Author: Simon Staffans

No waves? Make waves!

This just has to be one of the best ways to surf. I can see it happening in Metviken as soon as the ice breaks :)* * *And for some of the bloody weirdest commercials around, check this blog. "It's just like, it's just like... a mini mall! Oh yeah!"

Can anyone say no to Virgin?

Well, the moment they start offering something alike to their Virgin Media, freshly relaunched in the UK, in my surrounding, I'll be there to snap it up in a second.Although I myself is into the content-side of the television and interactive business, trying my damndest to come up with new and entertaining (and preferrably attractive…Read more Can anyone say no to Virgin?

Nostalgia in pictures

Dunno if there's much to be nostalgic about when it comes to the old Soviet Union, but there's something profoundly sad and timeless about these old Soviet bus stops, as photographed and documented by Christopher Herwig. It seems like the smallest building in the country - the bus stop - was the only one where…Read more Nostalgia in pictures

Mobile market and IPTV

Analysts are always pretty keen on analyzing things, I've noticed. For the most part many of the reports published can be ignored, or at least put in the read-at-some-point-if-there-is-absolutely-NOTHING-else-to-do heap.A couple of reports this week seem quite interesting, though. First of all, Informa have released a report regarding the mobile market and the high probability…Read more Mobile market and IPTV

Mwuhahaha

Heh, cannot but chuckle a bit at the Boston bomb scare caused by Turner Broadcasting Inc. and their "guerilla marketing campaign" for the new show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force". Seems like the campaign went a little bit too much guerilla, prompting frightened authorities to basically shut down the whole of Boston to deal with the…Read more Mwuhahaha

Goddamn…

Now, the page this links leads to is in Swedish, but it's just too weird not to comment on. It leads to a Christianity test at a Swedish congregations webpage, which I took - it only took some minutes, but all the questions were quite leading and the answers more so. I was hoping that…Read more Goddamn…

Transparency – new interactive cinema

There are a lot of things happening in the world of interactive content and interactive narrative. New devices and new technologies offers opportunities to do loads of stuff previously unimaginable. Some - like me and my colleagues - work with creating interactive tv formats, which have a potential to sell on the national or international…Read more Transparency – new interactive cinema

How to be a renowned blogger

So, finally, we all know what to do to get lots and lots of hits on our blogs. It's simple, really:1) Have original and good stuff to write about2) Build up a massive network3) Make sure you get some scoops - like the Watergate scandal I presume4) Advertise ad infinitumHm. Original content, scoops, massive network…Read more How to be a renowned blogger

Back in business

Back in Vasa, which is nice. Wales was pretty good too. Will upload some photos to my Flickr-page, so's anyone interested can have a look. Even managed to bring home some cans of Ddraig Dwbl - Double Dragon Ale, which in my opinion is rather nice. But security at airports nowadays, it's just no fun…Read more Back in business

Cymraeg!

This is actually the first time I update this blog via a television set, which is done from a hotel room in Cardiff, or Caerdidd if you happen to be speaking Welsh. (Someone should however do some serious usability testing on these keyboards. Not only are they small and uncomfortable - the arrow keys are…Read more Cymraeg!