. By initiative of Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen, I've joined the efforts to start a Local Group of Open Knowledge Foundation in Denmark. We're a small group by now, but hopefully more members will join in the months to follow and help shape the path going forward. We'll begin by organizing some meetups and getting the […] Read More…
. These last few days - September 16-19 - I've been in Geneva with most of the other Open Knowledge Foundation staff to organize the world biggest event for open knowledge, the Open Knowledge Conference, with over 900 people attending from over 55 countries. The full program of the conference was chug full of sessions focusing […] Read More…
. . It is with great joy that I can announce that as of January 14, 2013, I am officially part of the Open Knowledge Foundation team. I will be working with community management within two areas; Open Government Data and the global community of Local Groups. Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) is officially described as […] Read More…
. This weekend I spent in the good company of old friends, with whom I travelled to Prague for a long weekend of relaxation and to attend the Coldplay concert there. Good times and what a show. We're talking U2 stage production scale here - and in Chris Martin, the lead singer, an iconic performer. […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Creative Commons, Helsinki, Music, Presentations, Talks, Travel
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Tagged Coldplay, Helsinki, OK Festival, OKFN, Open Knowledge Foundation, Prag
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. . I hardly know where to begin when prompted to explain what the journey to the Burning Man festival has given me in terms of new thoughts, new perspectives and new energies. Still, I would like to try to capture my thoughts at this point right after the experience - for future reference and […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Art, Creativity, Sharing, Travel
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Tagged #bm12, art, Black Rock City, Black Rock Desert, Burning Man, collectiveness, Nevada, radical self-expression, radical self-reliance, Reno, technology, USA
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. It's been a great few days in Berlin this week, where I've been attending the gigantic Campus Party conference in the former airport Tempelhof. The venue in itself was impressive - by far the biggest and most authentic set for a conference that I've ever attended - but also unconventional in the sense that […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Art, Berlin, Copyright, Creative Commons, Internet, Music, Networking, Platform4, Talks, Technology, Uhrlaut
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Tagged Anke Domscheit-Berg, art, Berlin, Campus Party, conference, copyright, CPeurope, digital, Matthew Gingold, Maurice Frank, Nela Brown, Paul Brigner, technology
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Next week I'll be heading to Berlin for a few days to attend the enormous Campus Party Europe Conference, the world's largest technology fest with over 600 speakers - that takes place in the former city airport Tempelhof. I'll be giving a talk about my record label Uhrlaut as well as participating in two discussions […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Aalborg University, Berlin, Copyright, Networking, Presentations, Talks, Travel, Uhrlaut
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Tagged Berlin, Campus Party Europe, conference, CPeurope, digital art, Germany, intellectual property, Tempelhof
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It's busy times right now; we've moved Platform4 from the old venue to the new, launched the PlayForm Mobile Art & Technology Exhibition and released a new EP with Tone - while at the same time trying out a new rather rebellious sharing experiment in Aalborg, Aarhus and Copenhagen. To start from the end: The […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Aalborg, Aarhus, Activism, Art, Copenhagen, Copyright, Interviews, Media, Music, Platform4, Press, Sharing, Technology, Uhrlaut
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Tagged #platform4dk, Aalborg, Black Duck EP, Denmark, Henrik Daldorph, IFPI, Illutron, Jyllandsposten, Labitat, Nordjyske, Platform4, PlayForm, technology, Tone, TV2Nord, Uhrlaut Records
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People attending some of my recent talks have been kind enough to feedback online with their impression of the sessions - which I really appreciate. After my talk at MultimediaDays at Aarhus Business Academy last week, Jeanne Bødker Nissen wrote this one on the Multimediedesigner blog: Spændende oplæg om Creative Commons (in Danish) Also Berit […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Creative Commons, Interviews, Media, Music, Platform4, Presentations, Press, Sharing, Uhrlaut
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Tagged Aarhus Business Academy, Danmarks Radio, DR, free music, KODA, LOC, MultiMediaDays, music business, Politiken, VIBE
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Lots of talk-activity these next couple of weeks. Tonight I'll be co-hosting the Creative Commons/KODA debate in Copenhagen and give a brief presentation of the CC-licensing tools and also my label Uhrlaut - and the same in Aarhus tomorrow, Thursday, in the Promus building. Friday I'll give a Platform4-presentation in Aalborg in front of two […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in Copenhagen, Copyright, Creative Commons, Music, Platform4, Talks, Uhrlaut
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Tagged Creative Commons, KODA, music business, sharing, Uhrlaut
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