On the way from Frankfurt to San Francisco I sat next to an elderly lady from Monterey. She is 85 years old, but she seemed as observant and energetic as many younger people around us. First of all, she kept track of her 30 friends who had gone to Spain together with her. They were [...]

I left Umeå this morning and am now waiting for my flight to Frankfurt. The final leg is Frankfurt-San Francisco. Unsurprisingly it has been a smooth trip so far. I had a good conversation with friend and former HUMlab director Torbjörn Johansson on the Umeå-Arlanda flight.
I like this exact moment. Having worked very hard and [...]

I will go on two trips next week – one to Amsterdam (Monday) and one to the US (Saturday) – and the tickets for both trips were sorted out this weekend. That is a nice feeling. I could really spend that time in Umeå doing other things, but I am really looking forward to going [...]

It is a really nice fall Saturday in Umeå, and I am taking it easy. While walking and being social have been part of taking it easy, I have also been trying to get a sense of what is going on in digital humanities currently. My next writing project – more or less – is [...]

Yesterday I submitted the book manuscript to my publisher. I got a two-day extension from my publisher – which helped a great deal. The provisional title is Language education in a digital world: Information technology, Communication and Learning (although in Swedish). I have spent most of my not-doing-other-work (i.e. evenings) working on the book lately, [...]

I am doing a talk in Uppsala today on virtual worlds – from hype to university at the NUAS Communication Conference – Identity, Culture, Relations.
Some notes/ansatser (in Swedish): 
Att återskapa verkligheten är inte alltid det mest intressanta (ofta dyrt)
Vi beh̦ver inte skapa datorspel av h̦gsta klass Рlika lite som Hollywoodfilmer
Fundera på vilka kvaliteter som är [...]

I just finished the final revised-corrected version of Chapter 6. Ready to be sent to the publisher. Only seven chapters to go.
 Chapter 2 also finished now. Six chapters to go.

Earlier today I finished a new version of the digital presentation chapter of my book, and I am quite happy about it. It has taken quite some work to rework and update it. Hopefully my primary reader will also like it. I just finished reading through the two remaining chapters, and I am very happy [...]

I am working hard to get the language education and information technology book together by Monday (publisher’s deadline). This is normally evening work, and this evening I have tried to rework a somewhat odd chapter on digital/computer-enhanced presentations. It is partly rather practical and partly about critical perspectives and current/future technology. I include a critical discussion of [...]