Since 1998 I've been enrolled at the Institute of Information and Media Studies at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Specializing in the softer aspects of the design and use of information and communication technology, my primary interests at the moment concern socio-technical studies, CSCW (Computer-Supported Cooperative Work), HCI (Human-Computer Interaction), Usability and Accessibility Engineering, online communities, and the like.

However technical it may sound, Information Studies is in fact part of the Arts faculty at the University. This is due to the fact that we focus heavily on how all this new technology affects people, rather than being occupied with technology itself. To sum up, it all seems to deal with shaping technology in a way that will improve our everyday lives instead of pestering us with useless, time consuming and anti-human devices. This may sound way too idealistic, but it is nonetheless an often ignored approach to the design of technology.
The heterogeneity of this line of studies appeals to me. It seems that a lot of energy is being spent on keeping up analytical walls between disciplines in sociology, science and the arts, even though these disciplines interact incessantly.


"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love.

The past two years I've been teaching as an instructor at the HCI course at the institute.

Selected essays (all in Danish)

Weblogs as media for learning, cooperation and knowledge sharing. 828 kb PDF file, 82 pages.

Design of an Augmented Reality map system. Published as a website.

Transparency and mediation in Augmented Reality systems. 180 kb PDF file, 25 pages.

Group communication and dynamics. 384 kb PDF file, 53 pages plus appendix, a total of 180 pages.

Analysis of software producer Damgaard, now purchased by Microsoft. 492 kb PDF file, 63 pages.