Nine Inch Nails clever marketing
I recently got back from a Nine Inch Nails concert, where I was intrigued by marketing hype surrounding this tour. It all started with hidden letters in tour t-shirts spelling out a domain name
Posts from year 2007
Found 30 hits, currently showing 21-30.
The last SAMA
The first SAMA (Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards) was held in 1998. Ten years later, the time had come to close this chapter of music history and visit the very last SAMA. All in all, it felt like the last night with the old crew.
Thoughts on Connection07
Connection07 was held at Stadsmuseet, one of the very few web conferences held in Gothenburg. Compared to the large global conferences such as MIX and @media, this is of course a lot smaller.
Level of fame
What is it that make someone famous in the computer world? Decades ago, that particular area used to concern advanced scientific topics bordering dangerously close to the obscure, which made sure that it very rarely became mainstream.
Modern Flash development
Flash is often said to be an excellent tool for interactive visual effects when applied properly, while it’s a pain when it comes to accessibility and semantics. There is also the issue with search engine optimization, since the Google bots don’t know how to index the binary files.
Creating CSS Control Adapters
The popular ASP.NET framework comes with a set of pre-defined controls, which can speed up web development. Unfortunately many of the controls will produce a result which is less than optimal when it comes to accessibility and web standards.
The legacy of software
When I go to old cities such as Rome, I love to visit the ancient buildings. Some were built over two thousand years ago and still stand before my eyes. But when future historians and archaeologists will rediscover the year of 2007, it is unclear if they will find much of use.
Diving at the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef off the northern coast of Australia is the world’s largest coral reef system. Our first stop was at the Thetford Reef.
Lord of the Rings locations in New Zealand
The beautiful scenery of New Zealand became an instant tourist magnet as soon as the first Lord of the Rings movie was released in 2001. People from all over the world flock to see the places were Peter Jackson recreated Middle Earth.
Mythbusting in Wellington
I’m currently in Wellington, New Zealand. At latitude 41°S, it’s the southernmost national capital city in the world. This is about as far south as you can be without hiking through Patagonia.