Blog of Johan Ronnestam

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  • Case: The branding and launch of BAUX Acoustic Pulp.

    Case: The branding and launch of BAUX Acoustic Pulp.

    The 2019 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair opened in February this year in Stockholm, Sweden. It’s one of the most important arenas for global furniture and interior design brands. Thus a very important arena for one of my startups BAUX.  When me and my co-founders started BAUX, we had a simple idea; That acoustic materials […]

  • Let me introduce BAUX – Let's Build!

    Let me introduce BAUX – Let's Build!

    Almost two years ago I had a very nice lunch with Petrus Palmér. Petrus has together with Jonas Pettersson and John Löfgren founded the world famous design agency Form Us With Love. As we’re enjoying our food Petrus tells me about one of the products FUWL has created. It’s an acoustic panel made out of […]

  • Here you go. My Netvibes feeds again!

    Netvibes. Still my favorite feed reader.  Back in 2008 I wrote a blog post telling you how I used Netvibes to monitor tons of blogs. Then in 2011 I wrote a blogpost teaching you how I “stay ahead of the competition“. Now the time has come again to share some love. I’ve uploaded my updated XML […]

  • The constantly growing world of inspiration needs to keep growing. Sharing is caring!

    Fashion de’luxe! Today I was looking for some ideas on Down Jackets (as I’m a partner in a clothing brand…will get back to that another day ). Google. Push. Search. Bang. My browser explodes with all kinds of wonderful inspiration. A couple of clicks later I’m reading this Frensch blogger on clothing that have posted […]

  • Ett nytt lyxigt experiment

    This is a blog post in Swedish about a new start-up I’m heading aiming to establish a luxury blog in Sweden. Lyx är ett sånt där ord som skapar oreda. Vissa blir alldeles till sig av lycka medan andra blir mer eller mindre förbannade. Lyx lämnar dock ingen oberörd, det är spännande. Mer eller mindre […]

  • Finally live. JAJDOs next app – Pop ABC. It's poppin' fun!

    Today is a great day. I’m really proud to announce JAJDOs next app – Pop ABC. We’ve really been struggling to get this app out there. The app has been almost ready since before the summer but as always things take more time than first expected. However, we’ve learned a lot and now once it’s out there […]

  • Fråga till Framtidskommissionen: Hur möter vi en jobblös framtid?

    Häromdagen fick jag ett mail från Anton Johansson. Han frågade om jag ville vara med i en bloggstaffett för framtidskommissionen. Framtidsstafetten är ett försök att bredda framtidsdebatten genom att fånga upp röster, kunskap och perspektiv som behöver höras i det pågående samtalet om framtidens samhällsutmaningar i Sverige. Självklart ville jag vara med. Samtidigt så är […]

  • 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 […]

  • There are no High Streets on the internet.

    Now that’s your future challenge. That’s the problem that defines the requirements for digital brands. In the real world you’ve got great locations and shitty locations. Let’s say you wanna open a coffee shop. If you place it on the High Street you’ll be sure to have clients dropping by. As long as you do an ok […]

  • Got Kids? Get Culture! Introducing Buildo Museum.

    Today is a great day. Over at JAJDO we’re releasing our third app. Buildo Museum is aimed to get kids all over the world interested in culture. Get your free copy in the appstore before the 6th of febrary!

  • Merry Christmas from me and the JAJDO team!

    One day left. What’s up with this time thing. It felt like we passed midsummer only days ago. Scary! I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. I’ll also take the opportunity to tell you that over at my other company JAJDO we’re giving away our apps for free […]

  • History in the making

    Earlier today we (my other company JAJDO), launched our second iPad and iPhone app. This one is called Buildo History or as in the picture below if you’re Russian. (we’ve translated it into 18 languages) Buildo History. This one translated into Russian. This is the second app in the Buildo Series. Our idea has been to create […]

  • 24 Hours Live. Sammanfattning, höjdpunkter och ett stort tack!

    (This is a Swedish post covering the 24 Hours Live event in May earlier this year) Tidigare i år, närmare bestämt i början av Maj, genomförde jag tillsammans med Göran Adlén årets kanske mest korkade eller geniala idé. Ett enkelt koncept. Vi skulle spendera 24 timmar non-stop i hotelbaren, något slags världsrekord?, på ett av […]

  • Future Integrated Communication From A Digital Perspective

    Leading a brand? Thinking about how to create a long term integrated communication platform? Think no more cause I’ll share the model I’ve been using for the last three years when leading brands into the future of advertising, communication and advertising. Normally I’d work a company or brand through a series of workshops. We would […]

  • Let Me Introduce JAJDO – A Swedish App Brand For Kids

    We’re four days into 2011 and I’m in Tandådalen, a Swedish ski resort, skiing. Before heading out to rips some snow I thought I’d update the blog with my latest venture. 6 days from now I’m kick-starting my latest company – JAJDO. Sometime last summer after having seen my two daughters rock the iPad an […]

  • Dear Saab. Your Site Sucks

    Usually when I don’t like something I try to give constructive feedback. But in this case there’s just to much of a history involved. About 9 years ago I tried to pitch ideas on Saab. Partly because I really wanted to work with a car brand and partly because they were Swedes. Already back then […]

  • The Social Formula For Small Business Owners

    About two years ago I frantically started writing on this blog post. Then the sheer length of it got the best of me and since then it’s been stuck in my unpublished library. Now I thought it’s time to give birth to this baby even though most of it was written about two years ago, […]

  • Mitt svar i sin helhet till Tobias Brandel på Svenska Dagbladet

    Today there was an article in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet where I together with another six people ranked how Swedish politicians behaved in social media. Here is a short post to let my Swedish readers in on the background. Idag hade Svenska Dagbladet en text om politiker och sociala media. Jag tillsammans med Joakim Jardenberg, […]

  • Control Your Home With Your Mobile

    Just when I thought I was done renovating our home I ran into this control system that enables regulation and control of our complete building with the touch of a finger. The Gira Control 19 Client is a PC-based control and regulation unit with a touch screen. It becomes a home station for door communication […]

  • A Sustainable Plan And My Point Of View

    Challenge the establishment. That’s what you should do if you’re young and don’t really have to care about being fired. (Actually that’s what you always should do!) That’s exactly what the students over at Berghs School of Communication have done this year once again. Their contribution to an often shallow advertising world is driving sustainability. […]

  • Presenting TEDxViggbyholm 18 April – An Evening About Visualization

    Two days ago I got the news that my application for a TEDx license was approved. My idea is to host an event for around 75 people in Viggbyholm, Täby where I live. The focus of the event will be visualization and how design shape our ideas about the future. The event will be held in Täby, Sweden on […]

