Author: Simon Staffans

Dear me

Back at work. Phew.Papers to write, pilots to plan, trips to book, people to meet, seminars and speeches to hold... and that's just the beginning.Here's to holidays! 🙂 Now on with the workload!

Back! Watchmen, summer, interactivity and all that

Hi! Back from a LONG vacation - which actually is not over yet, as I still have 1 week to go. Then I'm all out of vacation, and back in business.First on the agenda - finish a paper for the DREAM conference in Odense, Denmark in mid-September. If you have the chance to attend, please…Read more Back! Watchmen, summer, interactivity and all that

wooh, halfway to 70!

There it is, and 35 I am. not long to go to the grave anymore!Good party tonight (writing this a little bit intoxicated) with nice people and nice atmosphere. I really do like you all. :)now, more vacation. Turku archipelago calling!

Back… for a second

Back in Finland, and a big THANK YOU to all of you people arranging and participating in EuroITV 2008. All in all, it was great. Now some sleep, then a train to Åbo. Until later.

EuroITV 2008 day 2

Day two of the conference is coming to an end. The best paper was just awarded, called 'Usages of the secondary screen in an interactive environment', i.e. how can one use mobile phones together with interactive television. Pretty interesting stuff, read up on it if you have the chance. Many of the presentations today have…Read more EuroITV 2008 day 2

euroitv 2008 day 1

This is what it looks like, EuroiTV 2008. The aula is actually the venue where Mozart performed his first opera. They're REALLY big on Mozart here ;)It's been a pretty interesting day so far. Some obvious stuff, some old stuff, but also some good stuff. For me, one interesting session was the one on mobile…Read more euroitv 2008 day 1

Off to Austria (again)

Tomorrow morning I'm off to Salzburg, Austria, to present a poster/paper on our work with THE SPACE TRAINEES at the EuroITV 2008 conference. It should be an interesting event, and I'll do my best to update this blog during the conference with comments and reflections on what has been said, shown and discussed. Now off…Read more Off to Austria (again)

Correct predictions – Nostradamus watch out!

Now, I don't want to boast... well, actually, I do want to boast :)Check out the blog entry on the 10th of June, below, regarding the European Championships in football in Switzerland and Austria.Spain to win - CHECK!Torres to score in the final - CHECK!To bad I didn't put my money where my mouth was...…Read more Correct predictions – Nostradamus watch out!

Off to the European Championships!

That's it for me for a week or so, I'll be heading for Austria and Innsbruck on Sunday, to watch a couple of games. Poland-Croatia in Klagenfurt on Monday should be interesting, even though Croatia are through thanks to the Austrian penalty last night. Poland, on the other hand, have everything to fight for. On…Read more Off to the European Championships!

8 hours of media consumption per day

I know I'm in the television and cross media business, and I should be thrilled that people are availing themselves of an increasing amount of media. I should, but in truth, I'm not. A recent survey foretells that US citizens will consume an average of 8 hours of media per day by 2013. Of that,…Read more 8 hours of media consumption per day