Blog of Johan Ronnestam

Category: Family

  • Follow your inner voice!

    Follow your inner voice!

    When you seek to brand a company, product or service you always start with the reason for being. In the same way you should always look for your reason for being when you think about your next chapter in life. Not which company you aim to work with or business idea you want to bring […]

  • On this day.

    Today my beloved daughter Ebba turned 8 years. It’s scary how time flies. Woke her up at AM 0630. We had a lovely morning with a small celebration before school. Ebba 8. I love you! Then off to the south parts of Stockholm. Had a great morning meeting with Fredrik ‘Benke’ Rydman. We’re planning

  • Det handlar om mina barns framtid. Min keynote på Webbdagarna 2012.

    (Sorry guys and girls. This is in Swedish) Hur ser sverige 2025 och vilket samhälle ska våra barn leva i? Den frågan har jag ställt mig förut och nu var det dags igen. Igår hade jag den äran att vara avslutningstalare första dagen på Webbdagarna 2012. Magnus Höij och IDG som annordnar konferensen frågade mig […]

  • Gotland Grand National 2011. Ett av mitt livs största utmaningar.

    This post, written in Swedish tells the tale about my 2011 start in Gotland Grand National. För 32 år sedan gick jag i skolan med Marie Hessel. Sedan dess har vi setts någon gång då och då i samband med någon klassåterträff eller i liknande sammanhang. Sen plötsligt står hon där och hänger i baren […]

  • Proudly presents: Buildo Rescue from JAJDO

    Some of you probably know about my little venture called JAJDO. Together with Jonas Theder and Andreas Wålm I’ve set out to build an app factory. So far it’s a small factory and it’s taken some time to fine tune the assembly line but we’ve finally made it. Our first app is live in the […]

  • I Am Free. You Are Free. We Are All Free!

    I was born into this world as free as any child. No religion, no political point of views, no ideas about what was right or wrong. Nothing. Just free. And I screamed! Me – around two years old walking our dog named Gorko. Then, just as you, I was brought home, fed, raised and I started […]

  • What's Up?

    It is Saturday morning. The summer is slowly coming to an end even though I’m still waking up way to early due to the light. I’ve had the privilege to have quite some time off with my family. Only one project has been running over the summer. My youngest daughter Linn trying out her new […]

  • 21 Steps on How to Monitor Your Brand Online and Keep Track of the Conversation

    And now to a very sensitive issue – monitoring. As some of you know my profession is leading brands into the future of communication. One of the more important parts of this is teaching them how to keep track of their own brands in the jungle of conversation. What are people saying about my brand, […]

  • I'm a Leo

    August has already passed and maybe it’s a little bit late for me to share my horoscope. But since I like it I’ll share it anyway. My birthday is the 20th of August and that makes me a Leo. I just loved this portrait found on FFFFound of a Leo and couldn’t find a better […]

  • TEDx Stockholm and Richard Gatarski's crowd sourcing experiment

    Mark this weekend in your calendars. TEDx is coming to Sweden and it’s thanks to Teo Härén & Fredrik Härén and Henrik Ahlén who’ve been the driving forces behind getting TEDx here. The first event is beeing held north of Stockholm with about 40 people attending the party and I’m honored to be one of […]

  • I miss surfing.

    Later this day the river was flooding food from the main land. The sharks ended up chasing me to the beach That is me up there. About to cut back into the white water and sitting on the right, after surf. Below shows me right after dropping in on Uluwatu, one of the worlds finest […]

  • Get your kid high on Scratch

    My parents always thought I spend to much time in front of my computer. Personally I’m afraid my kids won’t spend enough time there. If there’s anything I’m sure of its the fact that kids growing up with a sound relation to computers will create a strong platform for the rest of their life. This […]

  • On my way home from 6 days on Lanai, Hawaii that changed my life

    Me interacting with Mr Dolphin, his friends and family. I have spent the last 6 days on Lanai, Hawaii together with a good friend. We’ve been down here attending Tibco’s yearly conference. He as an employee and me as a guest. The optimum setup for me as I’ve focused more on exploring the island than […]

  • Johan Ronnestam's new phone numbers is +46 70 654 90 10

    The other day I had to switch phone numbers since I got myself an iPhone 3G. The new number is +46 70 654 90 10. The fact that this post will be picked up by LinkedIn, Plaxo, Friendfeed, Twingly, Facebook, Jaiku, Tumblr and probably another 20 different social networking services connected to my RSS feed makes […]

  • Happy birthday Linn!

    Today my youngest daughter Linn is turning 1 year old.  Horray, Horray, Horray, Horray!

  • A story about iPhone, Emergency Healthcare, YouTube, Wireless Internet and my daughter Ebba.

    At 00:30 this monday morning me and my girlfriend woke up to the sound of our 3 year old daughter Ebba having a lot of trouble breathing. Only minutes later me and Ebba were driving as fast as I could to the hospital. On my way to the hospital I dialed 112 (911) to get […]