http://www.vadnu.com Digital Problem Solving & Inspiration courtesy of Mads Kristensen Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:16:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These last 10 days has been hell for me with my wife's sudden illness and death. But I'm trying to get back to life and get to the bottom of my feed reader even if it's admittedly an enormous task. Lots of stuff has been going on, and I may do ... http://www.vadnu.com/the-wrap-up/the-wrap-up-october-9/ With the stock markets crashing, funding drying up and advertisers spending less money on advertising, it's easy to get pretty gloomy about the combination of new media and business success. However, I think there's plenty of opportunity out there - with the right focus that is. I have a strong feeling ... http://www.vadnu.com/analysis/the-life-support-business/ The other day eBay went out and acquired the biggest Danish classifieds service, DBA.dk, and it's car counterpart Bilbasen.dk for 2,1 billion DKK. I am not particular surprised about the move. In my view DBA.dk has long been a candidate for becoming part of something bigger in order to harvest synergies. ... http://www.vadnu.com/analysis/win-or-loose-for-ebay/ A lot of people use social media. But even more seriously question the value of services such as Facebook or Twitter, ie all the people who are yet to open an account on social networking sites such as these. The general consencus among this group seems to be that social networking ... http://www.vadnu.com/opinion/social-media-in-a-time-of-life-crisis/ Blogging will be highly unregular here in the coming days and potentially weeks. The reason for that is that my dear wife is very, very ill, and at this point there is the possibility that she's not going to make it. So everything but attending to her needs while trying to ... http://www.vadnu.com/news/service-announcement/ Today is a day of celebration for users of Denmark's biggest online dating portal, Dating.dk. Because it is now 10 years ago that the site opened up its virtual doors to people looking for friendship and true love. And what a ride it has been. Not only is the service the ... http://www.vadnu.com/quickie/celebration-for-a-great-business/ Media companies are struggling. Big time. We all know that. We have all heard the news of circulation dropping, viewership dropping, advertisers droppen, audiences dropping - everything dropping. What we are still wondering is: Why? There are a lot of people trying to explain what is happening - either directly or ... http://www.vadnu.com/quickie/the-secret-to-medias-downfall/ A new research project at Aalborg University in Denmark wants to find out, if bringing together expertise from different sectors and industries can result in new business models and new ways of developing products. It's kind of taking some of the thoughts and ideas from "Blue Ocean Strategy" and add ... http://www.vadnu.com/opinion/breaking-down-barriers/ This week I'm featured in a theme on online networking in the popular Danish womens magazine, 'Femina', where I try to explain some of the opportunities and pitfalls of putting yourself out there on the web. Besides feeling honoured to be considered worthy for such a treat and slightly put off ... http://www.vadnu.com/opinion/two-points-on-networking-online/ Cision, an analytical institute, has come out with a report claiming that 55 % of Danish bloggers are essentially for sale if someone would offer them money or something else to write about a specific product. It seems like a lot - and perhaps a bit surprising. But the truth is ... http://www.vadnu.com/opinion/a-useless-survey/