INFO
Globetrotter, music lover, couchsurfer, idiot and Bachelor in IT and Information Systems.
Born, and currently working as a web developer for a newspaper, in Stavanger, Norway.
WEBWORK
An online project where the goal is to collect one million giraffes by the end of 2010. The website has gone viral and it actually looks like it will work out, against all odds. The site features an advanced photo handler and search functionality. @idam help me out on the design of this website.
A live music calendar for the city of Kristiansand, Norway. I run the website, which is also a free monthly "newspaper", with @jorgens and @omlm. We started it since people were complaining that nothing happened in that city and we figured it was just because they didn't know what was going on. There's an extensive administation center behind the site.
My very own record label. I've released a 10 inch vinyl single by the Swedish band bob hund, and I'm working on more releases. The website features a very primitive webshop. My Bachelor thesis was to create a webshop from scratch, but I haven't implemented it here yet.
This is a Swedish indie band called bob hund. I run all of their web accounts (facebook, myspace, twitter, virb and this website). The website isn't any good and I'm working on a new and better version.
A private blog only accessed by friends of mine. I've designed and coded the entire site and update it daily. It's grown very popular and has more comments (over 6000) than blogposts (over 4000).
An alternative URL to this site. A simple demo site to display my work.
VIDEOS
The story behind the onemilliongiraffes.com project
This is a silly little stop motion video I made for a competition GuleSider.no held to find the best project in Norway. I made the entire video (from idea to uploading it to the competition) in seven hours. It probably doesn't make a lot of sense for non-Norwegian speakers, but the video explains the story behind the onemilliongiraffes.com project. Made with a Nikon D2xs in October 2009.
Around the world with Oscar
This is a collection of photos of my good buddy Oscar. We've been travelling around the world for many years now and I try to remember to take a picture of him whenever we're somewhere new. This is an ongoing and never-ending project.
An idiotic life
This is me. I've taken a picture of myself every day since the 22nd of March 2008. One day I will adjust the photos so that my eyes will never move. This is an ongoing project.
CONTACT
There are several ways for you to get in touch with me:

contact@olahelland.net
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