Denmark

This is how we enforce the speed limit in Denmark

by Allan Jenkins on November 11, 2006

Update: YouTube took down the video, but I have updated the link below. Googling “speedbandits” will take you to a whole raft of sites where you can view it. One reason I like living in Denmark is because the public…

Such fun! Copenhagen meetup with Eric Schwartzman

by Allan Jenkins on September 24, 2006

Last night, some of the local social media crowd got to chow down with Eric Schwartzman, PR guy, podcaster and blogger. Eric was in town with his client Andre Lawless after a hectic few days working in the Danish countryside….

Geography lessons… don’t we need them?

by Allan Jenkins on August 3, 2006

Here in Denmark, we pretty much shut down for most of July. The Government decamps, the Royals go away (not that they are ever entirely present, but that’s another thing), many factories close entirely and, even if you are an…

10 birds have been found dead of avian flu here in Denmark in the last week. The Avian Flu story has been around so long, that I suspect many of us have started to tune it out. I know I…

I love all my clients, of course, but I have particular affection for the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. My other clients are typical businesses: the halls are buzzing with folks rushing around to the next meeting, wrapping up from…

My five favorite clicks… what are yours?

by Allan Jenkins on February 23, 2006

Update: the interview and the click list are published, both in Danish. I was recently interviewed about social media by Karen Grønkær Kjeldsen for eJour, an online-magazine of the Danish School of Journalism. I was afraid I would irritate them,…

What does the Denmark vs. Islam story teach us?

by Allan Jenkins on February 2, 2006

What started as an example of appallingly poor judgment by a provincial Danish newspaper has become multipolar diplomatic crisis. Go figure. The story thus far: * back in September, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten ran a feature that included satirical cartoons…

Copenhagen bloggers gather for brunch; end up shouting

by Allan Jenkins on January 22, 2006

Update: Neville writes about us and publishes photos. Update: Jacob and Jon publish photos. Update: Henriette posts. You get a bunch of opinionated bloggers together, and there’s going to be words. Loud words. Friend Neville Hobson was in town this…

Arla Foods representatives left a couple of comments on my post last week: Arla Foods, Europe’s biggest dairy, launches 3 blogs. (By the way: Arla Foods keeps two websites: www.arla.dk for consumers, and www.arlafoods.dk for the more corporate-minded.) One was…

Arla Foods, Europe’s biggest dairy, launches 3 blogs

by Allan Jenkins on October 27, 2005

UPDATE: 31 October. A couple of comments to this post have led me to make a new post today. Arla Foods, Europe’s largest dairy, has set up three blogs. All in Danish. I have to come clean: I can’t stand…