A hackathon is when you bring a group of people with different perspectives together to work with and innovate around a given challenge during a limited time. Traditionally, hackathons have been used to describe an event where developers and programmers are brought together to work on developing prototypes. Today, the event form can be used to bring together all kinds of professionals to work in groups with others that have a different background and skill set, to come up with new angles on a given challenge through interdisciplinary collaboration.
Citizen journalism – a case study
Yesterday evening, I was about to head home from Stockholm to London, when terminal 2 at Arlanda Airport was evacuated due to what turned out to be a small fire in one of the cafeterias that set of a fire alarm. Everyone had to leave the terminal and wait outside the building for a rough two hours, resulting in several delays.
During this wait, I decided to post a tweet on what was happening, with the hashtag #Arlanda.
See you at Webbdagarna 2016 in Stockholm!
I’m happy to announce that I will be part of this year’s Webbdagarna event in Stockholm taking place on March 22 – 23, as part of the editorial team on stage as well as moderating two of the knowledge tracks during the event: Digital Strategies (22nd) and Innovation (23rd).
Tech Trends 2016
Virtual reality, health tech, wearables, music tech, fintech and robot technology are some of the tech trends that’s got everyone talking this year. For Internetworld, I’m currently doing an article series exploring the different hypes, highlighting some of the most interesting examples, and talking with experts on the different areas.
Social Media Channels you should know about – and how to pick the right ones for your brand
I recently wrote a series on different growing social media platforms for Swedish tech publication Internetworld, interviewing social media experts and companies using the services in different ways to support their business.
There are so many different channels out there for a company to choose from today – and it appears more are appearing by the day. This series is an attempt to help companies understand their customers’ behavior, and to learn how to pick platforms that actually makes sense for them to be present on.