Radical modernization of the tourism industry is needed

We’ve to do something entirely different. The average tourist has been here several times but still we don’t know the people.

There is an urgent need to move into something that is completely new. Traditional tourism doesn’t work anymore.

We need a new kind of genius to move us from traditional tourism towards something that is entirely new.

Traditional attractions will still remain, but we’ve seen it so many times in so many other industries that the old big names are becoming history and the same will happen within tourism during the coming years.

Think about “ruotsinlaivat” – that was a big industry for several decades. Now, a trip to Sweden is commodity. Nobody buzzes about it. What did happen? Tax Free isn’t an incentive anymore. The same will happen with travels to Estonia from Finland. 

Cooperation in Science and Technology

Overview of activities in the domain of Information and communication technologies.

• Open Source
• Information Technology
• Knowledge Management
• Social Competence
• Time Management
• Social Intelligence
• Virtual Organizations
• Loosely Coupled

We work to implement research activities reflecting the convergence of telecommunications, information science, and broadcasting and the future needs of the information society.

How to meet the challenge of the increasing liberalization and the competition which require application-oriented objectives and results.

We need a consistent long-term strategy for the promotion of activities in the changing biotech and microbiology research landscape of Europe and the Globe.

Who cares about Web 2.0

I've been writing about Internet, new technology, Web 2.0, social collaboration and digital villages for years, about internationalization, globalization and how technology affects our every day life. Who cares? These issues are marginal for the general public. I try to make a list of who might be reading.

1. Web 2.0 - Just a few and close to nobody
2. PC versus Mac - Geeks
3. Visual Radio - Who cares
4. Globalization - Some
5. Internationalization - Maybe a few partners
6. Social Collaboration - The whole idea is still too complex
7. Wikipedia - Maybe some geeks
8. Outsourcing - Readers hope it will not happen in 'our company'
9. Blogging - Geek stuff
10. Podcasting - What's that?
11. Videocasting - More "What's that?"
12. Venture Capital - Too complex for small companies
13. RFID - Question mark
14. Smart phones - Use them, don't talk
15. MP3 and iPOd - For kids

What should I be writing about instead?

1. People relations
2. Celebrities
3. Weight watching
4. Food
5. Wine
6. Travel
7. Gossips
8. Cars
9. Jokes

What's the motivation for writing about issues nobody or close to nobody cares about? Honestly, I started to write these digital diaries for myself and will continue to do it. These are notes for my own use and they have a value for me on a long term basis. I can go back to some of my blogs and check out what I had on my mind January 2004.