Author: Björn Jeffery

2014 in review

Years in review

This is my annual summary. It is my way of remembering the year that past and to close the books. This is the fifth year I’ve done this, and if you are curious you can find 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 online too. 2014 was another eventful year and my third in the US. These are some of the things that I did over the year: January The local coffee place in the not-so-great area […]

The Colbert Report

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http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:colbertnation.com:3cd33260-ed01-11e0-aca6-0026b9414f30 The Colbert Report Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook A tribute to my favorite tv-show that just went off the air this week – The Colbert Report. The segments that really stood out for me were the ones about the Colbert Super PAC. It was their way of explaining the absurdities of the rules around Political Actions Committees. These segments also won them a Peabody Award. (Source: http://media.mtvnservices.com/)

Wabi-sabi

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Wabi-sabi nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi

The Long Game, and finding your own

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I think you have to choose a management philosophy that fits your personality. Building businesses is harder than an HBR article might imply, and while it is interesting to read how executives do things that doesn’t mean that their experiences would work for you. In that sense, these articles can be quite deceitful. The grass is greener and all that. I have tried to design around who I am as a person, and then complement […]

Vegetable Vehicles

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If you’re interested in advanced techniques for playing with your food, the team at le FabShop just released a series of 14 components you can download, print, and attach to your favorite vegetable, effectively transforming turnips into helicopters and eggplants into submarines. (via Turn Boring Vegetables into Spaceships and Racecars with Le FabShop’s 3D-Printable ‘Open Toys’ | Colossal)

Shingy

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Armstrong looked around. “I have meetings here, and people don’t know where to sit,” he said. “They’ll figure it out, man,” Shingy said. I know everyone posted this article today, but still. Stranger than fiction. Meet Shingy, AOL’s “Digital Prophet”