Next: Canada, US, and Iceland

As indicated in a 140 char note on Twitter, I’m leaving Europe. For a month, that is. I am going on a flight/roadtrip, part work, part vacation. Locationwise roughly as follows: Toronto from July 17th to 25th. Washington, DC from July 26th to 31st. Ottawa from July 31st to August 6th. Boston from August 7th to 14th. oh, and then a stopover in Iceland: Reykjavík from August 14th to 18th. Along the way I will attend The Open Group’s 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference in ...

Canonicalization of Democracy?

Ah, what an age it is When to speak of trees is almost a crime Bertolt Brecht To Posterity (1938) (German: An die Nachgeborenen; Danish: Til Efterkommerne) The Council of Europe invited me to participate in Forum for the Future of Democracy held in Sigtuna in Sweden this week. The general theme was Power and empowerment: the interdependence of democracy and human rights. I was invited to make a contribution in a break-out session about eDemocracy – key role in facilitating and strengthening democratic processes? ...

Halo Halo

I’ll be visiting HP Labs in Bristol, UK, tomorrow wearing my Version2-hat. The theme is adaptive infrastructure, but they also promise we’ll experience the advanced video collaboration system, Halo, which sounds like fun. I love enterprisey gadgets. I’d love to hear from users of advanced video collaboration systems.

Version2: New Media for IT Professionals

On Monday, Danish media house Ingeniøren A/S will launch the first phase of Version2, a new biweekly magazine and online media for IT professionals in Denmark. I’m proud to say that I’m part of the team behind Version2. The magazine and website will launch in November, but we will start the river of news via Ingeniørens site next week, where Tania and I are covering the JAOO-conference. The “real” Version2 opening in November will be our attempt at practising “Media 2.0″/”News 2.0″ or whatever – ...