
Goodness – Some Thoughts About It
For a long time I’ve been thinking about the word “goodness”.
If you’re looking on a regular Facebook-feed, or other social media you’ll find a number of people telling others about their good deeds, and actually that’s wonderful! Don’t doubt that! We really need good deeds, and we really need good role models!
But a good deed, in my mind, isn’t necessarily a sign of a good person.
Why?
A good deed done in public, is always good (don’t doubt that), but a good deed done in public also has the purpose of giving credit to the person who made it.
So, in that sense, will a truly good person be?
“A person who do great things for others, while no-one else is watching”?
Do you agree?
Music: Blacknuss – Thinking Of You
Best wishes for the rest of the weekend! A great track for that Saturday afternoon spirit.
Most Inspiring Profile On Facebook
A few days ago I browsed Facebook for some inspiration, and suddenly I stumbled across this awesome profile.
This may be one of the most amazing profiles/persons out there!

San Francisco And Vegas – Photos
During the last few weeks I’ve visited San Francisco and Vegas. Two amazing cities. San Francisco when it comes to being cozy, friendly and open, and Vegas when it comes to craziness. Not a bad “crazy”. More in terms of a place that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world.
This will the first post in a series, of these great cities. I hope you enjoy.
Best wishes for a new week.


Dad Sings Blackbird To His Dying Son
This may be one of the most touching videos I’ve seen in a while. A dad looses his wife due to C-surgery, and during the last days of the son’s life he keeps playing the guitar for his son.
Full description under the Youtube-clip.
“Chris Picco singing Blackbird to his son, Lennon James Picco, who was delivered by emergency C-section at 24 weeks when Chris’ wife Ashley unexpectedly and tragically passed away in her sleep. Lennon’s lack of movement and brain activity was a constant concern for the doctors and nurses at Loma Linda University Hospital, where he received the absolute best care available. During the pregnancy, Ashley would often feel Lennon moving to music so Chris asked if he could bring his guitar into the NICU and play for Lennon, which he did for several hours during the last days of Lennon’s precious life. One day after filming this, Lennon went to sleep in his daddy’s arms.”
Ello – Get An Invite For Free
So, have you tried Ello? The new Social Network that’s ad free and non-profit? They are using an Invite-only policy, so if you don’t want to wait, drop me a text/comment/line and I’ll send an invite to the first 5 persons.
About Ello:
“What is Ello?
Ello is a simple, beautiful, and ad-free social network created by a small group of artists and designers.
We originally built Ello as a private social network. Over time, so many people wanted to join Ello that we built a public version of Ello for everyone to use.
Ad-free
Ello doesn’t sell ads. Nor do we sell data about you to third parties.
Virtually every other social network is run by advertisers. Behind the scenes they employ armies of ad salesmen and data miners to record every move you make. Data about you is then auctioned off to advertisers and data brokers. You’re the product that’s being bought and sold.
Collecting and selling your personal data, reading your posts to your friends, and mapping your social connections for profit is both creepy and unethical. Under the guise of offering a “free” service, users pay a high price in intrusive advertising and lack of privacy.
We also think ads are tacky, that they insult our intelligence and that we’re better without them.
Read more about our no-ad policy here.
Ello is a PBC
On October 23, 2014 Ello became a USA Public Benefit Corporation, making it virtually impossible for Ello to ever sell ads or user data. Read more here.
Support Ello
Ello is completely free to use.”
4 Tracks – 4 Different Genres
If you find any of the songs interesting, I’ve opened up my public “starred folder” for those that are interested in more tips. Guess all genres are represented in that list so be prepared for many tracks you may not like. You’ll find the list here.
Synth
Simple Minds – Big Music
This is the title song from Simple Minds new album Big Music. Really really like the bombastic sound! Great comeback from a great band!
Atmospheric / Club / Lounge
Juventa, Erica Curran – Move Into The Light
For over a minute there is just a long upbeat instrumental intro followed by the whisperous voice of Erica Curran. Great for getting into that “evening-out-feeling”.
Soft
James Blake – Retrograde
Symphonic Hardrock
Within Temptation – Paradise
The Dutch group Within Temptation (with branch colleagues like Nightwish, Tarja, Sirenia among others) is delivering a compact symphonic piece.
Best Photos From National Geographic Photo Contest
Today I browsed the internet for some photo inspiration, and came across this National Geographic’s photo contest site, and talk about inspiration! Amazing photos!
Here are some of my favorites…
Photo by Hasan Baglar
Photo by Henrik Nilsson
Photo by Istvan Kerekes
For more photos from the same contest, click here
What A Great Classic – Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
Yesterday I had an “old classic evening”, and stumbled over some great ones of Peter Gabriel. An amazing artist, with a standard that never goes below average, and this one is certainly WAY over average.
A Man Start’s to Dance – Watch What Happens Next :)
In larger cities people get used to being “alone”, while we’re in public. But what would happen if someone broke that barrier, and started to dance? Great social experiment, and a video that suits perfect as a start of the week. Wouldn’t it be great if we started to notice each other, and one’s in a while shared some thoughts, on our way to work, school, shop and so on?
Hope you all have an inspirational week!
Music: Troye Sivan – Touch
For those that like Frank Ocean or Kim Cesarion, check out Troye Sivan! What a great track this is!
Spotify: Troye Sivan – Touch
For Those That Need That Little Extra Monday Motivation
For those of you out there that needs that little extra motivation this Monday. Listen to Apollos Hester. No lack of energy there 🙂
What an awesome personality!
Decisions
This week has been all about decisions.
Since I’m working with Active Decision Support, I have started to think a lot about decision processes; and how decisions are made – both professionally as well as private.
One thought that really keeps spinning is how many of our decisions/crossroads that we actually are passing/making all the time without noticing/knowing it, and how big these non-decisions really can be.
The photo is from a trip last weekend, to Gotland / Visby on a really foggy day.

