Mostly spending my time looking
Mostly spending my time looking for consultancy gigs for myself and my business partner in Mostly Harmless.
At the moment my main contract with MobileThink in Århus has more or less come to a conclusion, and there are no paying projects on the horizon.
So the time I'm not spending looking for contract work, is spent working on a number of private projects.
The most time consuming of these, both involve the Digital Divide in some way.
After my trip to Ghana this past winter with GeekCorps, I've been thinking, scheming and planning how to get to work more with those issues. That's where my heart lies (at least for now). I'm still working on a project proposal for a non-profit project together with a former colleague of mine. We're planning to look into redesigning and recombining existing technology to make it more suitable for developing world applications. Part of that project involves builing a web-site that allows people working with connectivity and Internet in the developing world can exchange ideas, review products, ask questions and identify problem areas. You know. Input for us "thinkers"....
I'm also looking into what it would take to go back to university and do some research/graduate studies on digital divide issues, Internet technology in the developing world and other interesting stuff. There really isn't anything going on in academia back here in Denmark, so my research, and considerations are mostly about the possibility of going to the US to study for a year or two. The Digital Nations program at MIT/Harvard is the center of my attention. But it's incredibly difficult to get a clear picture of what it would take, what it would cost, and if it's even within the realm of possibilites in terms of admission, financing, and personal sacrifice.
So that takes a fair bit of my time as well.
On saturday, I'm off to Barcelona, Spain and Perpignan, France for 5 days, with my girlfriend. She has a few meetings in Perpignan, and I had some frequent flyer miles from back when I was still employed. And we never did get to have any vacation together this summer. So even though I'm not making any money at the moment, it'll be nice to get away for a few days, to a hopefully friendlier climate, and one of my absolute favourite cities in Europe (Barcelona).
Oh, and the basketball season has started, and although my slightly flawed knee (torn and inadequately repaired anterior cruciate ligament), sometimes complains, it's so good to play again. Especially since we've won the first 2 games of our season. And I've started working out at the local fitness center. Mostly to get in shape, and strengthen that knee. It feels good to move that body, that feels older than it did a few years ago. Is that strange?
