About digital transformation, design, creativity and lifestyle in the Networked Society.
Reading the latest Ericsson ConsumerLab report, Optimal Consumer Experience, made me laugh as I recalled the very funny YouTube clip Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy. Is there a limit to our expectations as consumers? Is it in our nature as human beings to always be seeking and demanding more? Will we ever be content? No, of course... Continue Reading →
Fly me to the moon… Pretty cool performance coming out from Ericsson Hall 6 at MWC 2012 inBarcelona. A beautiful sky, a clear moon, beautiful music and a great performance!
Feeling EMPOWERED! Tomorrow we open the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. I will be evangelizing about The Networked Society and will hopefully get the time to write about what’s happening here.
Money in its physical form, in other words coins and notes, has played an important role in society for centuries. But today, society is becoming more and more “cash less”. And while consumers choose to use debit and credit cards, and mobile money services to complete their monetary transactions, they are not the ones leading... Continue Reading →
Nästa vecka 15/2 kommer jag att prata "The Networked Society" och visa en del material från en nyss genomförd studie "The Game Changers - How Digitally Producing individuals are changing business making" på Telekomnätverket. Tidigare idag var det 90 personer anmälda. Om du är intresserad av att delta är det dags att du hör av dig till... Continue Reading →
Ratta in P4 i morgon! I veckan som gick var Sveriges Radio och intervjuade mig på jobbet om hur vi använder mobilen och våra tankar kring att byta telefon. Programmet Kossornas Planet sänds i morgon lördag 4/2 i P4 kl. 12.03. Men om du inte kan hålla dig så finns intervjun att lyssna på redan idag... Continue Reading →
People are moving from the countryside to cities all over the world. In the Networked Society City Index, we say: “Today more than 50 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and by 2030 the proportion is expected to top 60 percent. There is a steady stream of people moving from the countryside to... Continue Reading →
Enligt Sveriges officiella statistik har kostnaden för svenska hushålls kommunikation ökat årligen sedan år 2000. Under perioden 2000-2010 ökade konsumtionen av kommunikation med 113 %. Kostnaden har skjutit i höjden i allt snabbare takt och mellan år 2009 och 2010 ökade kostnaden med 6,7%. Vi ser en koppling mellan kostnadsökningarna och hushållens användning av mobiltelefon.... Continue Reading →
When I was young, dating – or at least trying to date – consisted of slipping a note into a girl’s locker, or shuffling nervously towards her to ask her out with my friends offering humiliating support in the background. Today it’s much simpler. Ericsson’s ConsumerLab report, Social Life of the Young, looks into how US... Continue Reading →
The web is the web – even though we consume it on devices of varying screen sizes. At work, we browse the internet using laptops; at home, we sit on a sofa in front of the TV and use iPads, and while waiting for the bus we use smartphones. We surf the internet all day... Continue Reading →
Mikael Eriksson Björling 