All posts filed under: Writing Archive

Columns and blog posts, written over the years on a variety of websites.

Selling & Staying on

July 22, 2012
by Björn Jeffery
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The acquisition of Sparrow has caused quite a stir, and rightfully so I think. I’m also an enthusiastic user and was disappointed to learn that the product would no longer be developed or maintained. At the same time, it raised an interesting point about entrepreneurs´ motives and requirements to keep their businesses running. Marco Arment wrote the following: It’s frustrating when a product or service you like goes out of business, and that’s effectively what […]

Opportunity lies where trust breaks down

July 19, 2012
by Björn Jeffery
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I’ve been using a lot of Uber lately, and have been thinking about the service even more. Being a new resident of San Francisco, the unreliability of taxis is something that takes a little getting used to. You call a cab and, if you’re lucky, eventually it shows up. More often than not, it doesn’t. This is not a problem most of the time since you just hail a cab on the street and if it […]

July 14, 2012
by Björn Jeffery
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All I care ‘bout is money and the city that I’m from I realize that I probably shouldn’t dive too deep into the meaning of contemporary R&B lyrics, but this is a thought that has stuck with me for a while. Since I moved to the US I’ve heard so many people refer to where they are from, and often how proud they are of this. No matter where it is. This is one of […]

July 9, 2012
by Björn Jeffery
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” single, which tops the Hot 100, this week moved 296,000 downloads, according to SoundScan, while another version by an artist listed as “Here’s My Number So” sold more than 27,000 downloads of an identically named song in the same week. Both songs are listed at $1.29 on iTunes. For the most part, these covers try to sound exactly like the hit single they’re reworking, and the more successful ones […]