10th March 2010

Company Trip to Norefjell!

Tomorrow will be the beginning of my first company trip, woho! This is going to be exciting! The entire company will spend Thursday to Saturday in Norefjell (a winter sports location about 2 hours from Oslo) at the boss’ cabin. It’ll be a mix of a social gathering, and of course also some work-related activities such as workshops and such.

So I have a busy evening in front of me because of things getting a little backlogged! First, right after work I am meeting a lady from the recruitment office that got me this job and having dinner with her. Then I might be meeting Warunee for a quick coffee as she’s leaving for Thailand tomorrow (Lucky bastard!!)! And then when I get home, I need to do some final laundry, hang that up, find stuff that I need for the cabin trip and pack that down, and eat some and hopefully sleep some as well :P Phew!

But, the trip will be fun, and it’ll be fun to see my colleague’s outside the work environment, as well as meet the team that’s working in Bergen!

What are your weekend plans?

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9th March 2010

Things I Love Tuesday {9.3.2010}

Misty Sunrise #2
Photo by tricky

Watching the sun rise on my way to work!

That it’s not pitch black when I go home from work!

Being all tucked in in thick sweaters, as it is still a bit cold outside, although it’s getting warmer and closer to spring!

Slurping on Thai chicken soup — Tom Kha Gai (ต้มข่าไก่).

Being able to walk a bit easier outside, because the roads up here were cleared for most of the snow yesterday!

Discussing coffee in Japanese with my Japanese teacher! :D

How about you? Anything in particular you love today?

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6th March 2010

New Project: Shuttercal — A Photo Every Day!

I’ve been thinking about starting a daily-photograph project for a long time, I’ve just never gotten around to actually begin! And after reading about Steve starting this project, and recommending a place to organize your project, I thought I would start a Shuttercal as well!

Shuttercal is a place where you can upload your photos into a calendar and easily show it to other people. It also has some community features like having a network of friends, being able to share it on Twitter and such. It’s a great place to use for your daily photo project, because you can easily see on the calendar how you’re doing, and it can also remind you if you’ve forgotten to upload a photo! ;)

So, I thought I would try this out, and see how it’ll go! It even has an iPhone app, which makes it even easier for me to upload a photo each day!

I already have my first photo up, from yesterday:

It was a gift from two of my co-workers, a chicken that plays a lullaby if you pull it’s neck up! Everyone in technical at work has their own “pet”, and since I am new I didn’t have one! But that changed yesterday! I love it, it’s super cute!

So, be sure to check out my calendar! I will try to update it with photos, perhaps not uploading everyday, but at least on a regular basis!

http://shuttercal.com/calendar/juliehoaas/

Oh, and don’t forget to check out Steve’s shuttercal, and also his better half, Jo’s shuttercal!

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5th March 2010

Time Swoosh!

Wow, time has flown by lately! I realized I haven’t blogged in a while. My bad!

Not much has happened in real life since my last entry, just work and being social for once.

I’ve also been in a meeting for a possible client for a logo design, which is exciting! Me and my friend Rikke held a course in Adobe for the client and also designed a logo and website for an event the client held yeeeears ago. I think it’s close to 5-6 years ago actually. But he called me up the other day, and asked if we were available for a possible job! Which was awesome! So, we’ve been in a meeting with them, and we’ll see if it’s a go or no-go!

And now it’s finally Friday! :D Time for a relaxing weekend ahead! How’s your weekend looking?

Have a great day everyone!

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28th February 2010

February and the 101 in 1001

And then February has come and gone as well. Time sure flies fast lately!

As for my progress with the 101 in 1001 list, I haven’t progressed much.

I did sign up to try/do something new (#33 on the list), namely Japanese archery, so I can soon cross that off! :) I also attended a seminar (#52) about accessibility on the web, as it is now required by law that public websites are accessible to disabled users. And this relates to my work because I work as a web developer. I’m also attending two seminars in March, one about social media and the other about understanding what your users think/want.

Hopefully it’ll get a bit warmer in March, so I can get to work on some of the other points on the list! :)

Have a great Sunday, and a great last day of February!

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