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In Zürich

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Haven’t even been able to live up to my anything-but-ambitious posting schedule lately - it’s been over six months since my last post.
What can I say, Google has kept my busy and a lot of things are going on.
A few weeks ago I transferred to Google Switzerland and moved to Zürich.
It’s a really nice city […]

Going to Google

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

A few months ago I accepted a job offer from Google. Starting next week I’ll be working for them.
For the last couple of months I’ve been busy finalizing my work at Basset, completing the projects I’ve been involved in and handing over my responsibilities. While Basset has been treating me well during the five or […]

Summer

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Been an amazing summer so far, and that’s not not just by Swedish standards, with temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) and clear skies. I’m having a hard time remember the last time the weather was this nice in June, usually Swedish summers are quite bad with temperatures a lot lower and constant […]

Deserted City

Friday, April 14th, 2006

It’s eastern and I’m down in Manila (again - for the past year or so I’ve spent about as much time here as at home).
Today though the city is hardly recognizable, it seems like everyone has left for the country side. The streets that are usually crowded around the clock, with crazy buses that […]

Update

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

Still in Manila, been here for around three weeks this time around. So far this year I’ve spent some ten weeks here and each week is pretty much the same as the one preceding it.
Got a really big project going on down here and early next week it’s make it or break it time as […]

Back in Manila

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

Flew back down to Manila this past weekend, the flight occupying most of it. It’s still the wet season and has rained every day since I got here, haven’t even seen the sun.
Bought a new Camera at Schiphol, where I connected, had a few hours to kill, a Canon IXUS 750. It’s much better than […]

Åland

Monday, August 1st, 2005

Got back from Åland last night and it was even better than I had hoped for. Haven’t had that much fun for quite some time and it felt great.
We where about 15 persons on a more or less deserted island in the middle of nowhere. Spent the days doing just what we felt like, sunbathing, […]

Vacation

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Leaving for a small cottage in the archipelago of Åland in about an hour got a few things to prepare so I’m signing of now. Won’t have access to the internet, or even electricity, for the next seven days… That’s gonna feel weird but I think I need it.
Have a great week, I know I […]

Back in town

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

Got back from Manila this Thursday after having stayed about twice as long as originally planed. Didn’t see much of the city, basically just Mandaluyong, where the office was located, and Makati. Stayed at the Edsa Shangri-La, which was pretty nice, and not too far from the office. The city itself reminded me of Bangkok, […]

Leaving for Manila

Friday, June 17th, 2005

I’m leaving for Manila in a few hours, and I’ll be there for about three weeks. Going there on business and the trip came a bit earlier than I anticipated. Never the less it’ll be my first time in the Philippines so I’m looking forward to it, even though it will involve a lot […]