Jaapani Post versus Eesti Post
Tellisin ühest väga lahedast Jaapani võrgupoest nimega TokyoFlash mõned esemed. Nädalavahetusel, nii et pood vabandas ette ja taha (tuues ära isegi hetke pooleöise kellaja Jaapani ajavööndis!), et kahjuks nad jõuavad mu kauba postitamiseni alles nende aja järgi esmaspäeva hommikul. Nagu lubasid, nii tegid, saatsid veel e-maili, kustkohast Yubini (ehk siis Jaapani Posti) leheküljel täpselt paki [...]
East Capital Summit
Spoke today (wow, these have been some busy public speaking weeks?) on East Capital‘s summit in Tallinn on the topic of building global Skype from the tiny Estonia. As the organizers introduced, the few hundred people in the audience indirectly represented about a quarter of a million investors who have put their money into the [...]
Joined the Board of Praxis
I yesterday formally joined the Supervisory Board of Praxis. Praxis is a think tank of about a dozen people doing very thorough analysis for policy makers in Estonia and increasingly elsewhere in Europe. Some of the topics they cover are obviously very close to my heart, such as IT & communications, innovation, R&D, economic development. [...]
Life Up North
In response to anyone wondering “Do you still have snow in Estonia?”. Global warming does the trick. And – no, this is Celsius, not Farenheit.
Perfect swing?
Find ten things different if you can – Magnus in the middle of his trial swing VS him swinging to hit the ball:
No More Trackbacks
Just a note that led by recent examples of Jaanus and Skype blogs, this blog is now also trackback-free. The precious time I put aside to maintain this site will go into semi-manually sorting through trackback spam no more. I’ve used the FeedBurner FeedFlares since the beginning and they do add a Technorati referrals count, [...]
Branson’s Screw It, Let’s Do It
A few months ago I happened to pick up a few (business) biographies from a bookstore. The stack is still quite high, but I’ve gone through some now and thought I’d share some reading notes. First off, Sir Richard Branson‘s Screw It, Let’s Do It. Don’t be intimidated the self-help-in-ten-steps-guide style title, it actually is [...]
Happy Birthday, Eesti Kroon!
To celebrate, Bank of Estonia held a high-profile conference on Opportunities of Estonian Economy in Global Competition today where I had the pleasure to participate in a panel with a fancy long name: “Competitiveness of Europe and Nordic-Baltic region – private sector view”, alongside with esteemed gentlemen like Microsoft’s European Chairman Jan Muehlfeit, Nordic Investment [...]
Talking with Computers: video
Duncan’s lecture “Talking with Computers: Short stories on usability, interaction and designing Skype” held yesterday at the IT College is now available for your viewing pleasure. (Fastforward past the first part in Estonian) Really glad he made it despite of a cancelled flight. And guess if his flight back was cancelled as well?
Golf Season Teed Off
It took a while this year to get on the green but when it finally happened today… it was sweet. Teeing off the 3rd hole of the most beautiful Sea Course at Estonian Golf and Country Club in Jõelähtme. Today’s mobile photoset available here.
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