Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Big changes are coming.

First of all, I quit my job at NNIT. This Friday is the last day at work.

This upcoming Monday I’m starting as a Project Manager at the design company 1508 A/S, which I’m looking forward to as a little kid is waiting for Santa to swing by on Christmas Eve.

1508 is located smack in the middle of central Copenhagen, which also means that my commuting time will be cut in half (NNIT is located around 14 km north of Copenhagen).

The last 6 months or so, I’ve been longing more and more to work in a creative environment again. And I think I can claim without hurting anyone’s feelings that there are very few creative people employed at NNIT. This is a good thing for them and their services. However, it just wouldn’t cut it for me. I need people with crazy ideas and urge to draw and create and try out new approaches. Even as a project manager I’m much more comfortable in these kinds of environments.

It’s also a direct extension of the topics covered in my master thesis, and the kind of roles I’ve previously held in the entertainment business (movies and games).

In a time of financial crisis and the entire world collapsing around us, the sensible thing to do would be to stay with one of the larger IT companies in Denmark with solid profits and growth, but my parents always thought me to follow my heart in all matters in life. Lately my heart has not been with me when I was working at NNIT.
Nevertheless, I’ve liked working there, now was just the time to move on and try something new (or something old, depending on your view).

On another note of change, we have also sold our 3 room apartment, and will April 1 be moving into a huge 5 room rented flat that seriously defines description. Even if you look at the images on their website, you really do not get a full understanding of how nice these flats are.

Things are changing indeed.

So quiet

I know that it’s been quiet in here the last few weeks and may I be the first one to apologize. There are reasons for this quietness and they are numerous and all very valid.

First and foremost on the job front, I’ve switched from a role as project manager in the development department to communication consultant in the communications department in NNIT. I’m communicating so much during the day at the office that I have little time or topics for the matter left when I get home. Hence the reason for not writing as much on this weblog.
The new job is ace, and I’m seriously enjoying every minute of it.

Secondly, and maybe more importantly I’m trying to finish the second draft of my adaptation of Bram Stoker’s The Judge’s House before the craziness of the Script Frenzy sets in.
This one seems as a lost cause, since I’m at the same time fleshing out the story that I’m gonna run with in the month of April while the Frenzy lasts. A story that is going to kick ass and smile about it too, if I should say so myself.

Last but not least I’m writing an article for the newly launched Teknokratiet group weblog. A good friend of mine started it with some of the high rollers of the Danish digital media scene and it is quite an honor to be included in the company of these fine people.

So if the posting on this weblog are collecting dust, fret not as I will return.