Björn Jeffery

Apple´s R&D spending in $ and as a % of sales. Still, as the headline says, “you cannot buy innovation”. (via You cannot buy innovation | asymco)

Apple´s R&D spending in $ and as a % of sales. Still, as the headline says, “you cannot buy innovation”. (via You cannot buy innovation | asymco)

To paraphrase something I wrote a few years ago that I think still stands: “Pushing technologies on society without thinking through their consequences is at the very least naive, and at worst dangerous, though typically it, and the people that do it are just boring. This site is a pause for reflection in our planet’s seemingly headlong rush to churn out more, faster, smaller and cheaper”. For me, my employer, our clients, understanding what drives […]

thornkvist: restartmilano: this is fucking beautiful +1

thornkvist: restartmilano: this is fucking beautiful +1

I didn’t like cilantro to begin with,” he said. “But I love food, and I ate all kinds of things, and I kept encountering it. My brain must have developed new patterns for cilantro flavor from those experiences, which included pleasure from the other flavors and the sharing with friends and family. That’s how people in cilantro-eating countries experience it every day.” “So I began to like cilantro,” he said. “It can still remind me […]

“We reached 4m in December and then 5m on 15 January, with December being by far the best month we’ve ever had,” says chief executive Björn Jeffery. Very proud of this. A milestone that says we’re on our way. Apps for kids proving profitable for Toca Boca as it passes 5m downloads | Technology | guardian.co.uk

The reasons brainstorming fails are instructive for other forms of group work, too. People in groups tend to sit back and let others do the work; they instinctively mimic others’ opinions and lose sight of their own; and, often succumb to peer pressure. The Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns found that when we take a stance different from the group’s, we activate the amygdala, a small organ in the brain associated with the fear of […]

Everyone says it, but it is worth repeating – Jon Stewart and the team at The Daily Show are brilliant on multiple levels. This clip with Senator Jim DeMint is perhaps more a debate than an interview – but it is an honest, well-researched and clear questioning of a person in power. January 11, 2012 – Jim DeMint – The Daily Show With Jon Stewart – Full Episode Video | Comedy Central

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