  • The Essential Guide On How To Start And Configure A Blog That Rocks The World

    I have gotten the question over and over again from people, organizations and brands: “How do we start a blog the right way” – I’ve decided to put my advice into writing. Some of you might think this post is unnecessary. Other people have written about this already. I thought so too until I started […]

  • Simon Pestridge From Nike Make Future Advertising Sound Simple

    Apple, Nike, adidas, Google and so on. It’s always easy to point the wow pointer to these huge brands that have massive amounts of brand fans world wide. But sometimes you’ve just gotta remind people about why these brands often are leading the pack. I have just gotten of stage in Tallin, Estonia after speaking […]

  • Canon Digs Into The Vimeo Video Community

    While spending some time reading up on what the ‘fine art’ video photographer Vincent Lafore was up to I ran into a campaign by Canon placed on the video site Vimeo. The concept called ‘The Story Beyond The Still’ is a perfect example on how brands could look into creating digital events rather than necessarily […]

  • Now I Need Your Help!

    I believe in the saying – ‘Sharing is caring’ and most of the post on this blog is about just that. Trying to get my head around things that could help brands and companies to outperform themselves. Now I need to cash in some of that sharing and the currency is cudos – your vote! […]

  • "It's Gonna Change The Way We Do The Things We Do Everyday"

    Those are the words said by Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President World Wide Product Marketing over at Apple when speaking about the new Apple iPad. It pretty much sums up what I thing after having followed the keynote given by Steve Jobs today. The new iPad is a game-changer and I need one now! (you […]

  • Come On Over and I’ll Print A Lasagna or Pizza For Dinner!

    I spent far to much of my youth riding my snowboard, so getting me into MIT would probably involve both bribes and plastic surgery. But if I had, the MIT Media Lab is for sure the place to be if you wanna tap into the future for real. Hidden in room 320 you’ll find Pattie […]

  • Svenska politiker i sociala och digital media under valet 2010. Några råd på vägen – Det handlar om vem du är, vad du tycker och hur vi kan bli vänner.

    Det började igår med att jag läste en artikel på SVD där man skriver: “Sociala medier ny PR-kanal”. Strax efter retweetade jag @byBalsam som uppmärksammat chefredaktören Martin Jönssons morgontweet (som senare bloggade om allt buzz). Inte många timmar efter postar Brit Stakston en strålande betraktelse av hela historien som hon idag följde upp med en […]

  • Brand and Communication Predictions For 2010 by Johan Ronnestam

    This last year, 2009 has been a blast in many ways. Almost every day I’ve received interesting news from friends, other bloggers and my RSS feeds. Even thought we’ve seen one of the most severe economical downturns this year it seems advertising, communication and technology has been the business to be in. Brands seem to […]

  • A Book, MashUp, PDF or Whatever You Wanna Call It By Johan Ronnestam

    I’ve always wanted to write a book. This is NOT it! So far this year my blog have had more than 115 000 unique visitors and just over 240 000 visits. I’ve written more than 500 blog posts covering everything from design, gadgets, trends, technology, advertising, innovations, personal things, branding and more. About 28% of […]

  • Successful Culting of Brands: 10 Easy Steps – A Book Tip & My Reflections

    One thing I love about the internet is the fact that suddenly you find things that haven’t surfaces for many years. Last week, thanks to AdLab I got word of a book by Douglas Atkin – ‘The Culting of Brands’. Douglas wrote this book back in 2004 but as I’m reading it I’d say it’s […]

  • 10 Packaging Concepts That Bring Boring Objects & Products to Life

    I‘ve spent some time this evening browsing my favorite packaging site The Dieline. That’s when I suddenly realized I should blog about packaging today. When I speak about creativity and innovation and how it must be a part of every interaction (especially packaging) you have with your customers one of the most common replies I […]

  • Google Introduce Live Search and Augmented Reality With Google Goggles

    Smart move. Just when we’re about to be swarmed with augmented reality apps Google takes a step forward and turns the whole hype into something mainstream. Yesterday the search company introduced a number of new things. Apart from the new live search my favorite was Google Goggles. A new app for the Android that let’s […]

  • I'm Not a Blogger. I'm a Logger!

    People ask me from time to time why I’m a blogger. I tell them I’m not. What I am is a junkie for inspiration and reflection. A quite passionate one too. For me this blog is the ultimate tool to log things that shape my life. Things, thoughts, people, objects and so on. I don’t […]

  • Couldn't Have Said It Any Better Myself – Gary Vaynerchuk Throws It In Your Face

    Today I pulled a gig together with homie Stefan Hyttfors, the founder of Wenderfalck. We were invited by Pfizer to shake things up and draw out some ideas on how to prepare for the future. Stefan painted the background and I mixed the colors. I think we did a good job? Among other things I […]

  • Surf's Up! Or…Are You Having Problems Getting Waved

    You might be one of the lucky ones finding yourself logged into your brand new Google Wave account? Then you, just like me, might also think something must be wrong with you since you’re not getting what all the hype is about. Google themselves has launched a couple of videos showcasing the possibilities with the […]

  • The Future Is Not a Game. Or Actually It Is – The Superstruct.

    The Institute for the Future in Palo Alto decided to give a go at the future. How? A game of course. Superstruct is the world’s first massive multiplayer forecasting game. The game, launched in october 2008, was constructed and launched by Jane McGonigal. By playing the game, people help The Institute for Future chronicle the […]

  • Do something great this saturday morning!

    This morning I’ve spent some time on Kiva.com relending money to entrepreneurs across the globe. The last thing one is told to do is to introduce Kiva to my friends and by doing so help Kiva reach more entrepreneurs. Since I’ve got a blog with some traffic I thought I might as well paste the […]

  • Mary Meeker Delivers the Hard Facts in Your Face

    Last week I got hold of this presentation held by Mary Meeker, Managing Director Morgan Stanley at the Web 2.0 Summit San Francisco. It’s one of the more important time stamps I’ve seen the last couple of years. This one was created two days before Apple reported on their second quarter – beating the rest […]

  • What is shopping? What is branding? What is marketing? Who's the designer?

