The Travelling Salesman
The Travelling SalesmanIt has taken months of effort to reach this point, by many people in many places. It started off as an idea, a dream. Something to be done "when I finally have a holiday some...
View ArticleGeek Culture and the Demoscene as an Incubator
The Demowall at LasipalatsiTwo weeks ago I was at what you could possibly call the first public outing for the Travelling Salesman project, the hugely succesful Demowall Helsinki. It reminded me of a...
View ArticleStartups in Kouvola
-This Friday I will be appearing at the Finnish town, Kouvola, for their "Researcher's Night" event, in collaboration with The Alternative Party. It's an event which is simultaneously running in over...
View ArticleIs Disaster an Opportunity? (Kouvola part 1)
Human CPULast Friday I travelled to Kouvola for their Researchers' Night, where people from the area were invited to discover new things in education, art and science. It was organised at the...
View ArticleGo East (Kouvola part 2)
After looking at the background and situation of Kouvola, now I turn my attention to the people working to create business there.In a move which I hope will not be prophetic for the TS tour, I arrived...
View ArticleMindTrek and the Art of the Pivot
.The Tampere-based digital media conference, MindTrek, has become a bit of a yearly ritual for Finnish startups and digital professionals, with excellent prizes for the winning pitches and the cream...
View ArticleWorld's 1st Book Written on Twitter
Todellisuudesta ToiseenMindTrek wasn't just about folks in business suits. It also collected together a few geeks and freaks, in other words the most interesting people. The people who live and breath...
View ArticleClothes Swap Site Looking for Nordic Partners
Justas JanauskasLast Saturday at BarCampBank in Helsinki I met up with Justas Janauskas, founder of a fantastic site in Lithuania which allows mainly girls and women (and some men) to swap clothes...
View ArticleI Will Learn to Pitch My Startup in Icelandic
Gibberish?Indeed, I pledge to learn enough of the weird and wonderful Icelandic language to be able to pitch my startup, Scred, in it. But only if 512 people sign up to the Facebook page! The amount...
View ArticleThe World's First Computer
The CPUIt had a CPU. It could store a thousand numbers in memory. It could run programs. It could print out results. I'm not talking about an early home computer. In fact, this was a machine devised...
View ArticleTravelling Salesman Event in Helsinki!
The Cable FactoryIt's going to be a long and extremely strenuous tour. 10000 kilometres and 30 meetups and events. But as I'm a Helsinki-based startup entrepreneur it is natural that Helsinki gets the...
View ArticleFirst Windows Phone 7 Device in Finland
Photo by KristofferAs part of my mobile arsenal, of which I'll write more later, I'm happy to say I will be testing the very first public Windows Mobile 7 device to reach this part of the world. All...
View ArticleAnnouncing "Cute Qt Competition"
A chance to win an n8 + 5k cashNow here's a nice one. I'm happy to announce that Nokia has signed up to be a Gold Sponsor of the Travelling Salesman project, and together we have launched a fantastic...
View ArticleHelsinki Digiweek
Kids Love Digiculture TooPhew, what a week!SIME, Slush Helsinki, Travelling Salesman Helsinki, Syysgraph and The Alternative Party — where do I start? If you were in Helsinki and managed to miss all...
View ArticleLappeenranta, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Oulu
Touring FinlandWith the ferocious Helsinki week behind me, it's now time to turn my attention to the next parts of my tour.On Monday the 25th I will be driving off to Lappeenranta, hopefully with most...
View ArticleHelsinki's Gift to Lappeenranta
Space FoodAt each location I would like to take with me a gift for the next. It can be a pen, it can be a Ferrari, it can be a soft toy, it can be — and in this case is — space food!Some nice...
View ArticleLappeenranta's Upcoming Stars
Arrived in LappeenrantaWhat a start to the tour. Let me recap the events of the day:As I was preparing to leave one of our Siamese cats, Juoni, decided now would be a good time to learn how to capture...
View ArticleOpportunity in Jyväskylä & Kuopio
Jyväskylä's Eager GatheringIt was a long and arduous day today, with bad news of kittens at home; with over 370 kilometres of driving, in unstable conditions and with two TS meetups, one after...
View ArticleFollow The Travelling Salesman in Realtime
Travelling Salesman, on the roadWith the combination of Windows Phone 7 and Silverlight you can now track my location and updates from the road! Just go to the Travelling Salesman cloudapp and check...
View ArticleWhere is the World's Most Northernly Startup?
.One of the goals of the Travelling Salesman project is to find the world's most northernly tech startup. Now that I have reached the point which is hosting the most northernly meetup in Finland,...
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