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Roskilde Program
Thursday:
Astoria, 20:00 – Rumpistol
Orange, 22:15 – Kanye West
Arena, 23:00 – Mew
Orange, 00:30 – Trentemøller
Friday:
Pavilion, 13:00 – Negash Ali
Cosmopol, 15:00 – Mike Sheridan
Arena, 17:00 – Glasvegas
Orange, 19:30 – Nick Cave
Odeon, 22:00 – Skambankt
Odeon, 00:00 – Jenny Wilson
Orange, 01:00 – Nine Inch Nails (alt. Lounge, Lulu Rouge)
Arena, 02:00 – Röyksopp
Astoria, 03:00 – Analogik
Saturday:
Odeon, 12:30 – Balstyrko
Odeon, 14:30 – …and you wil know us by the trail of death
Arena, 16:30 – Elbow
Cosmopol, 18:00 – Den Sorte Skole
Arena, 21:30 – Lily Allen
Arena, 00:00 – Fever Ray
Arena, 02:00 – Malk De Koijn
Sunday:
(Lounge)
Cosmopol, 12:00 – Pede B
Arena, 14:00 – Pete Doherty
Lounge, 14:30 – Mikkel Metal
Cosmopol, 16:00 – 2562
Orange, 17:00 – Eagles of Death Metal
Arena, 18:30 – Whitest Boy Alive
Orange, 19:15 – Madness
Arena, 20:45 – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[dk] Hvorfor AidOnline har fat i den helt forkerte ende
Der er skrevet meget om AidOnline i dag, og jeg skal blot henvise til Lars K. Jensens glimrende indlæg for en kort opsummering: Skørt AidOnline-annoncekoncept nasser på netmediernes trafik
Det jeg studsede mest over er det her statement fra deres FAQ-side:
De velgørende organisationer har hårdt brug for hjælp og lige nu henter de ingen penge på internettet. AidOnline er en utrolig billig form for fundraising, hvorfor vi håber at de kan slå igennem, ikke blot i Danmark, men i hele verden.
Sikke dog en gang forbandet vrøvl! Jeg var sammen med min gode ven Kristoffer arrangører af den københavnske del af et globalt event, Twestival (sammentrækning af Twitter + Festival). Arrangementet gik kort fortalt ud på at afholde et event for københavnske Twitter-brugere 12. februar (samme dag var der over 200 lignende arrangementer verden over) hvor vi havde en god aften med masser af glade mennesker.
Overskuddet fra de 200+ arrangementer gik til charity:water – en organisation der kæmper for rent drikkevand til de milliarder af mennesker der står uden det til dagligt.
I København var folk endog meget generøse, og vi fik samlet 15.000,- ind (selvom det ikke var alle tal der blev rapporteret korrekt og vi kun står for 1900 USD, så er det stadig langt over byer som Barcelona, Cleveland, Dublin, Philadelphia og mange mange andre).
Og hvor vil jeg hen med det?
Jo, Twestival blev stablet på benene på omkring tre uger (i København – andre lidt længere) og alt promotion blev gjort igennem Twitter. Ikke plakater, flyers, tv-reklamer, bannere og hvad man ellers kan finde på – kun Twitter, og vores blog på copenhagen.twestival.com.
I alt blev der skrabet 250.000 USD ind til charity:water, og det udelukkende vha. mund-til-mund, eller tweet-til-tweet om man vil. Altså var det et arrangement der er blevet til udelukkende fordi internettet gav muligheden for det.
De velgørende organisationer skal få hovedet ud af bagenden og tænke ud af boksen i stedet for at snylte som en anden parasit på annoncer (som jeg også finder irriterende, jovist) andre har betalt for. AidOnline burde skamme sig over at have sat sådan et projekt i verden og tage 20% for det (de er ikke en NGO, men et ApS), og jeg gider ikke give penge til nogle af de 11 organisationer der er med i projektet, hvis jeg kan undgå det.
Brug i stedet pengene på charity:water hvor du ved hvad pengene går til (100% af donationerne fra alm. velgørende mennesker går til at bygge brønde mens administration, rejser etc. er betalt af sponsorer). Jeg har selv lige smidt 10 dollars i boksen fordi jeg er så skuffet over de danske nødhjælpsorganisationer.