    If you’re into marketing you should really have a look at this new iPhone app from Nike. It really puts focus on what’s going on in the world. Old school people keep talking about how the mobile will advertise the store when you pass it. New school don’t give a shit about the store. This […]

  • The Ultimate Mood and Storyboard Application

    Creatives all over the world do their best to visualize their ideas when pitching clients, preparing for photo shoots or simply putting their ideas on paper. Apart from sketching with Sketchbook Pro I’ve personally been using Flickr and Google Image Search combined with Photoshop for ages. Lately I’ve added Bing and iStockphoto to the list. […]

  • 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, […]

  • Google ads another weapon in the fight for change

    Today Google launched their latest resource called the Google Internet Stats. It contains industry facts and insights from across five different areas – Macro Economic Trends, Technology, Consumer Trends, Media Consumption and Media Landscape. This is a great resource for us who are trying to make people understand what the future is all about. I […]

  • Idag och imorgon är det REA på framtidens kommunikation!

    Idag är det den 10:e september. Imorgon är det den 11:e. Om du anmäler dig till Next Event innan morgondagen är över betalar du 1990 kronor istället för 2990 kronor. Mer om The Next Event läser du här. Om du undrar varför jag pushar för det hela kan du börja här först.

  • The old aircraft carrier of traditional advertising is slowly turning 180° in the other direction

    I am sitting in Nacka, Sweden outside the office of one of my clients. My attention is drawn to a Tweet from Richard Gatarski, Weconverse, that points my eye towards a live Bambuser feed from the Berghs School of Communication. Richard is right now streaming the opening lesson for the 2009 class of advertising at […]

  • Sveriges intressantaste talarlista för dig som arbetar med varumärken, reklam och kommunikation.

    Med undantag för något överraskande inslag är talarlistan till The Next Event klar. Jag är så otroligt stolt över att få presentera vad jag tycker är sveriges intressantaste mix av talare inom ämnen som kommunikation, varumärken, marknadsföring, sociala media och reklam. Idag satte vi pricken över ‘i’ på plats när Gunnar Broman, the ABSOLUT man, […]

  • Hey! It's almost five'o clock and it's friday. Watch this one and go home happy!

    Here’s a four minutes and thirty three seconds long video that continuous on my previous post subject. Let’s be humble about the fact that nature has allowed us all to be in control of this planet. Found this one on a young Swedish ‘Berghs’ students blog. – Thank you and congratulation by the way!

  • The checklist that will save our world and maybe your brand too!

    Brands all over the world – Google, IBM, Nike, BMW, Porsche, Starbucks, Coca Cola & Levi Straus, they all say the think about sustainability. What about your brand? Sustainability is a beautiful word, especially in terms of how it affects brands. The true meaning of it is ‘the capacity to endure’ and that’s more or […]

  • Idag är jag intervjuad av Dagens Nyheter

    För någon vecka sen stod jag på en brygga ute i skärgården och lade till med båten när Jenny Stiernstedt på Dagens Nyheter slog en signal och undrade om jag kunde uttala mig lite om människan, internet och framtiden. Shoot! sa jag och idag publicerades intervjun på DN’s nätupplaga.

  • RIP Michael Jackson

    Early this morning I stood in the ‘Story’ bar in central Stockholm and explained to one of my friends what Twitter is all about. As I explained trending topics I noticed RIP MJ hitting the charts and of course Tweeted it myself. Michael had been declared dead only minutes earlier when people went crazy on […]

  • Twitter is turning green for the people of Iran

    The image you’re looking at above is my first page on Twitter when searching for the #iranelection. Notice the fact that a lot of those avatars have turned green? That’s the Twitter way of saying we support your fight for freedom! Sites like HelpIranElection and IranGreenThumbnails help you color yours. CreativeBits provide a set of […]

  • Låt mig presentera the NEXT Event den 8:e oktober av Wednesday Relations i regi av Johan Ronnestam

    Sedan några år tillbaka gör jag då och då gästspel hos Wednesday Relations, ett nätverk för marknadsförare. Där brukar jag ofta tala om internet och hur det påverkar företags och varumärkens sätt att kommunicera i framtiden. Tidigt i våras fick jag frågan från Wednesday om jag inte kunde tänka mig ta ett lite större engagemang […]

  • Göran Adlén intervjuar Johan Ronnestam om framtidens kommunikation i TrendTV

    För ungefär 11 år sedan gick jag in genom dörrarna på IHM business school för att stärka min kunskap inom strategisk marknadskommunikation. Året var 1998 och jag arbetade på Framtidsfabriken med koncept för kunder som Nike Europe, Vattenfall, Bredbandsbolaget, Expressen mm. Ledda av Jonas Birgersson, mer känd för allmänheten som mannen i orange Helly Hansen […]

  • 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 […]

  • RFID, the next big thing in products…eh…houses…everywhere!

    If you yet haven’t heard about RFID you better click that word now cause in a couple of years you’ll be walking in boots that will either kick you out of the bar or let you pass the queuing crowd. That and what ever you can think of is what RFID will be used for. […]

  • Why is the Amazon Kindle DX launched by a bookstore and not a leading media house?

    The Amazon Kindle DX with a 9.7″ screen was introduced earlier this week. Today more details came out from Engadget. It looks like million bucks and I love it. Apart from my personal feelings for the thin thing from the ‘jungle’ it also makes me think that we’re now getting closer than ever to a […]

  • Psst, have you heard…

    Everyone that works in communication shares a wet dream and it spells word of mouth. Creating something that grows a life of its own without the support of mainstream media is what buzz and viral marketing is all about. But when we talk about creating buzz we seldom mention the dark side of the trade. […]

  • 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 […]

  • We’re all digital settlers but make no mistake, we'll keep on moving once there is no more gold

    Where are we all heading. Where will we settle, MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? What technology will win? Will we all become iPhone owners or stick to Nokia? PC or Apple? When will we be pleased? Brands are spending millions and millions in order to understand where people are settling down. Once that knowledge is secured […]

  • Tap into the brain of 9 great planners with the help of Leon Phang

    Sometimes I get everyday comments and sometimes I get smart and insightful ones (although I might not always agree). The later kind is not seldom served by Leon Phang – Account Planner over at Jung von Matt Sweden (one of the few agencies in Sweden that get it) and blogger on The Planning Lab. Today […]

  • How to work better by Peter Fischli & David Weiss

    One of my favorite graphical drive thru’s is FFFFound. It’s a never ending source of inspiration. Today I found this image above, originally posted by Today and Tomorrow. It’s been made by Peter Fischli & David Weiss, the same guys that made ‘The Way Things Go’ which was the inspiration for the classical Honda COG […]

  • Please help Mr John Caswell

    I personally love the little things that makes life more fun. This light switch from designer John Caswell would ad more fun to an otherwise dead object. The only problem is that it’s not in production and John is currently looking for a manufacturer. So, if you know or are one. Build it! As many […]

  • The checkbox model for monetizing your web applications business online

    Whatever you do online, make sure you provide a value that is relevant to people who might want to use your service. By doing so you’ll generate more traffic, more buzz and finally a higher SEO ranking. Box UK, a web consultancy agency, are living by this simple rule. The blog on their website is filled with […]

  • Why should I blog about iPhone 3.0 ?

    When so many others has done the job already. Go visit them in english or swedish.

  • There's a lot of buzz about Twitter and here's a tip about another 100

    Everyone are going bananas over Twitter and the marketing potential with micro blogging. People who are into it are totally sold. People who are not doesn’t understand jack shit. The thing with Twitter is that you’ve gotta get yourself in there, start listening to the twitter and slowly adapt to a strange new culture. Once […]

  • Skittles innovates their brand through the use of widgets and social media

    Candy brand Skittles have produced some kick ass TVC’s (Skittles leak being one of my favorites) through out the years and now they’re innovating the use of social media within fast moving consumer goods. This blog post started in my head after seeing this discussion below between two of the bloggers I’m following. David Armano […]

  • The Swedish Royal Court makes history as they announce the engagement between crown princess Victoria and Daniel Westling

    Today his Majesty King Carl Gustav was proud to announce that princess Victoria was getting engaged to her boyfriend Daniel Westling. This is cool both because it’s time for the girl to get married and the fact that the King did it on YouTube. It’s obviously not only Barack Obama that has gotten the idea […]

  • This weekend go shopping!

    For quite some time now I’ve been thinking about serving you all my favorite style tip. Don’t know why I haven’t taken the time but here we go. There’s a blog out there called the Sartorialist. What began as a way for Scott Schuman to share photos of people that he saw on the streets […]

  • History is being written in more ways than one as Pirate Bay in trial

    Right now I’m stuck in a meeting. But I just have to post quickly about Pirate Bay being on trial i Stockholm. What’s stunning with the whole thing is not the fact that media is following the trial intensely but instead it’s the everyday people who are interested. Pirate Bay has set up a site where you […]

  • The last voting hours

    First of all! To all of you who have already given my your lovin’ – THANK YOU! You have turned the first month of 2009 into a beautiful one for me. Keep on recruiting more voters for your favorite Swedish marketing blog! The voting bonanza over at Daytona Yaba Awards (Best Swedish marketing blog) is […]

  • Updated: Dalai Lama joins [did not] Twitter and nothing will ever be the same [still goes]

    [updated] It turns out someone fooled us all and created the Dalai Lama name on Twitter. At more than 16,000 followers in one weekend, the fake Dalai Lama was one of the fastest growing accounts that Twitter has ever seen. If you didn’t know about Twitter before you’ll definitely learn about it now. The American microblogging service has […]

  • An answer to Jonas Söderström and 15 things to think of when getting into conversational brand marketing.

    Blogger and planner Jonas Söderström a nice guy who’s running his own company – Planning STHLM posted a question the other day. I started to write an answer to Jonas in his commentators field but then felt I needed to elaborate a little bit more. On top of that I think my thoughts might be […]

  • The music industry are pretty stupid

    This morning I found this video of a 15 year old girl who’s petty pissed about the fact that YouTube and Warner Brothers deleted a much appreciated video of her singing the 1934 song Winter Wonderland. This is EXACTLY what brands should NOT do. Warner Brothers – you are idiots! I personally had a video […]

  • Here's something you really need to remember

    We can all have great ideas. Be great at design. Write copy that makes people laugh or cry. Our strategy can be intelligent and smart. But if we don’t understand how the brain remembers things our efforts are doomed. New York Times has an excellent article on the subject where among other things The Simpsons turns out […]

  • Listen to Seth Godins ‘Tribes’ for free.

    One of my latest reads – Seth Godins ‘Tribes’ is a book I can warmly recommend. I especially like the way it talks about consumers today and the need to establish a conversation rather than keep on broadcasting your message without listening. A simple yet great qoute from ‘Tribes’ Here’s the marketing math: Ideas that […]

  • Piggyback'n Barack Obama and his message of change

    Pepsi are on top of their game. With the help of R/GA they’ve created a campaign site welcoming Barack Obama to his presidency. They’ve tied the entire campaign site message to their tag line – Refreshing Everything. The idea is very smart – piggy back mr President with your own brand message. On the site […]

  • Bloggers Monday – a network for advertising, communication and new media bloggers

    Yesterday I attended my first Likeminded networking meeting at Scandic Anglais. I’m very glad that I took the time to drop in since there’s so many talented, smart and nice people you end up getting to know. However as I was sitting there I felt there is room for more networking – networking among blogging […]

  • People powered journalism outbeats mainstream media when reporting on the Hudson River crash

    Yesterday Janis Krums found himself on a ferry outside New York witnessing the Airbus that made an emergency landing in the Hudson River. Only seconds later his first Tweet appeared on Twitter with a link to TwitPic and his now world famous photo of people leaving the plane. Later during the day pictures started to […]

  • If you like what I'm writing, let me have your vote.

    Have you heard about YABA – Yet Another Blog Award? It’s a great initiative from one of Swedens best digital agency – Daytona. YABA awards three categories – Marketing, Media and Trend. The winner is choosen by the public – your vote counts. Your vote matters My blog – Blog of Ronnestam has been nominated […]

  • The Pandoras box of Journalism has been opened

    Here comes a short but important note. In New York the three bloggers Rafael Martínez Alequin, Ralph E. Smith and David Wallis who had sued New York City after the Police Department denied them press credentials because they work for online or nontraditional news outlets were issued press credentials on Friday after the police relented. What […]

  • And here comes the Palm Pre

    In 1996 I was very proud of my first Palm Pilot. You might recall them – grey little bastards with a pen so you could write the alphabet instead of typing it with your fingers. I was happy to transfer all my contacts and calendars to my Palm since that would hopefully lead to me […]

  • A new section called 'My Inspiration' on ronnestam.com

    Saturday morning and I’ve been up since 4 am. Just felt I had to continue writing on my new section ‘My Inspiration’. Well, here it is.

  • Om du ska gå på ett event 2009 så är det Daytona Sessions

    Förra året hade jag äran att få tala på på Daytona Sessions. Ett snyggt event anordnat av Daytona, kanske en av de mest lysande stjärnorna på svenska webbhimmelen. Den 12:e februari 2009 är det dags igen.  Bland talarna i år märks Umair Haque från Bubblegeneration.com och Katarina Graffman Antropolog på Inculture och expert på massmedia […]

  • Absolut.com gets a more user friendly user interface but I lack Innovation.

