Blog of Johan Ronnestam

Tag: web 2.0

  • 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 […]

  • All Your Brands Are Belong To Us

    Last week I was contacted by Superbrands. The company that releases a book with the same name. I was asked to write a post on their blog about Branding. I know I’ve got some followers interested in that subject so I’ve decided to post the same article here too. Back in 2000 a flash based […]

  • New York Times reinvents online newspaper reading with a new skimmering interface

    Yesterday ReadWriteWeb reported on a new article skimmer interface over at New York Times. It’s a stunning new way to let you quick read the headlines of all the latest news from the Sunday Times. The simplicity of this thing is striking yet genius. And as often before it turns out that content, usability and […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Dion Hinchcliffe show you the innovation opportunities

    Saturday. Got my sister’s kids over. After 20 books, 10 songs and probably 10 extra visits to the toilette (without result) before the little devils finally fell asleep there’s really no room for blogging. But while waiting for one of them to fall asleep I found this great visualization of innovation opportunities on Dion Hinchcliffe’s […]

  • A glimpse of what to come

    ReadWriteWeb reports on a new startup from Portugal called Tarpipe. Basically Tarpipe does for PR companies and social networking nerds what Yahoo Pipes does for Web 2.0 developers and feed junkies.  Hmm what the heck does that mean? Well, with Tarpipe you can ad all kinds of social networking accounts like Flickr, Jaiku, Twitter, Tumblr, […]

  • Few companies lead. Most follow when it comes to Web 2.0

    This morning I read this survey on ‘Trends and Best Practices in Adopting Web 2.0 in 2008’ made by Awareness, a US based research company. The report explores the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies and the future of social media initiatives for Enterprises in 2008. Of course it contains a bunch of interesting stuff (read […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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) […]

  • Twingly turns server problems into branding

    I pointed my browser towards Twingly when I landed on an Error 500: Internal server error page. Once there I was greeted by this beautiful error message. It’s funny how a little bit of humor makes you wanna come back…even though the service actually didn’t work. This is something many of the old companies definitely can learn from. ps. […]

  • 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. […]

  • The new iPhone 3G

    I’m listening (reading) in on the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference 2008 Keynote Live Coverage over at Macrumours. Lot’s of goodies of course. But the news about the iPhone is stunning. 3G and GPS! among other things… Head over there and enjoy! Head over to Apple’s site on iPhone instead.    

  • The advertiser who forgot who he is married to

    In case you haven’t seen this video from Microsoft Advertising you should take a look. It says a lot about the challenge with modern communication-  If you have – then continue down to the second video in this post and learn about the sequel “Inspiration anyone” coming up.      

  • This is 60 minutes about the Millennials

    This episode of 60 minutes that I found while reading a post on ReadWriteWeb is a goodie if you spend your days thinking about how to reach young people with your communication.  

  • Football Freestyle SM has come to an end

    Let me tell you about our latest campaign for Stadium. This fall we were challenged by Stadium (Sweden largest sports retailer) to create an online campaign for the Swedish championships in Football Freestyle.  This project is extra dear to me as Stadium really listened and we got them to try social media in the way […]

  • 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 […]