Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The railwaystation in Lahti
I was there on tuesday - late in the afternoon.
The weather wasn't very good. Not cold, but windy and snow blowing against my face.
Took this detailed picture while returning from Riihimäki (Ekokem) and waiting for my train to depart from Lahti to Kajaani.
Lumo is selling water from Salpausselkä to Russia.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
KK-Net top cities
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| Helsinki, Finland | Today @ 3:30 pm | 1,345 |
| Finland | Today @ 3:34 pm | 675 |
| Tampere, Finland | Yesterday @ 11:36 pm | 650 |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 16 Jan 2012 | 545 |
| Espoo, Finland | Today @ 2:04 pm | 530 |
| Vanda, Finland | Yesterday @ 3:32 pm | 514 |
| Turku, Finland | 16 Jan 2012 | 455 |
| New York, NY, United States | 6 Jan 2012 | 402 |
| Oulu, Finland | Today @ 9:04 am | 392 |
| Mountain View, CA, United States | Yesterday @ 4:43 pm | 374 |
| Göteborg, Sweden | Today @ 3:08 pm | 297 |
| Jyväskylä, Finland | Today @ 11:32 am | 289 |
| France | Today @ 11:20 am | 285 |
| Sweden | Yesterday @ 4:59 pm | 265 |
| Lahti, Finland | Yesterday @ 2:54 pm | 251 |
| Groningen, Netherlands | Yesterday @ 6:29 pm | 236 |
| Uppsala, Sweden | Today @ 12:36 pm | 206 |
| Kouvola, Finland | 11 Jan 2012 | 205 |
| Scoresby, Australia | 5 Jan 2012 | 204 |
| Nairobi, Kenya | Today @ 2:58 pm | 198 |
| Vaasa, Finland | Today @ 7:57 am | 187 |
| Malmö, Sweden | Today @ 8:50 am | 182 |
| Joensuu, Finland | Yesterday @ 7:12 pm | 169 |
| Kuopio, Finland | 15 Jan 2012 | 158 |
| Brussels, Belgium | Today @ 12:55 am | 156 |
| Kajaani, Finland | Today @ 2:08 pm | 149 |
| London, United Kingdom | Yesterday @ 2:20 am | 136 |
| Santa Monica, CA, United States | Today @ 2:09 pm | 135 |
| United States | 15 Jan 2012 | 134 |
| Hämeenlinna, Finland | 14 Jan 2012 | 122 |
| Vuokatti, Finland | Yesterday @ 7:41 am | 118 |
| Lappeenranta, Finland | Today @ 1:42 pm | 110 |
| Seinäjoki, Finland | Yesterday @ 1:15 pm | 110 |
| Copenhagen, Denmark | 11 Jan 2012 | 106 |
| Umeå, Sweden | 10 Jan 2012 | 101 |
| Järvenpää, Finland | 9 Jan 2012 | 99 |
| Örebro, Sweden | 16 Jan 2012 | 99 |
| Linköping, Sweden | 10 Jan 2012 | 98 |
| Taipei, Taiwan | Today @ 11:26 am | 96 |
| Kotka, Finland | Today @ 12:18 pm | 95 |
| Oslo, Norway | 12 Jan 2012 | 91 |
| Hyvinkää, Finland | Yesterday @ 11:05 am | 91 |
| Mikkeli, Finland | 11 Jan 2012 | 90 |
| Porvoo, Finland | 15 Jan 2012 | 89 |
| Pori, Finland | Yesterday @ 6:32 am | 88 |
| United Kingdom | 7 Jan 2012 | 88 |
| Västerås, Sweden | 14 Jan 2012 | 84 |
| Palo Alto, CA, United States | 24 Oct 2011 | 81 |
| Lund, Sweden | 20 Dec 2011 | 81 |
| Berlin, Germany | Yesterday @ 4:24 pm | 78 |
Monday, January 09, 2012
Taiwan
One of the largest electronics manufacturing companies comes from Taiwan.
Nokia, Apple, and many more mobile suppliers rely on Taiwaneese manufacturing excellence.
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Increasingly individual production
The benefits could be seen in the price of Ford's Model T.
Mass produced cars were charaterised by quality and relative cheapness - but also by the inflexibility of their design.
Managers at Toyota took up the challenge of mass customisation, and found a way to match customer requirements.