    One of the worlds most awarded websites has been redesigned. And the way Absolut.com is heading doesn’t come as a surprise. The new site has been give an slick, well designed user and SEO friendly interface. Many parts of the site has been moved from a flash based interface to a classical CSS based interface. Everything […]

  • The World Economic Forum in Davos 2009 show how to communicate global brands

    On Techcrunch I noted The World Economic Forum has launched the Davos Debates on YouTube, an open discussion on the state of the world. As well as inviting videos and comments from the YouTube community, the best of which will be shown at the Meeting, the person who submits the most thought-provoking video will have […]

  • Social media predictions for 2009

    All over the blogosphere we can expect 2009 predictions covering our feeds like fireworks on new years eve. Entrepreneur Peter Kim is one of the first out. He has put together a quite interesting paper that highlights what he think will be the things to watch for in 2009 when it comes to social media. Worth a […]

  • This christmas. Lend your money to people in the developing world.

    I have just finished sending my christmas gifts. This year I’ve skipped the Porsches and the Learjets. Instead I registered an account on Kiva.org. Apart from a loan to Ms Chhum Sreng I’ve bought loads of gift certificates. These ones became the perfect christmas gift. Kiva, that I found on Jardenberg.se is the world’s first […]

  • One link for the English guys och en för svenskar – and they're both about Steve Jobs

    Here comes a post that will make you think different. Yesterday I was writing on a blog post suggesting how SAAB and Volvo should think to get out of their problems. The post focused both on product development and marketing. Then today I found one link on Bjornalberts that more or less talked about the […]

  • Poladroid brings back the Polaroid memories

    My first Polaroid with Poladroid If you’re looking to have more than 300000 download a little application of yours. What do you do? Easy. You create a desktop application that allows people to drop their Jpegs onto a little Polaroid camera hovering on your desktop. Then you let people, just like in the old days, […]

  • Joost launched for iPhone but they've stopped 3G watching for now.

    Today I installed the new Joost iPhone app released this friday. I’m amazed beyond explanation. This single app will change mobile TV. It’s the first application for a mobile that lets you watch full length movies. And you get to choose from any of Joosts +46000 videos. What strikes me is the fact that my […]

  • ps. För er som läser på Svenska

    Följ min blogg med bloglovin Den här veckan gästbloggar jag hos Internet World på Loggenbloggen.

  • Put your strategy first says Ford Motors when it comes to social communication

    Stuck on Arlanda airport on my way to London. Its pretty f*#n snowy so my plane is delayed. Sooner or later I’ll get there though! As I’m browsing some feeds I noted that Anton had bookmarked a case study by Amber/Altitude. The case study is basically an Interview with Scott Monty the head of social media […]

  • How to: A. Launch a successful web application. B. Earn money on books. C. Run projects online.

    Saturday. Its early in the morning and its snowing outside. I remembered a business case that I thought I should share with you. But my brain seems filled with Slush Puppie and nothing seems to come out of my fingers the way I want it. So, here it comes straight up. A. Read Getting Real […]

  • So you think Minority Report is a fantasy?

    Well, think again. Here’s the G-speak spatial operating environment from Oblong Industries. Finding traffic from Daytona’s del.icio.us account led me straight to the source.

  • A structured visualization of planning

    Leon is a planner at the Stockholm branch of Jung von Matt. Apart from that he’s running a blog called The Planning Lab that I tap into on a daily basis. The other day he posted the sweet little visualization of the planning process above.  Here’s two recommendations. 1. Read Leons blog. 2. Download the planning […]

  • Here's an RSS feed that will go viral!

    As I was reading my stats in my Mint account a site that I hadn’t seen before. Viralvideochart.com stood out. Its a sniffy little thing where you can keep track of the virality of online videos. The cool thing is that these guys measure virality, not videos shown. So the faster something is being spread, […]

  • 18 rules the best web developers follow and another 2

    As I’m sitting listening to people on stage talking about viral communication a great post flips by in my RSS reader. The post talks about 18 rules that the best web developers follow. The list is a great compilation of what’s important. Still I’d like to ad two rules.  Hey, before you read – feel […]

  • BSmart creates a nice piece for IKEA

    A couple of days ago I spotted this TVC above. It made me happy. Simple & informative yet a fun movie that left a positive feeling right behind my nipples. I instantly started to browse the net to get hold of the movie and blog about it. I was kinda sad when I couldn’t find […]

  • Color is key

    I was reading a great post on the 7 ingredients of good corporate design when I found an interesting fact: “research by the Institute for Color Research reveals all human beings make a subconscious judgment about a person, environment, or item within 90 seconds of initial viewing and that between 62% and 90% of that assessment is […]

  • First came the voice, then came the finger and now comes the voice again

    Aha. So you’re still at home crying about that car you drove of the bridge while texting ‘Look, I can drive without holding the steering wheel’. Well, not to worry. Vlingo has got just the thing for you. These guys have launched an application that allows mobile phone users to speak and look-up information such […]

  • The tip that will safe your life…or at least your files

    I have spent the last 14 years making sure I don’t loose my files. Work, offers, project plans, cv’s, mails, photos, music etc. Everything that is valuable has a certain place on my computer. Loosing all these things would be a disaster, so I back up, burn DVD’s, hide copies here and there. But the fear […]

  • Here's a tip on how to waste 2 hours of your morning

    My CV. That’s what this first visualization above is. I was reading ReadWriteWeb this morning when I spotted a nice tag cloud that visualized Web 3.0. After following that link I found Wordle.net. Wow. Wordle let’s you visualize words with typography, colors and different layouts. There’s 3 options. Either you go ahead and paste a bunch of text into the tool, […]

  • The worlds best independent music service is launched and it's Swedish

    Today Swedish start-up Spotify has launched their music service that has been in Beta for quite a long time. In the morning they were spreading the news that they had signed groundbreaking licensing deals with companies including Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI Music, Warner Music Group, Merlin, The Orchard and Bonnier Amigo.  Spotify is by far the best […]

  • Art Lebedev Studio innovates

      Fuck the rain. A creation by Artemy Lebedev founder of the design agency Art Lebedev Studio. I first noticed these guys back in 2004 when I used the Ardeæ folding chairs, one of Arts own creations, as a mood image for a BRIO pitch. I found myself loving the broad variety of projects found […]

  • I’m 100% digital. Notes however, stay 50% analog

    Until now I’ve been a fan of the Moleskine notebooks. However, this Action Book from Behance Outfitters made me click buy now. Now I can’t wait to get 10 of these in my snail mail box. The Action Book is part of a concept called Action Method. The pages are made of 80lb Premium Blend […]

  • Swedish Bloggy is out there

    Last friday I had a lunch with serial entrepreneur Johan Ejermark. Among other things Johan has managed to have 30000! people report the stats from Swedish sport events in his company Everysport. A hamburger and some french fries later I was eager to get my hands on a beta login to Bloggy, a new Swedish Jaiku/Twitter clone. […]

  • UPS trampar i klaveret och visar hur man INTE beter sig när man bygger varumärken.

