Finland is renown best from Nokia and competence in the mobile technology. In addition to Nokia’s success many unexpected innovations have been born in Finland – Linux kernel, SMS messaging and IRC – Internet relay chat, forefather of instant messengers. So, in addition to mobile technology enthusiasm the Finns can be expected to push to the limits with new, disruptive ideas. The latest – but certainly not the last - was Jaiku, acquired by Google in 2007.

There is an ongoing boom of European countries grouping their social media startups and taking them to San Francisco with plans to dig(g) gold. Delegations from Israel (which can be considered Europe based on their presence in the Eurovision song contest), UK and Spain have recently or will tour the Bay area with their best rosters. The Finnish strike team is arriving in San Francisco in three days.

I've been discussing with some Sombiz members about the language policy of this site. Based on those discussions, and partly based on my own limited understanding, I thus present a suggestion for a sombiz.net language policy:

I'm experimenting a new way of making a fool out of myself, blogging online.I came to Amsterdam for the PICNINC '07 yesterday. I have to say that I just love the City. It has such laid-back attitude and nice atmosphere than not even the cold, rainy weather can make me sullen. We, me and three of my colleagues, have been taking part in the Media Labs get together that began yesterday and lasted untill noon today.

I'm experimenting a new way of making a fool out of myself, blogging online.I came to Amsterdam for the PICNINC '07 yesterday. I have to say that I just love the City. It has such laid-back attitude and nice atmosphere than not even the cold, rainy weather can make me sullen. We, me and three of my colleagues, have been taking part in the Media Labs get together that began yesterday and lasted untill noon today.

Donatella della Ratta, a reporter for Il Manifesto, the well-known Italian leftist newspaper, spoke at Aula 2006 about Al-Jazeera and the revolution in Arab media. Il Manifesto published Donatella's report about Aula on June 18th. As of last week the paper has started an emergency fundraising campaign at risk of closure due to financial difficulties. In an email Donatella writes: