Welcome to my profile page. Since you've come to this place I would assume you have a desire to get to know me slightly better.

Who am I?
I guess one of the things that sets me apart from the majority of epinions members is that I was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have therefore become accustomed to applying a European or Scandinavian perspective to things in general. Among other things this means that I may have strong opinions about topics that would seem non-controversial to an American readership and vice versa. Being a member of this site has enabled me to realise the plurality of outlooks present in contemporary American society. This variety is not always well represented in the mainstream media of Scandinavia and perhaps of Europe, which seem to favour a more homogeneous representation of the American way of living.

My reviews
In the one and a half years that I have been a member at this site, I have so far managed to contribute 15 reviews to the huge treasury of information and experiences that is epinions. This is by no standard impressive as you could easily verify by visiting the profile pages of some of the more prolific writers around. However, it is not always easy to find a suitable review topic when most of the topics are selected according to what is available in the US market. Furthermore I like to contribute a review only when I think it is actually worthwhile. This means that you will rarely see a review of mine in a category that already holds more than a handful of opinions. However, I do try to compensate for my low productivity by sometimes writing rather lengthy comments on other people's reviews! ;-)

Although many experienced members of the epinions community claim that writers tend to specialise in one or two areas once they settle down from their initial excitement of being able to review all the fantastic utensils of their household, I must confess this has yet to happen to me. As you will notice, I have written reviews on anything from books and films over household appliances and computing equipment to hotels. If there is any area in which I could truly consider myself an expert, it would have to be that of Scandinavian society and customs in general. And who wants to read about that anyway?

What else do I do?
When I am not active here, I am probably busy writing the dissertation for my second post-graduate degree, which I expect to finish by the end of 2004. I am a student of Information Systems but I have also studied in London for a year taking a one-year post-graduate degree in IT policy and regulation of communications networks. I subsequently went on to work as an intern for six months at the European Parliament in Brussels. This means that I have a certain insight into the workings of technology. My professional and academic interest is however focused on the dynamics that arise when technology is introduced into society: Which groups are empowered by this new technology and which groups are becoming disadvantaged? An interesting question if you look at various social technologies such as e-mail, peer-to-peer networking programmes, on-line chatting, mobile telephony, search engines and so on.

I also have a social life. Excerpts from it are published at regular intervals on my moblog.

My ratings
I try to rate reviews based on the premise that the ideal review should be self-contained and leave me with a feeling of not having to do further research on the topic in question. While this may be impossible to reach in practice (as ideals often are), it is of great help if the author spends some time discussing his particular circumstances that I may better assess the similarity of our viewpoints in advance. Having said that, I freely admit that rating reviews is no more rational a process than any other activity performed by a human, and even I am liable to having my judgment affected by factors such as humour, personality, style or polemics. If you think that I have rated your review harshly, please feel free to contact me with you comments. I will be happy to give any rating a second thought and change it if deemed appropriate.