Northstack Editorial

Northstack Editorial

The Tech & Startup Slack Community in Numbers

A little over a month ago, we announced the creation of Norðurskautið – the Icelandic Tech and Startup Community on Slack. We used the highly popular messaging app Slack, and some Stamplayapp wizardry to essentially create a open community, similar to the IRC channels some of us remember. In the last

Vizido: Use photos and screenshots to remember or do

Vizido is an app that uses photos and screenshots to help the user remember things. It’s a novel take on note taking and to-do lists, based on the assumption that all one needs to remember is a photo. The user never needs to type anything: just snap a photo

Last four years in hindsight

In early 2008 I moved to Iceland after five years in Stockholm. In the next two years, I experienced, as many Icelanders, extreme changes in both the economy and mindset of people, both locally and non-locally. I will not dwell on that issue since so many have written and shared

Iceland: VR Valley?

In a popular blogpost from earlier this year the investor, tweeter and entrepreneur Marc Andreessen discussed a politician’s pipe-dream: what it would take to create the next Silicon Valley. In essence his argument is simple: Don’t even try. Trying to mimic an organically grown, entrepreneurial community with governmental

CCP releases Gunjack – its first VR title

Today, CCP Games are releasing Gunjack, a VR arcade shooter for the Samsung Gear VR platform. This is announced just a week after the company announced a $30 million funding round to help the company boost its VR development efforts. The title will be available with the official release of

The Golden Egg 2016 open for applications

The Golden Egg, the business plan competition that hatched companies like Meniga, Strimillinn, Clara and more, has opened for applications. Klak Innovit organizes the competition, with the aim of creating a platform for young entrepreneurs to showcase their ideas. Those who apply will receive access to workshops and help from

The Podcast #2 – A huge week for VR, the new Startup Tourism accelerator and launch of Takumi

In this episode of the podcast, Jökull and Kiddi discuss the influx of cash into VR development in Iceland, with last weeks CCP and Sólfar funding rounds. They also discuss the new accelerator Startup Tourism, and entrepreneurship in the tourism industry. The final topic was the launch of Jökull’s