Ericsson

Ericsson When most consumers think of Ericsson, the product they think of is the early cellular phone that Ericsson had on the market. But as we all know this device would be the last consumer cellular product that Ericsson would have available. So what has Ericsson done since then? In the eyes of most consumers, […]

Spotify

The music industry has involved rapidly throughout the past century. Of course styles and genres have changed but many new genres have been created as well, especially with new technologies available. But technology has also been an enemy to the artists in the music industry. With sites such as Napster and Kazaa, music was acquired […]

Sunday’s celebration in Finland

We were just walking on the streets of Helsinki and then there they were, they could not be ignored. Who in the world can ignore a procession of beautiful women in the streets of Helsinki, adorned with the most shinny and colorful ornaments, blasting the whole town with a variety of Brazilian music and gyrating […]

Lulea Science Park

Lulea Science Park How did the small town in the north of Sweden attract such a great company as Facebook? Lulea has many reasons to boast for this accomplishment. Every European country and countries around the world wanted Facebook to build its database centers there, but Lulea won this competition. The journey was long but […]

A video for everyone

Thanks all my classmates that made this trip unforgettable! We made a video to memorize this supercalifragilisticexpialidocious two weeks! Enjoy!!! http://animoto.com/play/5J8srPk1St2HoSDwMNqlHgt  

Lulea and Facebook

We had the opportunity of listening, to Matz Engman; He told us love a story of Facebook and Lulea and how Lulea managed to become Facebook’s first choice for a data center. Lulea had to compete with other cities across the world for this to happen. This was not easy being a small town. State […]

Kai Brach

When Kai was giving as a speech on his journey I could not help but be awed at how strong and disciplined he must be and what will power. Not many people can start to publish by self teaching. Kai went on lynda.com and learnt a lot about designing and editing almost all that he had to […]

Scandinavia vs. US, where do you want to work?

In general, business operation is the United States is similar across the board in terms of goals/objectives. Businesses want to provide the best customer service and be profitable. While in Scandinavia, what we noticed from companies and businesses around the city is that employees are more relaxed and are enjoying work. In comparison, the work […]

Kukkolaforsen

We visited Kukkolaforsen, it is one of the most beautiful places in Sweden and borders Finland. Since Finland is ahead in time the locals usually joke that they are looking into the future when they look across to Finland. Finland and Sweden are separated by the Tornio River. Kukkolaforsen has a lot of history. We […]

Goodbye Scandinavia…

“The past three weeks feels like a couple months. We had traveled to so many places in a short period of time and have seen, heard, and felt so much. Visiting Sweden and Finland, which are two countries I probably would have never had the opportunity to visit if it had not been for this […]