One day left. What’s up with this time thing. It felt like we passed midsummer only days ago. Scary!

I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. I’ll also take the opportunity to tell you that over at my other company JAJDO we’re giving away our apps for free as a christmas gift to children all over the world. So if you’ve got access to an iPhone or iPad. Head over to JAJDO and grab your gift!

Some of you probably know about my little venture called JAJDO. Together with Jonas Theder and Andreas Wålm I’ve set out to build an app factory. So far it’s a small factory and it’s taken some time to fine tune the assembly line but we’ve finally made it. Our first app is live in the app store!

Our first app. We’ve made history (at least in our books : )

The Buildo Rescue Sticker Book

This app is called Buildo Rescue and features 103 hand designed, full-color stickers themed around the Emergency & Rescue Services. There are boats, police cars, ambulances, helicopters, jet skis, scuba divers, doctors, nurses and loads more to choose between!

Build your own scenes in panoramic soundscapes

It’s simple yet cool sticker book app for kids aged 1-7 focused on engaging children’s natural creativity. Studies have shown that children who are able to create or make sense of narratives at an early age have a greater connection to knowledge and greater potential for self-expression.

We’re nr:1 in the Swedish Education category in Sweden

The app was launched yesterday and today we learned that it’s already the Nr:1 in the Swedish education category in the app store. Wow. I’ll tell you – this building products for children’s stuff is fantastic! So, if you haven’t tried it yet – head over to JAJDO and have a look at the app or head straight to the app store. psst – Read the Moms and Dads zone before getting started!

Moving forward we’re hoping to launch somewhere between 5 and 7 more apps before christmas. Most aimed towards kids 1-7 years and some meant for you parents of those small wonders of the world!

Have fun learning!

Mark this weekend in your calendars. TEDx is coming to Sweden and it’s thanks to Teo Härén & Fredrik Härén and Henrik Ahlén who’ve been the driving forces behind getting TEDx here.

The first event is beeing held north of Stockholm with about 40 people attending the party and I’m honored to be one of them. Don’t worry – there will be new events following this one so get your but mouse over to the TEDx Stockholm website and show your interest.

This first event will be all about inspiration and I’m eagerly looking forward to be inspired by God knows who. I do know that homeboy Richard Gatarski has been given a 5 minute slot that he has turned into a crowd sourcing experiment on his blog and I of course think it’s a great idea.

Richard is asking us all to contribute with some sort of inspirational thing communication how to create the “best start in life for our children”.

As always I couldn’t keep my fingers out of the jam. 1 hour later I submitted this:

Now head over to Richard and submit yours!

My parents always thought I spend to much time in front of my computer. Personally I’m afraid my kids won’t spend enough time there.

If there’s anything I’m sure of its the fact that kids growing up with a sound relation to computers will create a strong platform for the rest of their life.

This is why I love Scratch. Scratch is a programming language suitable for kids that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web.

So, if you’ve got kids – move them from slaying other people in war games to building applications in Scratch.

Thanks Rory for the Tweet-tip