Tuesday, 21 April 2009  Situation report  Hardest of all is to
find time for the dissertation. About everything else comes in
the way. Today I spent the entire morning at didactics class for
teachers (which btw is great - my students in Public
Administration class will notice that things have changed next
week). In the afternoon I worked with a professor on the
dissertation draft of a fellow grad student - the MEP in the
making Max Conrad - he's on the hunt for a European public
sphere, and he's sort of found it. Then off to a brief meeting
with the vice chairman of the Students' Credit Union of which
I'm the chairman - interrupted by Expressen journalist Natalia
Kazmierska calling me to ask about the Pirate Party: is it
underrated or overrated? Quick answer: both.  The Pirate Party,
yes. Maybe I'll devote a longer post to them, they are an
interesting example of an online-driven movement with an online-
driven agenda (freedom of speech + freedom of information)
seemingly succeeding in breaking through to the