Most Of The People Didn’t Care About This Guy – Watch what happens when someone did
Most of the people passing this guy didn’t care about him, but wait and watch what happens when some persons really did care…
He Has Cerebral Palsy – Great Artist Using Only A Typewriter
Don’t miss out on this great talent!
44 år!? 25-åringen?! 44 år…. ? (In Swedish)
44 år!? 25-åringen?! 44 år…. ?
När jag växte upp brukade mina föräldrar ofta säga ”ta tillvara tiden och njut av livet, för du ska se att det bara kommer att gå fortare med åren”. På den tiden var viljan något helt annat. Längtade till moped, till körkort, till den första stora kärleken, till en musikkarriär, till att sluta plugget, till det första jobbet, till den första egna resan utomlands osv. Näsan hela tiden framåt, och inga större funderingar på vad som skulle komma.
Livet var fullt av dagar, och dagarna fulla av liv.
Idag har jag passerat de där dagarna när livet verkade oändligt, och förståelsen att vi inte lever för evigt börjar göra sig påmind. Inte på ett sätt som gör det jobbigt, utan snarare på ett sätt där det finns en tacksamhet över varje år man får.
När jag fyllde 40 var nog sista året som jag egentligen firade att jag ”blev 40”. Efter det har jag istället försökt att fira det fantastiska i att få uppleva ytterligare ett år. Har därför de senaste åren tagit semester den här dagen för att reflektera över var jag är, var jag är på väg och förhoppningsvis kunna korrigera en eller annan riktning som känns fel.
Det är också en dag för att tänka igenom livet ”så här långt”, och därför också en dag då mina fosterbröder alltid kommer i tanken. Två fosterbröder som jag tappade kontakten med under ett antal år, eller kort sagt en alldeles för lång tid. De fick inte så långa livsresor men de kommer alltid finnas med mig i mina tankar, och den här dagen är de alltid med mig extra mycket.
För fyra år sen på den här dagen hade jag mitt sista samtal med den äldre av mina fosterbröder, Ola. Han ringde för att gratta mig, och vi pratade om allt som varit och allt det som skulle komma. Ett långt samtal om livet i största allmänhet, men med mycket hopp om framtiden. Hur vi skulle hitta fler tillfällen att träffas osv. Det blev aldrig så. Han gick bort en kort tid efteråt. Något som påverkat mig djupt de senaste åren.
I nästan alla religioner nämns begreppet att leva efter döden, och min tolkning av det är att det vi gjort för andra under vår korta tid här är det som också kommer att leva förevigt. Mina bröder passar bra in på det, för de kommer alltid att leva vidare hos mig genom allt de betydde för mig under min uppväxt.
Livet är trots allt någorlunda rättvist för de flesta av oss. Vi stöter på problem längs vägen. De dyker upp lite olika ofta, och vid olika tidpunkter men de allra flesta av oss får vara med om att tappa någon nära, och också börja förstå att livet inte är för evigt. Stunder som kanske är viktiga uppvaknanden?
I allt jäv-t finns det också något bra att lära. Just händelserna ovanför lär en förhoppningsvis att njuta av livet. Att leva när vi lever, och uppskatta det lilla i livet. En öl med en god vän, fotografera en solnedgång, en golfrunda, ett spännande ”surr” långt in i natten osv. Låter säkerligen pretentiöst, men är det inte det här livet går ut på?
Det finns många fördelar med att bli äldre. Man dömer inte sig själv så hårt längre. Man har förstått att man kan göra fel, men har också (förhoppningsvis) vett att försöka göra det bättre hädanefter. En av de stora fördelarna; att man upptäcker att ingen är perfekt 🙂
