On this day, 35 years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. I still remember when I was told. From the age of 6 I’ve been very interested in space exploration and this was shocking news.
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My 10 Best Photos of 2018
As a freelancer, you get to do a lot of cool stuff. When you also take into account that you live in an amazingly beautiful county, the photo opportunities just lign up. See the artists, models, cities and sites I photographed this year. Here’s my top 10 best photos of 2018!
So, You Wanna Know What it’s Like to Be an Exchange Student
Do you want to know what it’s like to go to another country as an exchange student? Do you want to know about the culture shock you can experience when coming home again? Or do you want to see a moment that is like it’s taken straight out of a high school movie? Then you…
Is the US Media in Bed With the Devil?
A little under two weeks ago I attended the LION 18 conference in Chicago. LION is short for Local Independent Online News and is an organisation for local news sites. Little did I know all the reactions I would get when I tweeted my surprise over how in bed Facebook is with local news sites…
Connect 2016 Day 4: A Sense of Optimism
I did not start the day with a workout. I was actually very tired and you have to keep your strength up if you are to hang on during a session with Mat Newman. So I slept as long as I could and headed off to the conference hotel. #UserBLAST 2016 Mat Newman is a…
Connect 2016 Day 3: Future of Domino, Connections and Hogsmeade
Woke up half past five in the morning. My internal clock is still not up to snuff. The humidity outside was unbelievable and there was so much fog that I opted for a 4 x 4 interval run on the thread mill instead of running around the lake. After hitting the shower and taking in…
Connect 2016 Day 2: The next Generation
The calendar says it’s winter here in Orlando, but for us this is pure summer. It’s quite simply heavenly here right now, and I’ll never get used to being cold inside, and when I go outside I have to take off my jacket. I started this day with a short run before I did several…
Connect 2016 Day 1: Jump starts and steak
Started the day with 10 km run around the lake where we live, in what in Norway would be called a cloudy but very warm and humid summer day. Even though the general opening of the conference always happens on Mondays, there are still lots of sessions to go to on Sunday as well. They…
Connect 2016 Day 0: Just Arrived
Call it Lotusphere, call it IBM Connected or call it any other name that IBM has changed it to after dropping the name all old timers refer to the conference as: Lotusphere. No matter what you call it, the official name this year is Connect 2016. Another change is that this year it’s not taking…
Connected 2015 Day 4
I’m a bit behind on blogging on the last day of this year’s conference, but here we go: I started the last day, slightly hung over, by being treated to breakfast by Panagenda. Not because they want me to buy the Marvel Client, but because we over the years have struck up a friendship. And…