Friday, January 06, 2012
Take a closer look at Tampere University
This is the second time within a year for me to have a closer look at research activities at Tampere Uninversity of Technology.
Before the summer of 2011 it was a bout Materials Science.
Now it is about Biomedical Engineering and Science of Bioengineering.
I will not get into details in this posting, but wanted to have a reminder about TUT on the KK-Net blog.
TUT is an active scientific community of some 2 000 employees and 12 000 students as well as a sought-after partner among research institutions and business life.
Many of the University's disciplines and research facilities play a key role in addressing global challenges.
More information at www.tut.fi/masters
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Today in the news
Today is one of those days when a number of things match and mingle together.
Social media presence opens new doors and gateways for us and our clients.
We probide new working models for those who used to stay in hotels night after night.
Traditional face to face dialoge can be replaced by meeting rooms, interaction in user groups, and videoconferencing with low-cost devices.
The world is waiting for us to go social
Our clients are ready to work across digital divides
Mobile devices help us to communicate while on the road
No business is too complex to fit into the social suite
Next step China
BangkokChongqingDelhiHongkongNagoyaOsakaPekingShanghaiSingaporeSoulTokioSydney
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Thanks to Father Christmas
Some of them will come to practical use 2012.
Some will add to the well-being and better planning of daily activities.
We're looking forward to a most interesting year 2012.
Ready to start a podcasting program in three languages.
Video production has an important role in our communication concept 2012
Friday, December 23, 2011
Happy Christmas to all of you
Thank you for a great year to our clients, partners, friends and cyber collaborators.
We've a brisk winter climate in Sotkamo today and expect to experience a White Christmas - as so many times before.
Irja Kallio and Helge V. Keitel
Monday, December 12, 2011
Snow in Sotkamo
I'm pretty sure that we're going to have a permanent snow until the end of April 2012.
Cleaning the parkway and the pathways to our house means that I don't need to pay for visiting a gym.
There is enough physcial work to keep me fit during the winter months.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Finland's 94th Independence day
Finland is requested to participate in the safeguarding of the Southern European financial catastrophy.
But at the same time we're becoming a part of the problem. French and German banks are forcing Finns and other Europeans to pay the bill that Portugal, Greece, Italy, Spain and others aren't able to pay.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
People are still afraid about the Net
Open society isn't a reality for everyone.
There're limits and borderlines, but we should continue stretching them.
Break the rules, step out from conventions.
I've been preaching openess for a long time, but still feeling like we're in the beginning.
Open innovation and collaboration doesn't come easy.
The reasons for so many persons holding back and hoping for a more secure digital environment isn't completely clear for me.
In my opionion, the really scary things do happen in the real world... not in the virtual.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Spinning out of control
We're most probably experiencing battlefield blindness, where the fighters only know and see what happens where they are standing (moving) but are dimly aware that great wheels of action are whirling in the dust and fog around them.
Open innovation and collaboration offers a cost-effective way for blogal data mining and market research.
We can creat new sales and distribution channels to reach new customers.
There is a tremendous sleeping potential ;)
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Watching Nokia World 2011 London Live
I did watch the live opening of Nokia World 2011 London. Now, in the afternoon, watching the ondemand video delivery to learn more about the Nokia Microsoft Windows presentations.
Nokia is positioning itself for a come-back. The Nokia Lumia is the new top-of-the-line smart phone.
The look is close to N9 – the Meego thing that has been receiving good reviews.
They are launching two new smart phones: the Lumia and a more affordable version with Windows software.
The team is doing a much better work than a year ago. I still don’t have very much comment from press and the blogosphere.
The Nokia Lumia phones will be delivering in November. User experience will be available in the coming weeks.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Pisa, Italy
Videoconferencing using Webex for mobile collaboration Visualization of products and services (video, mp3, pictures)Communication channels: FB, G+, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogs, Ning, Digital Villages as development platform, Wiki for collaboration.
Cost-effective presentations to large on-line viewer groups
Customized package tours for selected travel agents in Asia
Knowledge based guidance at destinations in Finland
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Distance Work 08 06 2011
He was then a proud owner of a modern pocket sized digital camera. Kurt's documentation has evolved from picturing to video recording.
We got a hands-on presentation about distance and telework: yesterday - today - tomorrow.
I'm writing this posting from a "tomorrows" perspective. Seven years later, we know the impact and possibilities of social networking.
