Jyri Engeström Jyri Engeström on Twitter RSS

http://twitter.com/jyri

Jyri Engeström is a Finnish entrepreneur known for co-founding the microblogging service Jaiku in 2006, which was later acquired by Google in 2007.

  • jyri: Why wouldn't a new skateboard be the perfect cheer-up to a toddler recovering from surgery? Some things never change, including my brother

    01:00:14 pm on April 14, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Top moments of anxiety: waiting to be called in after child's surgery

    01:54:25 pm on April 13, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Great to have you on board @ecyrd :) RT @TCEurope Social cataloging site Thinglink hires Nokia’s Godfather of NFC http://bit.ly/abDIpr

    07:17:07 am on April 13, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: @kevglobal calls iPad app pricing "a last act of insanity by delusional content companies" http://bit.ly/cyeRL6 (via @laughingsquid)

    07:25:46 pm on April 4, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: "While fixating on pseudoworlds of cyberspace, realworld runs amok before our glazed & unseeing eyes" http://nyti.ms/9zmqvl (via @heif etc.)

    07:11:22 pm on April 4, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: ‘In the end,’ said Auden, ‘art is small beer. The really serious things in life are earning one’s living and loving one’s neighbour.'

    06:54:36 pm on April 4, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Church bells echoing in quiet cobbled streets

    04:02:17 pm on April 4, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: RT @cshirky: In a big company, "Innovation" on your business card just means "First to go in a downturn."

    01:24:18 pm on March 31, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Saw Un prophète by Jacques Audiard: http://bit.ly/ocGgx Bullseye casting in Tahar Rahim

    12:08:43 pm on March 31, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Good times with @ehn @kowitz @bartdenny @henrikt in Stockholm. Hope to c u soon @eldsjal

    09:30:53 am on March 28, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: RT @BrianGlick: It's only a matter of time until "Everyone is the mayor of somewhere" becomes an inspirational saying.

    11:17:31 pm on March 27, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: I'm at Story Hotel (Riddargatan 6, Stockholm). http://4sq.com/3AniQ5

    01:55:17 pm on March 27, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Developing a cool iPhone app? Submit it to the App Star Awards by 29 March. Winners will be announced onstage 360iDev: http://bit.ly/bFd9Ub

    10:36:02 am on March 27, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Heading to Stockholm tomorrow to hang out with @kowitz

    02:37:50 pm on March 26, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: RT @timoreilly Important read: How the Tablet Will Change the (Computing) World (As We Know It) http://bit.ly/clqjl5

    08:21:07 pm on March 23, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Heh. RT @martinvars: After selling its economy to China to fight useless wars, China has the US by the balls. "Stop Google or we dump bonds"

    10:57:56 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: @kowitz Welcome to the Nordics

    10:38:33 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Ha... RT @joshu: @jyri stop telling me what to do

    10:17:53 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: "The biggest engineering challenge ever faced by mankind" - my summary of Saul Griffith's Game Plan for climate change http://bit.ly/cCPbEv

    09:47:31 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: The factor uniting all entrepreneurs I know regardless of personality type is instinctive resistance to subordination.

    08:54:42 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Well argued by @lessig: for democracy to shake the status quo, a lobbyist-led Washington is what this admn. must end http://huff.to/avD2ns

    08:33:17 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: RT @mattcutts: Important blog post: "A new approach to China: an update" http://goo.gl/Yu3p Please share.

    08:12:21 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: 5 points by Union Square Ventures on "The Future of Making Stuff": http://bit.ly/dlumqG (via @fredwilson @cdixon)

    05:10:56 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Are there more black holes than we thought? That'd explain where all the missing dark matter is locked. @techreview: http://bit.ly/cFC2Ll

    04:10:26 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: RT @mashable Now All BlackBerry Apps Can Have Push Notifications http://bit.ly/bjNgSa

    03:58:17 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: If you were one of those geeky kids who built their own flipper ball tracks and domino rows, you'll appreciate this: http://bit.ly/bWKxPv

    03:57:38 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: What flamewars looked like in 1839: http://bit.ly/c05iKN (via @robinwauters @acton @evarley)

    03:46:37 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: @anildash Early loss can also have the exact opposite effect on your life.

    03:06:47 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: The US health reform hinges on a simple question. Do you care about those less fortunate? How? Liked this @Slate piece: http://bit.ly/ccLghF

    03:05:28 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: @aurorakangaspuu No, all politicians aren't leaders.

    02:10:06 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: If Android implemented the best parts of WebOS, Palm's demise would not hurt innovation as much. On Palm: http://bit.ly/9FXgRS (via @teemu)

    01:49:04 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Great to see #betacup progressing! @fastcompany: Betacup asks designers to invent a recyclable cup for your morning joe http://su.pr/1MIWbN

    01:36:10 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: If the Romans had microblogs, Marcus Aurelius would have tweeted that. RT @johnmaeda: "A leader chooses we over me."

    01:33:25 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Having self-control in one situation makes you more likely to cheat in the next one: http://bit.ly/9HkMue (via @frumioj @justinvincent)

    01:20:44 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Grats Niklas & Janus! RT @mikebutcher: Atomico Ventures raises $165m fund targeting “disruptive” European startups http://bit.ly/b2ap7W

    01:10:39 pm on March 22, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: # of hours is not the key RT @BillGates: A great WSJ article on the benefits of increasing the school week – http://bit.ly/d06oAW

    10:01:43 pm on March 20, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: RT @timoreilly: Fascinating debate: The case for the fat startup http://bit.ly/9umfMx Being fat is not healthy: http://bit.ly/bQyjrQ

    09:48:53 pm on March 20, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Congrats Mårten. RT @martenmickos: Happy to be joining http://www.eucalyptus.com/ as CEO

    08:56:35 am on March 20, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: "These parts"=Scandinavia+Baltics, particularly Finland. High web+mobile usage. The entire population is on Facebook & local microblogs

    10:24:30 pm on March 19, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Despite all the press Twitter is almost completely nonexistent in these parts. People just don't like it. I wonder if it's cultural.

    10:13:48 pm on March 19, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: RT @SirKenRobinson: It must be true. I said it on CNN right after TED 2010: http://buzzup.com/qnd8 ++!

    08:50:20 pm on March 17, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Excellent 6-point wishlist for Twitter's @anywhere platform from @dewitt: http://ping.fm/CXBc6

    10:01:14 pm on March 16, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: RT @sacca: "You can't scale caring. It's not authentic." -- @garyvee #sxsw #refreshgary

    08:11:41 pm on March 15, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: RT @TechCrunch: Mobile Ad Network Mobclix Releases iPad SDK - http://tcrn.ch/9Auhta by @leenarao

    06:49:24 pm on March 15, 2010 |

     

  • jyri: Taking a morning JetBlue service back to reality. Which, as Lennon said, leaves a lot to the imagination #sxsw

    01:26:27 pm on March 15, 2010 |

     
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