At some point in the beginning of my university studies, I started tracking my time, because I was not entirely sure of where all these hours went. How much time did I spend in school? At work? Watching TV or surfing the Internet? Something completely different? Or absolutely nothing?

I can remember, one of the categories I had for registering my time was helping others. Setting time aside and helping others in one shape or form or another. This became a focus area for me — long after I stopped registering my time (I think I stopped again after three months or so). I wanted to increase my time spent helping others — and I still want to. (So now is the time to provide me with proper feedback on how you think I can do better and improve — all input is highly welcome.)

In the summer of 2007 on a vacation to New York City, my friend Christoffer Husted and I, came up with an idea to hand out a scholarship. After some maturation, we are now live with the Husted Rasmussen & Clauber Ruwald Scholarship — perhaps the not the most inspirational name. But the idea counts much more than the name. And the idea is so much more than a scholarship, but you have to start somewhere, and everything counts.

The journey does not stop here. I want to increase my time spent helping others — and, again, your feedback on how I can do better is very welcome.

I’m experimenting a little with micro-blogging, or tumblelogging as some has called it — check it out on ruwald.tumblr.com. The purpose is not to replace my blog, but to also have a space to share small bites of information, links, pictures, etc. I’m still experimenting, so I don’t know whether I’ll continue to use it. However, it has some very apparent advatages:

• All of my shared items from Google Reader (blog posts I read and want to share) and del.icio.us (my bookmarks) will be consolidated into my tumblog
• My blog posts will also show up in my tumblog
• My blog is kept clean for “normal” posts, as you have known it until now
• Easy access on your mobile (ruwald.tumblr.com/mobile)

See it as a complement to my blog, not as a replacement :-). I am using tumblr to run it so far, but I would like to find out how to include under my own domain. (If you have any input on that, let me know — constraint: No use of subdomains)

In other news today, from the strange and weird fact file, my web site received a small face-lift over the weekend:

• More pictures on the front page (click refresh, and you will receive a random photo from the pool)
• Sandbox (previously I experimented in the dark, but I decided I might as well get your input)
• Slight design revision

Let me know what you think. And if you have/create a tumblelog, please let me know :-)