The Internet is Matter, let’s try to bend it

Have you ever thought about what the Internet consists of? Does it have a mass? Does it actually physically exist else than as an abstract being we’re able to use to express ourselves and communicate.

I started thinking about this when I was watching a commercial on web-tv the other day. I thought “Yes. The Internet must be a matter as it has a mass and it has a volume. In order to communicate through the web, it needs to reflect light. Otherwise we would not be able to see it. Considering even light bends when effected by gravity, and the web reflects light, it must too consist of matter. So, what is the density of the web and how can we bend it?”

Be Sure You are 100% Inaccurate Whilst being 100% Correct

Love this talk from TED. It is only two minutes in length but it summons up just about everything I try to get through just about every day. There are so many “truths” out there, so many thoughts that are nothing other than things seen from one perspective.

One more weekend for Haiti

You have the chance to make a difference. Please do. If you are a Swede, then you can find ways to donate here. If you care, then do what you can.

A Menace to the Open Web life itself

Well. The most common problem is that people are running old stuff on their computers that lack the necessary security patches installed. Some people have it like this cause they are lazy, but most haven’t got their systems updated simply cause they don’t know that their computers are being used by others.

Secondly, the direct profits from stealing the information on these computers is quite huge. The estimates were quite rough but since this is an automated process the people behind it are sure to make their buck just from the theft.

Pause your other Activities and Reflect for a minute

I live in Sweden and although there are many of you out there reading this blog, that are from other countries, I have to use this blog, today, to post a Swedish video to help the Red Cross Sweden get valid information out. There has been many fake initiatives around the web. People not using this time to give, but to steal. It is horrible, but it is a fact.

I received this video from the Red Cross and I wish you take the 2 minutes and watch it. We all know that ratings, views and comments are important to make a video rank on YouTube. Please help the Red Cross get out there with their own information instead of the bluff makers stealing.

Wednesday Relations Workshop

I’ve had better presentations in my life. That’s for sure. But I guess we had some fun anyhow. I think I somewhat dissed Twitter. The group had a valid point that there are many decision makers engaged in Twitter, even over in Sweden. I still think the priority has to be to make strategies that are more focused towards the phenomenon rather than the tool with which you work. I don’t think I managed to get that through, but I rather instinctively reacted negatively towards Twitter. Sry bout that you guy’s who joined in.

I am currently heading towards Göteborg in the south west of Sweden. I am on the train, working away on my cpu. The presentation today was all about Social Media Strategy. Not in the sense that you should cover every aspect of what will happen once you engage in social media, but it breaks down some of the core questions you should answer before you set out.

My 10 Most Popular Posts of 2009 are not the ones I like

I think I should share the most popular pages on this blog with you now that the past year has passed. Not only because I don’t have any idea of what to write today, but also because it brings back some good old memories. The blog got launched in January of 2009 and it has increased it’s traffic with about 50% per month since then. I got a post on Stumbleupon to go crazy and thus this top ten table is a bit skewed. However. These are the top ten posts of 2009 at jesperastrom.com with regards to unique visitors recorded in Google Analytics.

Why Honesty is the Right choice

As the Swedish readers might already know, I have decided to sign on as a partner with the Swedish agency Honesty. So, why did I choose Honesty. Well, I simply thought it was time to stand up for something, and if Honesty isn’t a worthy cause, then what is?
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50 year old Education needs Change

Those of you who know me a bit better know how much I care about education, and the lack of good education possibilities in the world. We have basically had the same educational system for over 50 years. The same method for pedagogic and didactic teaching and the same belief of molding people into boxes.

With the overflow of information out there on the web, the access to information has spread and the way in which we could learn has moved from plain text, to sound, to video to emotional NLP methods. All is accessible if we choose to make it accessible. New collaboration tools such as Google Wave and Apps has made it free from costs to collaborate in real time over the Internet.

What is it to be resilient?

The other day I got asked a question: “How resilient are you?”. The question was asked to me in a friendly environment, but it made me really start thinking. Why should anyone be asked to be resilient in the modern business environment? How can it even be an option to be resilient? Why should it be a trait to be resilient? Nothing in life should be about being resilient and nothing, I repeat nothing, in business should be so.

Business shall be about making money. Nothing more, nothing less. You can decide if you want to make that money in a decent manner or if you want to make that money in a dirty manner. That is completely up to you as an entrepreneur. The bottom line however is that you try to create the best product there is, with the buying consumer in mind. You aim to get the highest possible revenue out of some sort of input. That’s business.