked at the taximeter, my eyes stopped immediately at this phone that should have been on...
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The season of contrasts
In Bergen we do have four seasons, but we never know when we get them. In April and May we can get all in one week; snow, rain, warm and sunny. Sometimes I even have the feeling of getting several of...
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ToDo or not ToDo - is that the real question ?
David Allen´s GTD promise of stress-free productivity suggest that lack of productivity is our main source of stress. Too much focus on productivity is stressful by itself. Are we trapped into...
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I rest my case - Evernote and Shakespeare for personal creativity
I promised an update on my search for the optimal personal creativity app in my last blog post. In retrospect in became even clearer to me that it is more inspiring to be guided by Shakespeare and...
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Nassim Taleb: The Black Swan - the impact of the highly improbable
Nassem Taleb born in Lebanon (1960), focuses on problems of randomness and probability. He has been a wall street trader, hedge fund manager and professor at several Universities.The book have been on...
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iPad 3 harnessed for sailing
My iPad 3 is now prepared for summer holiday at sea. After some research, the choice landed on Griffins Survivor case. Both because it is reasonable priced and it fits the iPad 3 (even if not stated...
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Summer - 28 days at sea
Summer 2012 - sailing, a set on Flickr.We headed for wonderful Læsø in Kattegat - the third summer in a row. For the first time - I also had to sail the boat back to Bergen. The first week I sailed the...
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Phone on Fire, Kindle and a Kettle
It was with great excitement I unpacked my new BioLite camp stove today. It was ordered 5 minutes after reading about it in PopularScience+. 10 days later it was delivered on my door. For a camper this...
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Planning for Africa
Our family have decided to spend Christmas in Africa. Our motivation is to see Africa of course, and escape from our well known routines focused on food and gifts. We want to experience something...
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Kindle for Kids at Nyenga
I brought the 2 kindles and a wireless router to Nyenga. See my previous post on Planning for Africa. It was fun to introduce Kindle to kids and employees at Nyenga. The bad network connection (and...
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The books I read in 2012
Many of the books I read this year, gave me new perspectives and changed the way I think. Following up on the "Books I read in 2011"Raushetens tid, Kathrine Aspaas, read Dec 2012An inspiring book by...
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Culture beats strategy
The most inspiring talk at the innovation conference Grow2013 was from René Carayol. He is a leading Business Guru and author of Corporate Voodoo. He has worked with Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan and Sir...
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Teach the kids to code !
There is a Norwegian movement in shaping, inspired by the US code.org and Codeclub in UK. The initiative Kidsakoder (@kidsakoder) was taken a fe weeks ago and the first meetup was held yesterday.Why...
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Digital skolesekk?
Mange kunne tenkt seg en papirløs digital skolesekk, men hva hva skal den fylles med?Skolens største utfordring er at visjonen er for vag. Vi trenger kunnskapsløft uten reformer og krangel om...
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Kids coding on Raspberry PI
During Christmas we had a coding workshop in our local code club. I had a Raspberry PI session with 9 kids for the first time. It was fun and we all learnt a bit :-).The programming was mainly scratch,...
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The books i Read in 2013
My reading in 2013 was to a large extent dictated by management literature from the course Master of Technology Management at Norwegian School of Economics and Norwegian University of Science and...
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Learnings from eLearning Africa 2014
I was luckey to attend the 9th eLearning Africa conference in Kampala, Uganda last week. As part of my involvement with Nyenga Foundation, me and principal Grace BaigulaniraI took the opportunity to...
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The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
Reflections from reading "The Element" by Ken RobinsonBeing in your element is when you feel the flow and nothing else is present. Finding that zone where time moves more quickly and fluidly happens...
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Antifragile Things That Gain From Disorder
Reflections on reading Antifragile by Nassim TalebNassim Taleb who wrote Black Swan brings his thinking a step further by introducing the concept of Antifragile.The opposite of fragile is not robust. A...
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Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Although a bit outdated in its references (2008), this book its still a valid analysis of the challanges and possible approaches to fix our current education system. Clayton Christensen applies his...
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The Educators - the people whose ideas are challenging the future of education.
If you are interested in the future of education, and the people whose ideas are shaping that future I strongly recconmend listening to the great BBC radio series the educators. Sarah Montague...
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Learning {Re}imagined
How the connected society is transforming learningFor anyone interested in the future (and current state) of education this is a must read. Graham Brown-Martin has traveled around the world and visited...
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A vision for the newSchool
I have for a while worked on articulating a vision for the future school. This vision is inspired by great thought leaders as Sir Ken Robinson, Sugata Mitra, Graham Brown-Martin, John Hattie, Salmar...
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