OpenLife

Just outside *Amalienborg castle, we meet our friends Mette og Henrik Mulvad.

On this very beautiful day, Jeanne, Vilhelm and I embarked on a long journey in our den sorte jernhest all the way to Langelinje.

Last night friends from near - Cathie Jøker Heming og Hans Henrik Heming (the webartist formerly known as Højberg) - and far - Chesten and Macarena Chrestensen fra Madrid - dropped by to have have dinner at out kitchen terrace.

Jeanne and Vilhelm are already enjoying the benefits of our roof terrace.

Nice and healthy vegetarian lunch Tuesday 27 May 2003 at Cascabel with Denis Lewinsky - CEO of E*Trade Denmark and a long time friend.

THE Danes sell Copenhagen as the crossroads of cute. Come see the cute Little Mermaid, gazing wistfully out to sea! Come see the cute little boys in their jaunty uniforms and bearskin hats, playing soldier at Tivoli! Come see the
armadas of bicycles, with their own cute little traffic lights!

Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/25/travel/25cope.html?ex=1054927822&ei=1&en=7aba544318c7ea55. Free subscription required

I was interviewed (for about 10 seconds!) Thursday 22 May 2003 for TV2 Finans about the importance of domain name strategies.

Here’s some mentioning (in Danish) of the interview from Infopaq:

SAS flyver discount under navnet ‘Snowflake’, men søger man efter ‘Snowflake’ på nettet, finder man en tilfældig amerikansk hjemmeside. Og søger man igen, men denne gang under www.snowflake.se, finder man discounttilbud fra Ryanair, der er en af SAS’s værste konkurrenter. Den korrekte adresse er www.flysnowflake.com, men det er langt fra indlysende for forbrugerne. Eva-Karin Dahl, svensk direktør i Snowflake, udtaler, at de er bevidste om problemet, men at de ikke har været dygtige nok til at beskytte navnet, og det er en velkendt problematik for Martin von Haller Grønbæk, advokat i Foreningen for Dansk Internethandel. Han udtaler, at virksomheder i mange tilfælde ikke er gode nok til at ‘cleare deres rettigheder’, når det drejer sig om internettet. (TV 2 Finans kl. 22.15)

I think that it is about time that the IT-industry comes of age and start supplying user with products and information that comply with the same standards of reasonableness as other industries have to comply with. And so does luckilly an increasing amount of other people:

Passport Single Sign-In, Passport “Wallet,” and Kids Passport Named in Complaint Allegations

Microsoft Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges regarding the privacy and security of personal information collected from consumers through its “Passport” web services. As part of the settlement, Microsoft will implement a comprehensive information security program for Passport and similar services.

While Jeanne were at home showing “Bowling for Columbine” for her students at DISP, Vilhelm and I join our friends Lotte Fischer and David Duffus and their son Adam for lunch at Cafe Diamanten at Gl. Stand in the center of Copenhagen.

My friend and partner i a great many projects - Hans Henrik Højberg - is getting married Saturday next week (17 May 2003) with his Cathie. Saturday 10 May 2003 was time for his stag party. Unfortunately, I could only take part in the dinner which took place at Luftkastellet.