    Budfirman UPS har dragits in i en löjeväckande konflikt med Dan Nilsson, bloggare och entrepenör. Det hela började när Dan tyckte att han blev smått misshandlad i samband med att han skulle ta emot en importförsändelse. Det här beskrev han på ett intressant, dynamiskt och provocerande

  • Busy day for me, busy day for Google

    Earlier today, Google together with T-mobile and HTC introduced the first mobile phone running Android. The press conference took place in New York. To be honest they didn’t really surprise that much since Google has already released a lot of news on the Android. The phone from HTC was a quite ugly piece, but I […]

  • Swedish artists Timbuktu launches new song with Dregen on Pirate Bay

    Timbuktu is one of Swedens most famous artists. Together with Dregen, famous for being the guitarist in Swedish punk rock band Backyard Babies he is launching his latest single on Pirate Bay. When you enter Pirate bay today, you’re welcomed by the image above that has replaced the Piratebay ship. A click takes you straight […]

  • This man thinks different

    On stage was a man called Mattias Östmar, founder of PRfekt. I’ve never heard about the guy before but what came out of his mouth as he did his presentation was extremely interesting and especially innovative. I’m a big fan of people who have been thinking about something for a long time and decide to […]

  • Microsoft drops Jerry and Bill and strikes back at the Apple.

    According to several blogs, blogs, blogs Microsoft is shutting the Bill Gates & Jerry Seinfeild down before we even got to like the guys. I’ve been writing about this campaign before. This latest campaign from the gigantic PC dragon was heading in one direction now they’re turning in another. New York Times reports Microsoft has […]

  • Web 2.0 for your business

    In a week or two I’ll post a series of tips for entrepenurs on how you can keep your costs low with the help of Web 2.0 services. However, until then you should make sure to read a post over at ReadWriteWeb on the same subject. Great read.

  • Google Chrome, a new open source browser will be announced later this week

    So, the next cool thing from Google is coming our way. Last week, rumors started to spread that something is up over at Google. A new cool thing is coming our way, but what? My brain went wild. What can they possible launch now that they haven’t launched yet. A new OS? IPTV, Google Finances […]

  • Playground for font lovers

    FontStruct is the ultimate playground if you wanna get into creating your own fonts. Online and all! Go.  

  • Congratulations Stardoll

    Back in 1997 I worked with financial information online. That’s when I first met Mattias Miksche, back then at ETrade, today CEO on Stardoll. Today ReadWriteWeb made me notice the fact that Nielsen Online has published a study of online Britons under age 23 and their favorite sites. Swedish Stardoll is right up there on top! Great work!  

  • The Pyramid of (SEO) Success

    My scotch whisky blog keeps on jumping back and forth from page 2 to page 9 on the global Google.com search engine when you search for ‘whisky’ and it makes me go mad. I’ve tried every trick in the (SEO) book to keep it steady on that second page since that drives about 1-2000 unique […]

  • Foreign.se is getting all dressed up

    Right now we’re rebuilding Foreign.se, the website of the digital communication company that I was a part in founding more than 6 years ago. While it’s down we’ve placed all our work on Flickr. Thought it was a nice opportunity to send my blogreaders that way too. So, head over there to see a selection of what I’ve worked with […]

  • IKEA makes relevant use of web-TV

    It makes me warm to see that companies out there are starting to utilize the possibilities that comes with social media. IKEA has definitely understood how to make good use of web-TV as they started their own IKEA.SE/TV where you are invited to upload your own interior decoration tips. What’s even better is the fact that they’ve […]

  • Scott Goodson's tip on how to select an advertising agency

    Scott Goodson, founder of Strawberry Frog posted a little piece on how marketeers should do when they are about to select a new advertising agency. “Better agencies are not suppliers, they are more akin to business consultants and, as such, partners for your business. I stress partnership because the better communications firms are focused more […]

  • Tap into my brain

    That’s me…focused. Since about a month back, Europe’s leading speakers network – Talarforum – has taken me on as one of their speakers. I look forward to my first booking.  Read more on their website (it doesn’t say I do speeches in both Swedish or English, but I do.)  

  • Oh, so you are looking for…

    …anything that has something to do with web development? Look no further. Agencytool has created the definitive resource list for designing, developing, marketing & maintaining websites. The dashboard is not a 100% resource but it’s damn close. At least if people continue to suggest what’s missing it will be great. It’s definitely listed in my […]

  • Passing along the torch

    Per Robert Öhlin – Mine Goes to Eleven was sent on a mission by Judith – En timme om dagen. And now I feel obligated to pass along the torch. The mission is basic and simple. I was picked as one of Per’s favorite blogs. And therefore I should tell the world about my 7 […]

  • The 10 commandments of webdesign

    Business Week posted a great article on the 10 commandments of webdesign. The list is short but well thought thru. Thou shalt not abuse Flash. Thou shalt not hide content. Thou shalt not clutter. Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections. Thou shalt not name your Web 2.0 company with an unnecessary surplus or dearth of […]

  • Third Life…eh I mean Lively…by Google

    Lively is this new place where you can create your own avatar and pretty much do what you do in Second Life. What’s different is that you can watch YouTube clips on virtual TVs and share your own photos. Another different is that you join different rooms rather than one world. This means people (or brands) […]

  • Implement "Ideastorms" on any company

      Some companies get it, some don’t but now at least it’s easier for you to do something about it.   Dell hosts this fantastic site called Ideastorm where they invite everyone to be involved in their products and services development. The site allows anyone of us to post ideas, then the community (including you) […]

  • What is this Social Media?

    Today I am: happy about iPhone 3G, working on signing people up, had Japanese Gyoza for lunch and talked to Björn. Björn, is a good friend of mine who tipped me about a YouTube video that outlines what Social Media is all about in a very pedagogic way. I liked it, so I blogged it. […]

  • Let me introduce Vladimir Gvozdev and BibliOdyssey

    Sometimes you just end up spending time on a site much like when you enter a library. You feel good, spend quite some time eyeing the shelfs for something good to read. Visiting BibliOdyssey makes me feel just like that. Today I spent about 25 minutes just eye gazing the beautiful “historical” illustrations on the […]

  • I don't speak Japanese, but I do speak innovation

    Don’t know what I was looking for when I bounced into a page about customized scooters. Check them out at Pinc Tentacle.  

