gamificationOver the years I have heard many ideas of how to use games in different settings, for example putting a bicycle game in front of the gym bikes having the customers at the gym competing with each other, burning more calories. Or, as we proposed to energy companies in Sweden when I worked for Tieto, having customers compete with each others in energy savings. This is the first time that I have heard about using games in the toilets.  

user interfacesA strong trend in technology is natural user interfaces that let people interact with computers in an intuitive way. Think Segway and multitouch. I just found this demo of a touch interface that actually “touches you back”, that is can be programmed to feel like different structures. Cool. It will be interesting to see how  

facebooksocial mediaI used to say that Facebook is overvalued. I’m not so sure anymore – Facebook is now the de-facto platform for the social layer on the web, just as Google is the de-facto platform for indexed search. Watch this video and try to grasp the figures.  

mobileuser interfacesToday I have been judge in the international innovation competition Idea to Product. It’s been interesting to listen to early stage ideas ranging from from paint that can function as light sources (or, to put it differently, light sources that can be painted on a wall) to mobile eye tracking from Danish Senseye. Eye tracking  

load impactstress testingI am proud to announce the launch of Load Impact 2.0. The great Load Impact team led by Algonet-founder Ragnar Lönn has created a service that can test any website’s ability to handle a large, sudden increase in traffic. With Load Impact 2.0 we can separate traffic generation and test results from different geographical regions, which will improve analysis for websites expanding into new geographical areas.