Ps. Lidt til at kaste op i munden over:
Din surfing på internettet kan betyde forskellen på liv og død for mennesker i nød
- Anders Ladekarl, Generalsekretær i Dansk Røde Kors
Distortion Festival Copenhagen 2009
As a service to a couple of the nice people who asked on Twitter, here’s a list of things to see and do during Distortion next week:
Wednesday:
Block Party: “Pisserenden” is always fun. If the sun is shining, expect lots of people dancing in the streets! Ezi Cut and Phase 5 will play hip hop beats.
The über-hipsters will probably be in Krystalgade at Wood Wood’s party (Vibskov is playing).
Silkegade seems to have the best line-up: Atle, Tolstrup, von Baden, Lulu Rouge and Daniel San are all playing.
Club Clash: Don’t know any of the bands playing at the Club Clash at Charlottenborg Kunsthal, so attend at your own risk, or find a private party to crash.
Thursday:
Block Party: Kasper Bjørke is playing in Skt. Hans Gade, and there will be lots of happenings around Skt. Hans Torv that day. Don’t forget to run by Track Bike Shop in Ryesgade to watch some fixie polo. If you’re in for the weird, Je M’Apelle Mads is playing at Blågårdsgade.
Club Clash: One of the best Ibiza-DJs – Carl Craig – is playing at Korsgadehallen. Expect hard chicago techno at its best! M.A.N.D.Y plays as well – nice German house of the popular kind. Denmark is represented by Martinez & Fredski, Tomboy, Djuna Barnes, Tolstrup and Trentemøller. Proably the best Club Clash this year!
Friday:
Block Party: Reggae at Sdr. Boulevard from 1 o’clock or rock at Sort Kaffe & Vinyl in Skydebanegade – your choice. From 7PM a Eco-parade is taking place with lots of Ellerter (!) going from Axeltorv through Skydebanegade and Sdr. Boulevard until Enghave Plads is reached where Ladybox plays.
Club Clash:
Enghavevej 80 will host Ellen Allien from already legendary German label, Bpitch. Don’t miss it! There will be lots of other stages as well with DJs of every kind and genre.
Saturday:
No block party, but dinner from 17-22 (don’t know where, but close to water as there will be a submarine and a boat).
Club Clash:
German Super DJs Supermayer (Kompakt-label owner Michael Mayer and Superpitcher), Tim Sweeney (US techno), Troels Abrahamsen (electrorock), When Saints Go Machine (rock), Rune RK (lots of calabria-house), Jean von Baden (NASA-house), Filur (hipster-house), Waqar, Kim Kemi, Copyfokking (Knippelsuppe-electro!), DØD and DJ Er Du Dum Eller Hvad? (don’t know them, but the name “Are You Stupid Or What?” sounds terrific).
Huge party, but entrance fee of 160 kr. and a million people might prove hard to overcome…
Sunday:
Lying in the grass on Islands Brygge from 2pm – 10pm. A bus with leftovers from the parties will come and serve drinks.
Shattered Art
Interesting art piece: What happens when you present people with an object that should stay in one place and it shatters instead?
Shattered Art | Design You Trust. World’s Most Provocative Social Inspiration.
The Death of RT and the Inevitable Rise of Via
It might seem like navel-gazing taken to the highest possible level, but killing the concept of re-tweeting really is a hobbyhorse of mine. I can’t say how much I absolutely loathe the extensive use of re-tweets that clog up my Twitter-stream.
Other people have said it before me, so I’m (thankfully) not alone on this matter:
John Gruber:
“I hate the whole “RT†thing. Just link to noteworthy tweets, don’t regurgitate them.” Link: daringfireball.net
Loren Brichter:
“RT†is typically used for verbatim retweets, sort of like the equivalent of “Fwd†for those chain emails your grandmother still sends you where Bill Gates will pay you money if you forward it to 10 people. “via†on the other hand is used when you want to add your own context to some existing tweet while attributing it to the original author.” Link: blog.atebits.com
Craig Chockenberry:
“@buzz Exactly. “via” also encourages the person forwarding the information to add their own context to the tweet.” Link: @chockenberry
When you re-tweet something, you take whatever somebody wrote and put “RT @username” in front of it. No context. No original thought on your part. Just plain old copying what others wrote, though still with credit. Where have I seen this before?
This is from a Danish article from Politiken that is based on an article written by Ritzau. If I look for this article on Ekstra Bladet, BT, Berlingske etc. they all look the same. Ritzau is to the newspaper business is what re-tweeting is to Twitter; an excuse for blindly copying what others wrote without adding the personal context to it that would have made it worthwhile for me to read. I probably don’t follow the person you are re-tweeting, and there’s perhaps a reason for that – but I follow you, and let know why you think that particular link is interesting. If it’s something you quote – quote it properly and give credit with a “via”.