  • Question: Does Lorum Ipsum exist in China? Yes says Ramon

    Today we’re working on a Chinese project at Foreign. And we needed some Lorum Ipsum in Chinese. Ramon, one of our AD was quick on the job. Here it is.

  • Broadband + Slideshare + Usability = I love you

    Wow. Finally back online at home after 8 weeks of surfing the net on a mobile broadband connection. And even though that works ok it doesn’t compare to 24mbit. I’ll celebrate my “homecoming” with sharing one of my favorite sources of inspiration – Slideshare.net. If you haven’t visited that site yet you’ve defentely missed out […]

  • Creatives begin by asking questions

    After reading a great presentation about improving interface design I ended up on Garrett Dimon’s site – The author. Once there his latest post got me to install a widget for the first time in ages. The widget is called “The Big Questions” and is a great mind opener for everyone who is involved in […]

  • Why open API is better than closed

    The other day I was showing a friend one of my latest downloads (ShowCam) on my iPhone when this other guy ‘bursted’ – Hey…I don’t get it, all you iPhone owner talk about downloads and how people can build what ever they want for that phone. Well (now with a broad smile) this Nokia of […]

  • Site of the day on The FWA

    Self promotion and a tip in one post. The Apathyparty 08 site we created for Procter & Gamble in US made site of the day on The FWA. If you haven’t heard about The FWA, make sure you check it out. It’s a great resource to get inspiration from some of the worlds best digital […]

  • Flickr expands into video

    Nice and thank you. I will most definetely use it.

  • R.I.P Paul Arden

    When I’m on the road I always bring my computer bag. And in that computer bag I keep my Mac, a couple of extra screen adaptors, paper and pen, business cards, electrical adaptors for different countries AND the book “It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be” by Paul Arden. […]

  • Got Mac? Got Webkit?

    Ahhhhgrr. To much work to little blogging. But here is a quick tip if you wanna speed up your weekend. (If you’re surfing the net that is) Every heard of Webkit? It’s the platform that Apples Safari browser is built on. The cool thing is that if you go to Webkits webpage you can download […]

  • The Apathyparty

    This week we launched our latest campaign at Foreign in close cooperation with Strawberry Frog. It’s the first and maybe the last campaign where we don’t give a shit about the result. As a matter of fact, we don’t care at all. Whatever. The brief: Make people understand that their voice matters. Solution: The Apathyparty […]

  • Wow. Microsoft Exchange Support in iPhone

    Apple announched that there will be support for Microsoft Exchange in iPhone anytime soon. Good news for Apple…and Microsoft!

  • Netvibes Ginger launched yesterday

    I’m back at work after 4 days of moving into a new house. So this post will be a short one! Yesterday Netvibes (my favorite RSS aggregator) launched their new Ginger platform. The new Ginger platform includes a lot of changes that will make your Netvibes experience better. But the most important and interesting one […]

  • Chris Anderson – the editor in chief of Wired and author of The Long Tail is about to release a new book in 2009 called FREE. But already now we can all read a 6000 word preview of FREE. Chris is also asking us all to give feedback on the article and even post our […]

  • Corporate blogging could be a low-cost, high return marketing tool

    More and more companies out there spend more time blogging and less money on traditional advertising. Blogging can potentially be the perfect marketing tool for a small business IF you know how to handle it. MarketingVOX has a post for you people out there who want to know more. The post gives 10 tips. 1. […]

  • Simple but addictive

    Every now and then you get a link in your inbox that makes you play around more than usual. A lot of the times the idea is simple yet innovative. This little “Happy New Year” site made by an Agency called Mono is exactly that. Thanks Greg!

  • Will illwilly win it for Barack?

    Don’t know if you have visited the campaign site for Barack Obama? It’s an impressive showdown in distributed social advertising. The site, designed in a typical Web 2.0 style features tons of information on how to get involved in the campaign for Barack Obama as the next president of the USA. Among other things there’s […]

  • Yahoo Live is…eh live.

    Since a couple of days ago Yahoo Live is Live. This new site allows anyone with a webcam to stream live video of themselves to a dedicated site. All their technology isn’t in place obviously Of course live streaming has been available before, but the fact that you don’t have to pay shitloads of money […]

  • Could Nokia become Yokia?

    That’s a very interesting thought put forward by Stephen Wellman at Information Week. What Stephen is saying is that Nokia should get into the Yahoo bidding game. ReadWriteWeb made me read the post. Now I hope you do the same.

  • Social buttons and blog this functionality in our latest campaign for adidas by Stella

    Today we (Foreign) launched our second campaign for adidas by Stella Mc Cartney This campaign, just like the one we launched last year, is global campaign site translated into 18 languages. We’ve created an integrated flash site that is closely tied to the offline POS photography and approved by Stella McCartney herself. This year however, […]

  • Tooble is cool

    Sometimes you see things you just have to share but you don’t have time to write something intelligent. Tooble is one of those things. Then you go to the ‘About’ section and copy/past. Said and done: Tooble is a brand new program designed to bring the of content on YouTube straight to your iPod. In […]

  • Face recognition over at Myheritage.com

    Few things makes me act on Facebook. I’m sort of tired of all these applications. However I spotted that some of my friends had performed face recognition on Myheritage.com. That made me curious. I was positively surprised. Not about who I resembled but how the application worked. Give it a try and create your own […]

  • The Crunchies Award winners announced

    The 2007 Crunchies is a competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. The final results was posted on ReadWriteWeb minutes ago. This is the list to read if you wanna have a clue what’s the future online.

  • The art of signing people up

    Tim Bednar at Turtle Interactive has written one of the most valuable posts/articles I’ve ever seen about signing people up. Tim has reviewed the sign up design and functionality of Freshbooks, Backpack, Dropsend, Vyew, Blinksale, Remember the Milk, Scrapblog, Crazy Egg, 30boxes, Blogger, del.icio.us, Flock, Give Meaning, Kiko, My Pick List, Titlez, CRM from Zoho, […]

  • Varsågod. Here are my Netvibes feeds

    I read somewhere that ‘sharing is caring’. So, I thought why not start 2008 with a gift to the readers of my blog. I’m using Netvibes as my startpage to keep track of things I’m interested in. My life wouldn’t work without my feeds. Thanks ALL of you that spend your time writing the things […]

  • The World Economic Forum in Davos goes web 2.0, or at least web 1.5

    As you probably know every year, the world’s top leaders from politics, business and the global community attend the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss how to make the world a better place. The forum starts the 23rd of January. This year however, everyone can join the conversation. The […]

  • Wink at new competitor to Spock

    I’m up early watching BBC Click. A TV show about digital stuff. Not that great, but their Internet tips are usually ok. Today Wink.com made me spend some time online the first day of the year. This morning they sent me of to Wink.com. Wink is this people search engine that makes it easy to […]

  • Best of Copyblogger 2007

    Lists, lists, lists, lists and more lists. But here’s another great one if you’re into writing copy. Copybloggers 2007 look back. Enjoy

  • Looking to start up a Start-up. Then look no further

    Here are the 36 hottest tips I’ve seen online. It’s ReadWriteWeb (lot of ReadWriteWeb right now, but they’re on fire) that has gathered a collection of startup tips covering software engineering, infrastructure, PR, conferences, legal and finance. They describe best practices for an early-stage startup. Head over there and then get going!