Kurt Linderoos and myself did have a hunch about what was about to come in the very beginning of 21'st century... or probably a little before ;)
But there is still a lot to do. We've better computers, programs and mobile devices, but the average man and woman is still confused with the prospects, features, benefits, and advantages of Social Intelligence.
Focusing on China / Asia market research
Looking for opportunities in China
International bioenergy operations
Measurement and control projects
Mining, Environmental, Forestry and Energy
Wood building projects
Saturday, September 24, 2011
One day in my life
The default map now shows all visitors. To only show the past 24 hours, replace vmap in your code with v
The default map now shows all visitors. To only show the past 24 hours, replace vmap in your code with vm24. Posterize or Captionate this map.
It would be impossible to reach these people with traditional printing and advertising.
I’ve been around in the Internet for nearly two decades.
My digital footprint is getting larger.
My point of view has changed several times.
Still, I’m not sure about my personal message or what impact I’d like to make.
Internet is an open space and it’s up to you to decide if there is any value in my postings.
Internet wasn’t very big 1994. The Fax was still the most practical tool for global collaboration.
We invented FAX-art. Ten years later DigiArt. What will happen 2014?
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The German Nuclear Moratorium
At the same time, we plan to build two new nuclear facilities in Finland.
A third new reactor is under construction in Olkiluoto.
When the new plants are ready before 2020, we've seven nuclear reactors.
The oldest are in Loviisa.
The man in the picture is the German Umweltminister Norbert Röttger, 45.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
This week in Helsinki
The theme "Let's Innovate Together"
Innovation is the key to competitiviness
New technologies are supporting Open Innovation
The importance of video and telepresence
Unified Collaboration
Distance Work
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Going Digital 15.061996 at 17h12
Going digital was on my mind 1996 – fifteen years ago – when I wrote a letter, fax and email about “my future sawmill” and the need to become familiar with new networking practices.
My first goal was to send “electronic postcards” [SMS] to my collaborating working team. The same tools can be used to communicate with business associates and clients.
Cyber-wood Centre Commercial was a metaphor describing the Digital Direct Channel (DDC). DDC would help us to increase the market share. The vision was at that time [1996] that clients and consumers would discontinue old-fashioned shopping of timber and building components.
- Customer would select their own news sources
- Centralized marketing and mindset manipulation would be out-of-date
- The clients would be surfing the “woods wide web” for accurate and relevant information
- It would be impossible to reach young potential buyers through television or print media advertising (young clients were not watching anymore)
- My conclusion: people wouldn’t have the time or motivation to spend endless hours watching television'
We’ve to find new tools and means to get in touch with them while “on the road” in their cars. To talk with our customers during lunch-time. When they arrived at the hotel. Anywhere and anytime when they were working.
Some of these estimates are partially true today. It takes time to move from off-line to true and ubiquitous direct digital collaboration.
I did have a clue about what was coming fifteen years ago. But most of my writings from those early days are early warning signals and the signal to noise ratio is pretty high.
Friday, August 05, 2011
World Water Week in Stockholm
For 20 years, Stockholm has been the meeting place for experts, practitioners, and leaders from around the globe to exchange ideas, foster new thinking and link best practices, scientific understanding, and decision-making, writes Stockholm Water Front – a forum for global water issues – No1, May 2010.
The Stockholm Water Prize is the world’s most prestigious prize for outstanding achievements in water-related activities. It honors individuals, institutions or organizations whose work contributes broadly to the conservation and protection of water resources and to improve health of the planet’s inhabitants and ecosystems.
Source: www.siwi.org
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Cloud Computing IBM 15.6.2010
I participated in a cloud computing seminar at IBM Finland in June 2010. The themes discussed were:
- smart traffic systems
- smart oil fields
- smart food
- smart health care
- smart energy grids
- smart retail
- smart supply chain management
- smart countries
- smart weather
- smart cities and communities
- smart wellness management
- smart planet
- The cloud means moving from customized to configurable
- less technology shifting
- easy to change business models
- virtualized
- standardized
- automated
- IBM promises that it should be easy to get started
- Go to service through portal pages
- Flexible pricing
- We pay for usage time
- Integration of services
- Workflow automation
- Reduced maintenance cost
- No need to depend on peoples hands-on services
- deployment
- consumer support
- management
- optimization
- design & construction
- quality assurance
- security
- lifecycle support
- strategy
- workload adaption
- delivery model
- architecture
- business case support
- industry
- cities and municipalities
- health care
- education
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Living in an isolated digital village
The future store means different things to people living in remote rural areas compared to those who’ve shopping centers and huge malls around them.
