Hi, my name is Finnur. I have spent a good chunk of my life online. I'm a parallel entrepreneur, intrigued by social media. Like my coffee strong and whiskey from the cask. More →
Presentation on Government 2.0
I'll be at this event tomorrow talking about Vefþing.is and the potential government use of social media technology. This blog has kind of taken the back seat as I'm reporting on the move, new job and related things on Twitter and Facebook. So do take notice of the right hand column as it's updated much [...]
Read more →Curveballs and big jumps
A lot has happened in my life during the last couple of months. If we go back 6 months to date, Gulla and I finally started living together here in London after 3 years of long distance relationship. I left my job and worked as a freelancer for a while and we moved to a [...]
Read more →Icelandic politics on Facebook
I have been watching closely how Obama is embracing the Government 2.0 ideas and effectively engaging with people through the medium of the web. So with nothing better to do, I decided to do a quick survey on how the Icelandic political parties are using Facebook. Framsókn 174 members, 2 discussion topics and 11 wall [...]
Read more →It's such a whirlwind
Not much action on this blog. The party is mainly on Twitter and a range of other social web apps. I hope you watch the column on the right because It´s actually updated more frequently than this main section. For the last 2 months I have been posting on average 4 tweets a day (stats). [...]
Read more →2008 Summary – Annáll
Like before, I'm going to finish the year off with a short summary of 2008 highlights Travel My friend Hjortur invited me to join him on a trip that he had been planning with his in-laws to be in Zimbabwe. I have been dreaming about visiting the dark continent for years so I accepted his [...]
Read more →Today was a big day
I heard my baby's heart beat like a jungle drum. Dungu dungu dungu dundun. Come June we will release a small patch to the family. Finnsson or Finnsdottir 2.0.
Read more →Best piece of journalism about the state of things in Iceland
I just finished reading AA Gill's article about the current state of things in Iceland. This is the first article I read that captures the atmosphere and spirit of Icelanders at the moment. It is clear that he has spent some quality time with my fellow countrymen in bars and around town. He deserves a [...]
Read more →Now with Facebook Connect
I was playing around with Facebook Connect last night and now you can link your profile to this site and it will populate the commenting field with your profile info. How cool is that?
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