  • The 10 top web apps of 2007

    ReadWriteWeb has listed the top 10 web apps of 2007. This is a must read.

  • The ultimate Christmas gift guide

    Notcot has been posting gift guides for a couple of weeks now and since Notcot is the shit, their gift guides obviously rock. Now, I’m very pleased to pass the word that they’ve collected all 31 guides on one page. It’s a slow-loader but it’s worth it. 3 days left. GO SHOPPING!

  • 1 point

    Foreign’s neighbors and my friends Daytona listed their 64 favorite blogs If you want to keep track on digital communication the list includes some of the best blogs there are out there. My very own blog was awarded 1 points. I’ll do my best to get more next year 🙂

  • Where to go in 2008 if you wanna keep up with the one's & zero's

    Joakim Jardenberg over at Mindpark has summoned a great list over the important events in 2008 if you’re into digital communication and Internet. Head over there and make sure to ad the ones you lack to the comments. (It’s in Swedish)

  • Creative Japanese TV Shows – Here's human tetris

    Japanese people seem to have a very special sense of humor…and creativity. This human version of Tetris is just great.

  • List bonanza – 52 Creative Ideas for Finding New Clients

    December is obviously the month of lists. They keep coming in from everywhere. This morning I got a mail to my Whiskyblog. The tip was regarding “50 Drinks Perfect For Every Conceivable Situation”. However as I browsed through their site I found an even more interesting list called “52 Creative Ideas for Finding New Clients” […]

  • The year is coming to an end, and here comes another list. Top 10 blogs for writers

    It’s the blog Writing for White Papers that has put together a list with the Top 10 blogs for writers. The nominees have been carefully examined, with the greatest weight on the quality of their content. What follows are the top 10 blogs for writers. The winner blogs all provide rich content and extremely useful […]

  • We got Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet covered

    This morning we launched our (Foreign’s) latest campaign for Com Hem, one of swedens leading telecom companies. The campaign has been building for a couple of weeks with teasers towards todays Lucia campaign. On Aftonbladet.se, Swedens most visited newspaper, visitors will enjoy a Lucia celebration and then the possibility to forward this to friends via […]

  • Neil French. A great copywriter….and guide to the world.

    Neil French is the shit. He’s definitely one of the great copywriters out there. They way he solves complexed problems is a great source of inspiration for me. Thanks Per for introducing me to him years ago. This post is not about his work though. While browsing through his site this morning I found that […]

  • Send your doodles online

    The Moleskine Project is this artist oriented website made to help both good and ”not so good” artists to promote their work and ideas. The main idea for the project is that everyone has an equal right to participate. No one is more equal than the other. Being artists themselves, the people behind the Moleskine […]

  • 2007 Year in Review over at ReadWriteWeb

    Over the next few weeks ReadWriteWeb will summarizing what’s happened in 2007 – and what to look forward to in 2008. They’re starting with the Web Office, a market that underwent a lot of changes this year. This is a series of posts that you should’nt miss. ReadWriteWeb is absolutely one of the top blogs […]

  • Passing your plugins along

    Richard Gatarski is generous as always and set an example by publishing the WordPress plugin he is using to make his blog more SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly. It’s the All in One SEO Pack from Überdose. I’ll follow Richard’s example. Here are my other plugins. NextGEN Gallery A NextGENeration Photo gallery Get it here […]

  • 3 minute Ad Age – A podcast worth subscribing to.

    A little recommendation for all you people out there who are into finding out more about the advertising business. Subscribe to the 3 minute Ad Age video. Delivered every day to your video podcast player of choice. Always informative almost always worth watching. More info over here.

  • Go Create…some food

    “Food combines with each other when they have major flavour components in common.” For all you creatives out there who wanna get loose in the kitchen and not follow any recipes. You should pay Foodpairing a visit. The site has what they call a foodpairing tree. You choose one ingredient and then the site maps […]

  • Working with Colors. Have you found Adobe Kuler?

    If not, then it’s about time. All designers are every now and then faced with the challenge to find a color palette. Adobe has created this fantastic tool called Kuler where you can explore, create and share color palettes. And it’s for free. Create your own color themes here.

  • Speed polls on Ask 500 People

    Ask500People.com is a brand new web 2.0 service where people can submit a poll of any choice. The questions are then answered in real time while you are watching on the website. Democracy? Maybe not yet. But future elections will be a lot more exiting if this is how they are handled. It’s well worth […]

  • Dieter Rams 10 commandments on good design

    Good morning. Before you get into your daily routines. Sit back and relax and read Dieter Rams 10 commandments on good design: 01. Good design is innovative 02. Good design makes a product useful 03. Good design is aesthetic 04. Good design helps a product to be understood 05. Good design is unobtrusive 06. Good […]

  • Improve your Copywriting skills with Copyblogger

    If you still haven’t found Copyblogger.com then now you have. A great blog for people who wan’t to improve their online writing skills.

  • I like B-Smart people

    One of the photographers we work with has a nice way of showing their employees. I like it.

  • Innovative Music video from Arcade Fire

    Arcade Fire has produced a cool little promo site for their new album Neon Fire. It’s an innovative way to use interactive video. No square boxes and no timelines. Just music and you. Check it out here ›› More about Arcade Fire here ››

  • Death of the traditional agency?

    Andrew Keen has written a very interesting post about the death of the ad-agency as a result of Web 2.0. Well worth a read. 

  • Notcot. A blog filled with things I love.

    Looking for inspiration, wonderful objects, graphical design etc etc etc.I direct you to NotCot.com. A wonderful blog about wonderful things. Or a visual filtration of ideas + aesthetics + amusement as they themselves call it.Enjoy

  • I Ffffound my new favourite image search

    Head over to Ffffound (yes, that’s their name) and enjoy beautiful imagery! It’s there!

  • The Cool Hunter roams the globe for you

    Link of the day. The Cool Hunter. Wonderful source of things that you didn’t know you wanted.