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.

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? What does Honesty bring to the [...]

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.

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.

Just press play on this one and then start reading the text below. If you’re one of those struggling “social web advocates” out there. Just keep this in mind whilst on your way to work in the morning. I have this text on the cubical wall in my work area. I read it through every day. I smile at it and I am happy to know that I was late in figuring this one out. Bob Dylan already thought about this soooooo long ago that I wasn’t even born. The times are changing… and even though this is another version than the one that Bob does himself…. since it is evening when I am writing this post… this is the most suitable…

There has been a lot of talk by so called social media gurus that social media cannot be measured in terms of ROI. I believe this to be far from accruate. I really wish I could have taken a recording from todays presentation to add to this slideshare document but I simply didn’t bring my camera or my pocket memory.

I have somewhat been enjoying the emerging debate about the coexistance of beautiful and working designs that’s been regurgitated in the SWEnglish bloggosphere since a post by Walter Naeslund a couple of half weeks back. Walter is a highly skilled copy and put his finger on a very open and visible wound in the Swedish [...]

I created a Prezi about Power users on Digg… Probably not even funny for those of you who are a part of digg . However, I had loads of fun creating it, and I suppose that’s all that matters.

Just be a bit creative. Change the word photography or image into brand. Or just watch this very interesting talk by Taryn Simon.

The web is about people, content and links between them.