Nu kanske det låter som att jag går omkring och deppar, och djupfunderar över livet i varje stund. 🙂 Det är långtifrån så, snarare tvärtom. Livet är magiskt, och som ofta annars citerar jag min mormor
– det är ju så kul att bara få vara med!
En livsvisdom, bättre än de flesta andra jag stött på.
Med allt det sagt känner jag mig idag väldigt rik. Rik på det viktiga i livet, dvs mina vänner och bekanta! Stort tack för alla gratulationer idag. Lovar att varenda en noteras, och ingen glöms! Oerhört tacksam för att ni finns där och stöttar i både upp- och nergång!
Tack!
You Never Get Too Old For A Good Time – Compilation Of Best Senior Citizens Going “All In”
I really like those videos when senior citizens going “all in” and just enjoys the moment. Love it when there’s no age restriction on having fun 🙂
One of the best time-lapse clips I’ve seen – Lake of dreams
On my bucket list, Burning Man is high up there. Seems like nothing else in the world. Over the years some good photographers have put together some amazing time-lapse videos from the event, but I think this is one of the best ever.
Look especially at those amazing long exposures of the night sky at 3:15!
Hope you enjoy the clip!
Lake of Dreams from roy two thousand on Vimeo.
Swedish Music Legend Christian Falk Has Passed Away
The Swedish Club Music legend Christian Falk has passed away due to cancer, just 52 years of age.
For those that haven’t heard his great music, you’ll find a link to one of his albums – Quel Bordel here. Christian Falk has been a frequent topic on this blog. Both as a musician in the Swedish group Blacknuss Allstars, as well as for his great club music such as this song.
R.I.P Christian Falk
Beautiful City Of New York – Freedom Tower
This is a photo of the Freedom Tower, taken from bottom viewing up. The shape of the tower almost makes it look like a pyramid when photographed from this position. Maybe the photo would’ve been greater with a blue sky, but at the same time, this is a place that calls for reflection and respect, so a damp milky sky suited quite well.

Beautiful City of New York – 2
As I wrote in my first photo I tried out a few different kind of photo styles in these NY-photos. This one is kept really clean, trying to benefit from the situation.
This is a photo of the IRT Bridge in Harlem. We went to a close by steak house at a night with heavy showers (actually there were flood warning sent out), which created a perfect opportunity to benefit from the street lights, and the dark skies.
I’ve added some sharpening, cropped it slightly and lowered the blue a bit in Lightroom.

Beautiful City of New York
Last week I visited New York for some work, and while being there I also spent some time taking photos, so I thought that I would share some of them here.
It’s tricky taking photos of a city that’s been so well documented already, but I tried to find some new angles, and some new styles in the photos.
The first photo is taken at a long distance with a fast aperture to get it dark, then I pulled the aperture up afterwards in Lightroom. This created the grainy and foggy effect since all the details will not be seen. After that I added some sharpening.

Truly Feel Good Story! – Paraplegic Woman Surfs By Harnessing Herself To Her Sons Friends Back