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Marte Lindstrom

I am born and raised in Oslo, Norway. I have been studying at the University of Bergen in Norway, and I finished my bachelor degree in Media Studies in 2006. I have also been so lucky to be an Erasmus- exchange student in Rome, where I took courses in political science and European history. I have been working for some years, mainly as a consumer consultant. I recently decided it was time to learn some new tricks, so I went back to school.

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Visualizing Political Chatter

Visualizing Political Chatter

With regards to political campaigns, the Internet has attracted the attention of politicians, researchers and the general public. During the last years the medium has developed into one of the most important – if not the most important –...
By Marte Lindstrom on 05/03/11 Comments Off on Visualizing Political Chatter

The Simple Ways of Information Visualization

There is no doubt that the human brain is an amazing and complex bodily organ, perhaps even the most amazing of them all. Personally, I do not think I will ever cease to be amazing by it.  But, despite...
By Marte Lindstrom on 04/18/11 Comments Off on The Simple Ways of Information Visualization

And the nominees are…

The Nobel Peace Prize is handed out every year to a person or an organization that has acted according to the standards written by Alfred Nobel in his final will; “The whole of my remaining realisable estate shall be...
By Marte Lindstrom on 10/21/10 Comments Off on And the nominees are…

If it Looks Like a Book, and Reads Like a Book, is it a Book?

The death of the book has been foreseen:  Several sources have predicted the demise of the book as we know it, like a modern Nostradamus. However, this is not the first time in history that we have heard this...
By Marte Lindstrom on 10/17/10 2

What’s happening, Twitter?

One of the latest trends on the World Wide Web is micro-blogging. A micro-blog is a platform for short text updates, usually not more than a sentence or two in length. The most famous micro-blog service is Twitter where...
By Marte Lindstrom on 10/10/10 Comments Off on What’s happening, Twitter?

WikiAdmin: No Recent Changes

After being asked to write a Wikipedia article I soon realised that the challenge would not be related to the technical side of things, but rather to coming up with a topic. It was difficult to think of a topic that  is...
By Marte Lindstrom on 10/03/10 Comments Off on WikiAdmin: No Recent Changes

Social Networks and Multicultural Societies

After the web crash in the 90’s a new way of thinking about the internet arose. This lead to a brand new composition of the internet, often referred to as web 2.0. The term does not refer to any...
By Marte Lindstrom on 09/26/10 Comments Off on Social Networks and Multicultural Societies

Review, ‘Internet Governance Forum (IGF), The First Two Years’, Edited by Avri Doria and Wolfgang Kleinwächter in cooperation with IGF Secretariat

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue. It is a direct outcome of the World Summit on the Internet Society (WSIS). Its purpose is to facilitate open and inclusive dialogue about the World Wide...
By Marte Lindstrom on 09/18/10 Comments Off on Review, ‘Internet Governance Forum (IGF), The First Two Years’, Edited by Avri Doria and Wolfgang Kleinwächter in cooperation with IGF Secretariat

Pink is the New Blog

One of the most popular personal blogs in Norway belongs to Emilie Nereng, a 14-year-old girl. On blogglisten.no, a ranking of the most visited blogs in Norway, she is number one with an average of over 68.000 visitors daily. Her...
By Marte Lindstrom on 09/09/10 Comments Off on Pink is the New Blog