Videos and Audio

The two teams are publishing loads of video, audio and text, and here’s a few samples. Check out the rest via their respective sites and Twitter feeds.

At sea from 48hoursindenmark on Vimeo.

48 Hours in Denmark are Now: Christian + Christian and Sarah + Lennart

Phil and Christian

Follow the “On The Ground” team (Phil and Christian) as they tour Århus this weekend, documenting it all through a great number of new media services. The future of digital travel and tourism is right here: http://48hrs.rezpondr.com/

You can also follow them on Twitter via @philcampbell and @documentally, as well as our own feed at @48hoursindk

Lennart and Sarah too

Our Dutch contingent is also going strong, as described below. Follow their exploits via their site at http://www.48hoursindenmark.nl/ and their Twitter feed at @48hours_ls

Take part

Daniel is commenting along with both teams via @danielord - you are more than welcome to take part as well, either by pinging the teams via their feeds or via one of us…

Lennart and Sarah are Starting Up

Sarah and Lennart from the Netheralands are preparing for their visit to Denmark. They’ve launched a rather awesome looking website, of which great things are expected. I’m duly impressed and looking very much forward to seeing what they come up with.

Find their site at http://www.48hoursindenmark.nl.

I’ve been in contact with Phil and Christian and they’re plans will be revealed shortly as well.

One down…

Jesse and his travel-buddy Mike have now concluded their 48 Hours in Denmark. We’ve garnered quite a lot of good insights from the visit, as both of them are well versed in not only the digital aspects of experiences, but experiences in general.

What’s just as important is the face that they both enjoyed their trip, which we are very please about. That way their input will be of a more positive nature and free-thinking is always easier when you are at ease.

The next phase of the project is Jesse downmixing his video input into a short 2-min clip, that will contain all the best bits he’s recorded on the trip. Also there’s a Flickr stream and his own tumblr blog at www.hellodk.com.

Following Jesse’s visit we still have out two other teams, one from Holland and one from the UK - you know who you are We expect to have sorted dates with them shortly and will post them here then. And here’s a shot of Jesse’s travel bag.

Weekend Confirmed

As our Twitter-followers will know Jesse (@jessedee) har arrived in Aarhus. He had an eventful journey and has now been handed a nifty new Danish sim-card, which will allow him to use his iPhone here. It’s already being put to good use as can be viewed at www.hellodk.com, which is his blog for the trip.

We’ll try to post a few updates here on the site, but most likely he’ll be quicker than us. In other word keep an eye on his blog and tweets for the latest.

Oh, and it’s a good evening to be in Denmark! Sun is shining, events around town. Catch you all later.

Jesse Will Be Arriving This Friday

As you may have noticed by now the blog is back up. You reading it now - yay you! This means that we are nearing the first visit from one of our contest winners, Jesse. He will be arriving this Friday afternoon and will be spending the weekend here with us in Denmark.

Hopefully Jesse will give us lots of great insights and ideas into the whole digital tourism field - and hopefully Jesse will have a great time here as well. The general idea is that he goes digi-media-nuts and publishes whatever content he likes. We will link to the things here. You will be able to follow the trip virtually and we’ll post the good stuff afterwards. Thoughts, ideas and creativeness to follow.

Currently Jesse is researching he trip and we are mining data from his searches, like the busy little miners we are (I actually do have miners some way back in my family, in case anyone is interested?). When he gets here we will stand back and let him loose. Maybe eat dinner with him to say hello and discuss things. Mostly, however, he is free to roam as he pleases.

So check back this Friday evening when we will start the weekend with a bang.

The Winners

The voting has ended and the winner has been revealed. To us, anyway, and now to you. As we discussed earlier there are several factors in play now, regarding who has won what and why.

The winner of the main contest, 48 Hours in Denmark, as voted by the users is: Jesse Desjardins!

Not only has Jesse made a great video showcasing his enthusiasm for digital travel, he also seems to “get” it.

Below is a direct screenshot of the votes and as you can see Jesse won by a fairly slim margin. But win he did. Congratulations and jubilations all round.

We’d like to offer our thanks to everyone who has participated, and good job to all. We got some great videos and have learned a great deal too.

Also, as we mentioned earlier, our project partners have also their favorites too. They will also be receiving a weekend in Denmark!

The winners of the most massive media storm are On The Ground: Philip Campbell and Christian Payne! Once again congratulations and celebrations.

The jury’s decision here is based on the amount of attention the two souls have drawn to the project and not so much the video. Their application post was the most visited (and commented on), but we can also see they’ve drawn a lot of visit and subsequently a few applications to the site. Kudos.

And the final winner, for yes, we’ve been allowed three, is the 48 24 Hours in Rotterdam: Lennart Mulder and Sarah van Hecken! Their charming video won over the judges and we offer our congrats.

Their idea show us how digital technology can be visualized differently and also how it reached into the “real” world.

All three winners have been contacted directly and details will be sorted with them individually. The fruits of their future labour will be visible on this site as soon as we get them underway. The futures of this web space will be a more travel-oriented site in general, where we focus on the digital futures of tourism.

Happy Easter

Hello out there and happy Easter to you all. In Denmark Easter means a few days off, so the office has been sort of empty the last few day.

However, we’ve gotten a few more entries, that I will be posting later on today, for you viewing pleasure, once again. One from Ann Lombardi and one from the girls over at the Popular Podcast.

Anyway, it’s a glorious day outside, and I’m about to wonder out in to the world. See you later.

We Want You (To Apply)

The chatter about the project has been pretty good, both on Twitter and in the blogosphere. All we need now are some actual applications, thank you very much

Lots of people have written kinds words about 48 Hours in Denmark, and have urged others to apply. The UMPC community has been active, as well as podcasters and lifestreamers. So people, get filming! We want all your applications, even if you are the author of large news sites and the like (ehem) - it’s all good.

Personally I’m off to Paris for a quick spring break - going somewhere for easter? Ideal opportunity to show off you skills and ideas, and make a creative little video from you travels!

Only one application in so far - your chances of winning a free trip to Denmark are very good at the moment…

Questions?

Have a question or is something unclear on the site? Please point us to it and we’ll look into it straight away.

By the way, Denmark is a pretty cool place… I mean how many places have you ever visited where the weather in two hours can change from heavy snow to great spring sunshine… Yep that’s how it has been this morning here in Aarhus. However don’t worry - we’ve booked great weather when you’ll be here.