Make money and save the world

Proud as always of my wife who did great job in yesterday's morning news show in TV4, talking about her new book, Tjäna pengar och rädda världen. She argues that a portion of today's stimulus initiatives in Sweden should be invested in encouraging social entrepreneurship rather than trying to protect old industries.

Needless to say, I would marry her once more if I could :)

The cover and leader are equally scary

I'm not exactly the type that runs around and worries about a coming Armageddon. And I actually don't think the financial crisis will trigger Armageddonish types of events on a significant scale (civil unrest, wars et c). But I do agree with the leader in this week's Economist that there is a significant risk that last weeks' signs of a turnaround is premature.

And the obvious risk would be that all different types of stimuli together with an unfounded optimism can create a boost that ruins the world economy even more. There is a reason to why you need to rest when you're sick.

And the cover is just brilliant. As scary as the inside.

President Obama's Newruz message to Iran

Joi writes about President Obama's Nowruz message:

US President Obama posted a YouTube video on The White House site. "This year, the President wanted to send a special message to the people and government of Iran on Nowruz, acknowledging the strain in our relations over the last few decades. 'But at this holiday we are reminded of the common humanity that binds us together,' he says."

The video has Persian subtitles.

Very impressive. Although some might argue that it's not enough and others that it's too much, I really like the respectful tone and change from the tone of the previous administration.

Word.

A proud dad - Oreo (not the cookie)

Yesterday, the electronic procurement company Oreo (no, not the cookie!) was acquired by Eniro (OMXS: ENRO), the leading Nordic search directory company. You can read the Swedish press release, or an English article on Wall Street Journal [subscribers only].

I worked as CEO for the company during 2005-2006, releasing the first public version of the service and signing the first customers and partners. Congrats to all my friends at Oreo, as well as the investors who have kept on believing and investing during these years!


Disclaimer: I am (or since yesterday: was) a small shareholder of Oreo.

A proud dad - our baby girl

On Feb. 28, we were blessed with our third child: a wonderful baby girl. She is absolutely gorgeous and wonderful, of course :)

Top Bushisms

Slate Magazine has published a hilarious list of the Top 25 Bushisms of all time. But since they published the list on Jan 12, 2009, they missed the last great Bushism uttered on that very day.

George W. was talking about his mistake to declare "mission accomplished" a bit too early. Time Magazine gives it to us:

"We were trying to say something differently, but nevertheless it conveyed a different message."

Joi Ito loves to share

It was great listening to Joi Ito, who had refined his Creative Commons presentation further since SIME. For those of you who haven't looked around too much at the Internet for the past few years, Creative Commons is an NGO that provides licenses that gives copyright owners the possibility to easily share their works in the way they want. A very famous and recent example is the Barack Obama campaign who continuously shared CC-licensed photographs on Flickr during and after the campaign.

Of course I share a lot of my own material using Creative Commons, and I'm also using it for both this and my other Swedish blog both for building and posting to the blog. Sharing digital content in a creative manner is becoming hugely important. I am becoming more and more concerned over the fact that quite a few legislators in Sweden seem to be out of sync with how technology is changing the world.