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All work and no play?

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This blog as been quite silent for a few weeks. I am sorry, but sometimes the official part of my life takes up a bit more of my time than might be wished. As for most of us in the IT industry our work also is a big part of our hobby and interests. I guess we are kind of like artists in this. I like to
think of my occupation as one of the creative occupations. Maybe I do not paint or create statues, but I participate in creating something most of days.
Oh I guess some will disagree, but hey, I live in a country where free speech still exists …. (I hope).

As many of you have noticed by now. The blogging world is still increasing in numbers. Most blogs though are short lived, or they concern things I do not follow regularly. Celebrity blogs and diaries is not my thing. I am more likely to read a blog where I can learn something useful. I guess I follow too many blogs, but I would like to point out a few blogs from some of my friends.

I also follow a lot of photo blogs, but I guess I will write up a blog entry about those another time.

If you are a friend of mine, with a blog of your own and it isn’t mentioned here. Well, please give me a hint, or add a comment below.

Chocolate

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I guess this is a kind of “different” blog for me. A friend of mine has his own blog at blog.menneske.org. He is writing a small series on chocolate right now, and I found his entries kind of interesting and educational.
So “introducing” Svein Magnus Sørensen:

The future, 2.0

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As a follow up to my earlier fantasy of new possibilities regarding a documented generation I would like to blow out some steam regarding social software as well.

One of the problems we see today is that there are only a few people producing the information that is consumed by all the rest. Those reading are participating with tagging, bookmarking and rating of the content, but even this should be easier. The production of the content could also be easier.

So let us play with the idea of a documented world. On our way forward we have a few stops on the way. Some of them we are experiencing right now, among else by using Facebook, Linked-In, Plaxo or other social networking applications. By blogging and micro-blogging what we do and what interests us we are giving the world knowledge and information that can be used by other applications as what we often call value-added content.

Consider this, you are watching a video or listening to a podcast on the net regarding some information. The video or audio is tagged in such a way that as you play the content, different meta-information rolls by in tandem with the content, and the media player might then display related information based on automated searches as you watch. We are talking hypermedia that intelligently can give you information that you need or want. You will be able to decide where the information is gathered from.

In the next generation of social software I expect us to be able to increase the value for each other in even better and easier ways than today. And as always, the enabler of these features will always be technology.

So in the future, expect great things. Probably not some of the small ideas I present to you here. What we will see will probably be better.

And you will be a part of it. By easily producing content, and adding meta-information and grading what you see. The world will give you more of what you want and of what interests you.

Whether it is semantic technology or intelligent search engines, I bid welcome to interesting and feature rich social networks, in a documented world where you can have an even more enhanced life experience.

Soon, in a life near you!

Not exactly street art

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_MG_9939bI don’t know about you, but I always seem to feel that there are two kinds of graffiti lining up our city walls right now. The art: well executed, often illegal, maybe beautiful, complex figures or drawings on a wall. The other kind: Signatures and quick squiggles on a wall, ugly and badly executed. This is one of the last. I guess they are left by people with no talent and a great need for writing their name everywhere.