It’s the same case for blogs. A lot of bloggers would get pissed at me for stealing their blog posts and posting a “This guy says:” and then copy-pasting the whole post – even though I argued that “what you wrote was brilliant – couldn’t have said it better myself” it would still be frowned upon.
I hope somebody can see my point in this and understand why I get angry when stupid, mindnumbing re-tweets are published over and over and over again. It really is simple:
- Quote when needed
- Give attribution to where you found the links with a “via” at the end of the tweet
- Tell me why you think the link is important to share – don’t share just for the sake of sharing
PS: This post started out by me complaining about this retweet which kinda sets the standard for craziest retweet ever written. Who wrote what and quotes who!?
Clay Shirky:
“RT @matthewburton RT @GlobalEESE “”"”"”"”Virtual presence = actual absence”"”"”"”"–Gen Jim Jones RT @pkedrosky Cool thing about listening to an economist expla” Link: @cshirky
Remaking the Oxford Street Intersection
Having crossed this intersection multiple times last weekend, I find this to be a very interesting video that shows the changes the intersection of Oxford Street and Regent Street will undergo in the next year or so:
Oxford Circus Video from Architects Journal on Vimeo.
Pay particular attention to the fact that they sculpture it after the way it’s used by the people – instead of trying to force people into specific patterns, they’ll actually allow people to go where the desire paths are already.
Image copyright The Architects’ Journal, I claim fair use.
Via The Architects’ Journal – seems like a pretty cool resource for news on architectural projects.
Philips, you have a bad web site. Of course.
I’ve just watched a cool ad for a Philips tv that’s in made a “cinema format” (ultra widescreen, I presume).
I then go to their website on my iPhone, because I’m looking at an old tv and currently looking into buying a Samsung.
Then I find out the website is made entirely in Flash… Yes, the iPhone should support flash, but on the other hand, Philips should create something cool without the aid of crippled formats that are more often than not used in a bad way.
Oh, and this post is written on an iPhone. Just to try ranting on multiple platforms. Looks like it worked.
"In the middle of what?"
I love @ev‘s and @biz‘s answers to the questions in this interview in The New York Times:
ME: I heard about a woman who tweeted her father’s funeral. Whatever happened to private pain?
EVAN: I have private pain every day.ME: If you were out with a girl and she started twittering about it in the middle, would that be a deal-breaker or a turn-on?
BIZ (dryly): In the middle of what?
via Daring Fireball.
The National Organization For Marriage
If your organization is called “The National Organization For Marriage” and you form a “rainbow coalition”, shouldn’t you be pro same sex marriage? Your name kinda implies that you like marriage and think the rainbow colors are frickin’ awesome.
Apparently, you don’t like that homosexuals should have the right to commit themselves to the ones they love:
I don’t understand you, NOM. Why are your “members” (or should we say “actors”) concerned about their children being taught that it’s perfectly normal for two people who love each other to commit their love through marriage? Why do they think their freedom is taken away? Nobody tells your members they have to be homosexual or can not marry the one they love. It’s the other way around, actually; you tell homosexuals that they are deviant and unable to engage in marriage.
That’s taking away freedom, dear NOM, and that’s where you fail.
Fake People Tell Fake Stories About The Threat Of Gay Marriage – Boing Boing .
Explanation of Twitter's reply-notifications
User A follows User B and User C.
User B follows User A, but not User C.
User C follows User B, but not User A.
User A writes “What a lovely day”. User B sees this.
User B then replies “@UserA I think so too”. User A sees this in his regular stream, but also under the “Reply“-tab. If User C has set his Notification-settings to “no @ replies”, he sees nothing. If he has set it to “@ replies to people I am following”, he will not see it, as he is not following User A. If he sets it to “all @ replies”, it will show in his regular stream.
So, “no @ replies” means that you won’t see any of the replies your contacts write, but can find the ones directed at you under the “Reply“-tab.
“@ replies to the people I’m following” means that you will see @-replies from people to follow if they make an @-reply to another user you follow, but not to the ones you do not follow.
“all @ replies” means that you will see all @-replies the users you follow make, even though you don’t follow the one they reply to.
Also, Twitter recently changed their way of registering replies. Previously you had to write “@username something” to make sure it showed up under the “replies”-tab, but now it is sufficient to just write the username anywhere in the tweet, e.g. “I just met @username”.