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My name is Sigfrid Lundberg. The stuff I publish here may, or may not, be of interest for anyone else. Most of the it is related to my profession as an Internet programmer and system developer within the area digital libraries at the Royal Library, Copenhagen (Denmark) and, before that, Lund university (Sweden).

The content here does not reflect the views of my past or present employers

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Sigfrid Lundberg's Stuff

2010-01-28: Reflections on a Library at Dusk
During my soon five years at The Royal Library, I've seen its exterior in all kinds of weather conditions. Here I give you some images showing the spectacular black granite fasade at dusk.
Essays, 2010

2010-03-09: Thinking when the spring is approaching
Winter is just the worst part of the year. Where approaching the end of it.
Essays, Images, 2010

2010-04-20: Does hypertext promote extractive interaction rather than immersive?
Extractive and immersive are two forms of interactivity. This note claims that the digital library services have successfully implemented facilities for extractive media consumption but that it is very difficult to help users in the immersive pattern.
Essays, 2010

2010-04-05: George Smiley and libraries
I'm an ardent John le Carré reader. In particular I'm very fond of the books about George Smiley.
Essays, Music, language & literature, 2010

2010-02-21: Podcast: Mor minns
Min mor har tre år kvar till 100. Jag menar att hon är en helt fantastisk kvinna, med ett knivskarpt intellekt. Hon fick aldrig gå mer än sju år i skolan som barn, men i 60-årsåldern tog hon i princip gymnasiekompetens. I denna serie läser hon dikter och berättar ur minnet eftersom hon är nästan blind.
Essays, 2010

2010-11-28: On patience and bus stops
Waiting at a bus stop can learn us something significant about human nature
Essays, 2010

2009-09-05: Twelve weeks
It is twelve weeks since i refurbished and redecorated this site. It is time for an evaluation...
Essays, 2009

2009-06-28: Min mor
Min mor var 43 år gammal när hon födde mig 1956. Alltså föddes hon själv 1913, året innan första världskriget bröt ut. Nu är hon 96, och lever, som hon säger, på lånad tid. Tid, det är något som hon tar på största allvar. Vi talas vid per telefon varje dag. Hon ringer 20.10, nästan exakt. Det blir alltid ett trevligt samtal.
Essays, 2009

2009-12-10: On being an international commuter
The last four years I've spent more than two hours a day on trains. And usually, but not always less than three. Furthermore, I go from one nation to another and participate in the in the digital dissemination of cultural heritage of a country which isn't my own.
Essays, 2009

2009-07-13: The predator rests on its prey
I've seen this image before. An excavator has demolished a building, and has then proudly been parked on top of the remnants.
Essays, 2009

2009-08-26: What is a book, and does it matter?
Lorcan Dempsey of OCLC research, is involved in among lots of things, statistical analyses of media use. In that work they are forced to make operational definitions of the 'book'.
Essays, Media, 2009

2009-08-10: On Divorce and Unemployment Benefit Societies
Here I analyse of some data retrieved from Google Insight Search. This little study is inspired by the study performed by Hyunyoung Choi & Hal Varian, Google Research, were they were able to show that it is possible to make short-term forcasts of economic behavours using search statistics.
Essays, 2009