Sticking with the change

January 10, 2016 in DevDiary

I have been open and committed to my desire to change. Or rather push myself to professional excellence in my areas of interest. Through this I’m creating tangible goals… so this should get me all set up, right? RIGHT!? …

How to go about change though? Given the desire to push myself to new heights and at the same time change several aspects I’ve embraced the blogosphere again. But have I started out on the wrong foot?

How are you, Really?

November 9, 2015 in DevDiary

“How are you?”

A simple question that usually is followed by a polite response expressing our contentment with our daily life situation. I’ve been answering it a little differently lately: “Not so good, really. I’m completely burnt out!”

People are taken aback by this brutal honesty and many don’t know how to respond. I don’t want to make things hard on them, but I can’t stand lying to others (and myself) anymore. Regardless of peoples responses, it’s been a relief to come out in the open.

Transitions pt.2 - a new beginning

November 5, 2012 in DevDiary

This post is signalling an end to my time at Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), even though it’s just a few months since I announced my career-move there. Before I go on about whats happening, I’d like to emphasise that NRK is a great place to be. I’ve met a lot of talented people and been exposed to a company culture that oozes of professionalism and encourages peoples creativity to flow.

Transitions

August 13, 2012 in DevDiary

As some of you may know, I’ve left the domain of scandinavian e-commerce and am no longer part of the web-team at Komplett Group. My time at Komplett has been quite a ride; I’ve met some extremely skilled people, and worked on some really exciting stuff. Contrary to what some people might believe, the web-team is small and covers a lot of area. There was a lot of responsibilty and pressure, but also a lot of fun to be had.

2012, how about this year?

January 11, 2012 in DevDiary

2011 has been hectic, to say the least. Full of enriching life-experiences (personal and professional). I had a few goals for the past year: my health, family, profession. Some things worked out quite well, other things…not so well (so what’s new?). A friend of mine is going on about his big hairy goal. It’s intimidating and inspiring. Here are some things I’m hoping to dive into this coming year: JavaScript Norwegian .

moved!

June 29, 2009 in DevDiary

So, we’ve moved! Seems our cable-provider doesnt really have much control over its system, so we don’t have Internet access. buuhuu etc. So 4-6 weeks of waiting for“the cable guy”. Will be back with more posts / updates some time after that.

Devcasts

June 3, 2009 in DevDiary

Podcasts I haven’t really been much of a podcast-subscriber, but since getting an Ipod nano, I found them entertaining and practical. I tried subscribing to a couple of radio-podcasts (RadioResepsjonen, Pyro, Tinitus) from a few Norwegian station. This worked out pretty nicely while I was at work, but seeing that I’m now on paternal leave, I have no time to listen to them. The Space-Time Continuum Paternal leave gives me tons of time with my 10 month old son, but it exhausts me totally.

Whats been going on?

May 21, 2009 in DevDiary

I’ve been otherwise engaged with life it seems. We’ve been in a hectic proccess of selling our apartment and buying a new place, and moving day is near! We’re gonna be moving from Porsgrunn to a city called Larvik. It’s about 20-30 minutes drive from Porsgrunn, and abt 1,5 hrs drive from Oslo.

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