Sotkamo is a small municipality with eleven thousand inhabitants and about 5 000 to 10 000 tourists during the high seasons.
In search for networking talent and routes for better life: I’m working to find digital solutions to bring us closer to things needed at 1) work 2) for play 3) and learning.
We try to cultivate non-stop innovation and to enhance day-to-day business survival skills, seeking for advanced virtual competitiveness through constant learning.
The digital revolution, Internet, social media and crowd-sourcing have been around for quite some time. All these new tools help us to get the big picture about life at large in the global village.
My motivation is also to understand how all these wonderful digital tools can improve the quality of life for those who are living in digitally distressed areas where the access to information and face to face collaboration is increasingly difficult.
Sotkamo is a great laboratory for these explorations.
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Market research and market penetration of new measurement and control systems
How to improve the performance and business dynamics in manufacturing with rapid product development; reasonable requests for market share during market penetration. In today’s frenetic global markets, a process automation & intelligent sensors manufacturer may use new crowd sourcing tools to understand and meet the challenges of changing market demands, the increasing commoditization of products.
We’re now especially looking at the volatility of pricing and new investments in energy and raw materials.
The stakes have never been higher as their clients replace or upgrade measurement and control systems. We’re there to help clients with their needs to boost quality, efficiency, safety, and regulatory compliance for maximum productivity.
Let’s talk more about the dynamics and expansions requested by the end-users in the field of energy and raw-materials.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Open data in mining, processing and energy industries
I’d like to talk with you about mining, processing of raw-materials and the sustainability in process industries.
Tremendous new open data application possibilities in the field of:
- Energy production, sustainable energy, green technology
- Mining and processing of raw-materials
- Water
The technology industries I'm concerned about are:
- Intelligent measurement techniques and technologies
- Automation of processes and open information
- Open data in information retrieval
- Open innovation and collaboration
The solutions are not only about technology:
- Lawyers
- Politicians
- People, individuals, citizens
- Local, regional and national authorities
- Policy makers
- Environmentalists
- Communities
- Regional policy developers
- Investors
- Risk management: risk managers
- Insurance companies
- Industries
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Social Media for self-presentation and customer relationships
Social media gives us multiple new tools to play with self-presentation and customer relationships.
Mobile devices are expanding our possibilities for interaction from anyplace and everywhere.
The social and mobile noises are everywhere. We hear, read and see so many different things in our day.
Blogs, microblog conversations, background news, speeches, lectures, gossip, advise... there is so much all around us. How are we able to cope with all the stuff made available.
How much of it do I pay attention to?
My subconscious hears everything... the information flow is actually programming the day. If I get loads of spam messages to my inbox, I get irritated, or even angry. If I go into a social environment with soft-spoke discussion, it puts you me in a peaceful mood.
Every single day I hear people speaking to me, but am I always really listening to what they say?
Do I listen to the world and people around me and pay close attention to what they have to say? Do I take in the good, and am I able to leave out the bad:
- Taking good advice from good people.
- I might also get bad advice from people.
- I should listen, ask questions, decide for myself.
- I did always take notes to be able to reflect on valuable information.
- I use the information… but do I really understand it?
The question is whether social media, without its boundaries-free structure is able to help me to become a better person:
- Do I understand learning technique that aids my memory?
- Sometimes information with high level of intimacy is too invasive, virtual and imprisoning for healthy self-development?
I work with an overview to the history of personal innovation, risk taking, opportunity search, market penetration and globalization of SME’s business operations.
The journey towards the networking digital villages and individual collaborating entrepreneurs started in the early 70s and has been a continuous process since the initiation... long time ago.
The next step will be a better understanding of virtual organizations, co-creation, open source methodology, global open innovation.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Digital Villages is bigger than a store
Not an easy task, but the mental tools are there to help people to get involved in large scale collaboration; to make a better world.
The English model of 5T has to be redefined.
The core idea is to activate people and to get them engaged. We start with the first tool:
- Goal
- Action
- Feelings
- Knowledge
- Determination
