I’ve written before about how the word “secret” has become obsolete in the world of any, where anyone, anywhere, can get hold of information about anything, anytime. Like the location of the British Queen’s summer house, or the name of people involved in confidential court cases.

The other day, someone stumbled upon the Boneyard on Google Earth. Within microseconds, anyone, anywhere had heard the news, and wanted to find the treasure themselves (just check out the explosion on google trends).

Formally named the 309th Aerospace maintenance and regeneration group, AMARG, the Boneyard is the (in the yestermillennium known as) “secret” location of the US Airforce’s used aircraft since World War II. It harbors aircraft summing up to an esitmated value of 60 billion dollars. Interested in a uses military airplane? Now you know where to go.

The world’s most watched and hyped movie right now: Kick-Ass.

Or rather, the red band trailer for Kick-Ass. “Red band” meaning that it contains explicit content and that viewing must be restricted. In other words, it can’t be showed in theaters.

But what does that matter in the world of any? Anyone, anywhere can view it any time, and they do.

So what’s so special about the Kick-Ass movie? Featuring Nicolas Cage as the father, it’s an action comedy about a tween who calls herself Hit-Girl, cursing and killing people in amounts outnumbering Nic Cage’s the sums of Nic Cage’s all previous movies. The trailer shows this off to the max. And everyone loves it.

Will the movie be a hit when it premieres in April? I’m not convinced. But the trailer is great. And in the Expectations Society’s age of trailerism, that’s what really matters. The people behind the movie probably realize this, offering a host of different products and services (for example, a Kick-Ass Red Band Widget which allows subscriptions to trailer updates) relating to the trailer, not the movie…

Diplomacy in the new millennium’s world of any, where anyone, anywhere can make monumental impact anytime:

Instead of politicians and diplomats, the US government sends Ashton Kutcher to Russia to spark cooperation against corruption and human traficking.

Who’s Ashton Kutcher? Aside from his career as an actor, producer, media entrepreneur and Demi toy boy, he’s the world’s no. 1 tweeter, with the greatest number of twitter followers in the world. Anyone, anywhere can communicate with Ashton (who even inspired a Siberian guy to put a large tattoo of his face on his arm).

Ashton’s job? Reach out to and activate today’s decision makers and people of power – Generation Boss. Political hot-shot pow-wows are out in today’s politics – YOU are in. YOU are the one who can make monumental changes and stop corruption and trafficking, and Ashton’s there to get you moving.

The good people at Tufts University (Massachusetts, USA) are the first to truly realize that we now live in the world of any, where anyone can be anything, and where what’s interesting is not what you have already done, but what you will do in the future.

Therefore, they decided to focus less on CV:s and grades in their admissions this year, and more on assessing applicants’ future potentials.

And of course, what future potential to assess is not best decided by the university itself, but by the good people of Generation Boss.

Thus, applicants were invited to post their own videos on youtube, displaying whatever potential they wished. Not only did the university get to learn about great potentials that they would never otherwise be aware of, they also got the help from hundreds of thousands of judges in the form of people viewing and commenting on all the youtube applications.

I’m pretty sure that the Tufts class of 2014 will be better equipped leaders of the future than any other graduating class, anywhere else.

I’ve written previously about how Sheraton targets smart phone users with WLAN access in their suites, as a survey revealed that 35 percent would rather bring their phone than their spouse through the bedroom door.

Now, a recent UK study goes all the way to bed – finding that 40 percent of men between 18-44 rather log on (with 34 million google hits to “online dating”, who can blame them?) than get it on with their partner in the sack. And a whopping 80 percent say that they could absolutely not survive without logging on everyday (one in four start their day in bed checking their email).

But what about the women? More or less connected? What do you smart folks think?

Recently, the Museum of Contemporay Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles celebrated their 30th anniversary in big style, with Francesco Vezzoli’s performance-as-art “Ballets Russes Italian Style (The Shortest Musical You Will Never See Again)”, featuring Lady Gaga and the Bolshoi Ballet, all dressed in Prada.

How was this high-fashion, fine art, performance conceptualized for posterity? Not as a recording of a past event, but in the form of a trailer, of course. In the Expectations society, nothing’s more fashionable and intriguing than a trailer.

Read all about it and watch the trailer produced by my good friend Christian Larson and Jonas Åkerlund here.

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you might remember an old post where I suggested that we will never see a new Shakespeare, as there is no time for classics to evolve in the warp consumption we engage in, with facenovels, minibooks, etc.

I just stumbled on a new reason: You don’t have to be Shakespeare to write a Shakespeare novel anymore!

Just look at Germany’s most successful novelist right now, 17-year old Helene Hegemann. Her debut novel “Axolotl Roadkill” tops the bestseller lists and is the finalist for one of the country’s most prestigious literary awards.

It’s amazing that such a young, debutant, writer can produce such a mature piece of literature. Well, it turns out she hasn’t really. She’s added the words (letter for letter running up to entire full pages) from other authors’ books to her story.

Being accused of plagiarism, Hegemann bluntly replies that she’s just sampled some inspirations. Just like music artists do. Just like in music, everything’s basically already been written, all that’s left to do is to mix it up in new ways.

You may never be able to break new ground like Shakespeare, because reader warp their consumption, and because Shakespeare and centuries of authors after him have already written everything there is to write. But you can still write a Shakespeare novel, just sample him and make your own remix book! Maybe it will earn you a top spot in the bestseller list and a prestigious literature award.

It worked for Helene Hegemann. News about the sampling propelled book sales even further (maybe because now everyone can be sure that it comprises top notch, classic, writing?) And just like in the movie industry, sales of the sampled books took off, too…

I promised myself not to, but now I just have to vent:

As you’re probably aware, I’m pretty deeply immersed in work on my next book. And it’s driving me crazy:

1. I can’t talk about it. So antinextopian…
2. It won’t be out until late this year or early in the next. And I’m so impatient.
3. I have to travel back and forth across the world (very world of any) and begin to lose sense of time and space
4. Not everyone that I have to meet in the project is as impatient as I am, making me even more so.

Thanks for listening…

Hey all,

It’s been a while since my last post. The other week, I hurried off to that great country in the West. Forgot my stuff and wasn’t able to log on here for a few days. Then, when I tried, the blog was gone! And when it showed up again, it wouldn’t let me in. Maybe in revenge for me not giving it enough attention for a few days?

Impatient as I am, I was running completely mad. And forgetful as I am, I forgot a few of the things I was so eager to write about, so I’ll have to get back on those.

If the blog will let me in again, that is…

‘Til tomorrow!