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Sometimes it is  a bit hard to be an early adopter. But I like testing new things and I have a good track record for spotting successes and failures very early based on my first tests. I am using my bicycle every day, all year round in Stockholm and love it. So I was naturally intrigued [...]

updated Sep 3, 2011 The big discussion around ebooks is usually: Should ebooks be cheaper than printed books? This is the wrong question! The pricing of printed books and ebooks: two fundamentally different ways to charge for content Buying an e-book cannot be compared to buying a printed book: You buy a paper book. Then you [...]

updated Sep 1, 2011 This is a long post, but with many goodies if you are into books: Basic e-features that enhance the reading experience How to expand the life span of books How to help the readers to drive your sales Powerful sorting and searching How to encourage book reading with tracking and reminders [...]

Ebooks from 1992: not so different from today! Why did ebooks fail in the 90s? 2011: breakthrough for ebooks! Whats’s next? Amazon started the recent ebook growth in late 2007 with the Kindle e-reader. And Apple put another big booster into ebooks in 2010 with the iPad. In February 2011 another milestone was passed, when [...]

I love attending conferences and seminars for the inspiration it gives me to listen to interesting talks and meet other curious people of all kinds. But I am usually also frustrated that the formats and the way conferences are organized is not evolving more, I see so many ways that conferences could bring much more [...]

A revolution in finding books you want to read! Easy recommendations turns ebooks into social objects I started reading some ebooks in the 90s, but it was not until I bought my first iPad a year ago that I started buying ebooks instead of paper books whenever they are available. I really enjoy the comfort [...]

I recently attended the seminar Internetdagarna here in Stockholm, a big event discussing trends in internet usage. There were all the usual stats, like 85% of all Swedes having access to internet at home. 97% of the internet users have broadband and 81% of them use internet daily. Mobile internet is increasing rapidly. The keynote [...]

Forget everything you have heard about elevator pitches, here is the real, working thing! Your ability to present yourself and acquire new contacts is at the core of all business networking. For this you need an “elevator pitch”. Here you will find everything you need to know about creating an efficient, personal elevator pitch that [...]

Too few businesspeople master the very useful art of business mingling, especially Swedes. So I started to write this check list after my time in the US 1999-2000, where I attended numerous business mingling events in IT and venture capital. Since then I have sharpened the list with my experiences of what works best in [...]

                    Log Out Updated Nov 27, 2011   My name is Henrik, and I’m an Early Adopter. I don’t see being an early adopter as part of a competition to be first with new stuff. I’m just curious and can’t help that I want to try [...]