Last friday our new colleagues Tore and Erik got knighted together with Harold who recently went from squire to knight! Congratulations guys!
Yes, they seriously got knighted! With real swords and all… And beer.. and champagne..
During the weekend me and Kristofer, together with Erik, made a power run to IKEA! After getting lost in downtown Brooklyn on our way there we finally got to the place and got ourselves some desks, chairs and other nice to have stuff for the apartment! As usual we got the stuff delivered to our place with a “black cab”.
We also bought some delicious swedish treats! Gevalia, Ballerina, Marabou and Ahlgrens bilar best “fika” in 2010!
I bought two wooden rods and some hangers to do some IKEA-hacking on my own! The result became pretty good, so now I have my own walk in closet… who I also live in… But still!
Later on the sunday we watched our first Superbowl! Made it an all american evening (!?) with pizza, bud lights and Doritos! The game, New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts, was actually pretty entertaining! But it’s a good thing I like advertising, because on every minute of the game it was 15sec of game, 45sec of commercial
Wow, it has already been a month since I came to the US of A and the time seems to just fly by! In one month I have accomplished to:
Spent 1 month on my awesome intership at Your-Majesty
Got myself and my three comr ades an awesome flat in central Williamsburg.
Found myself a brunchplace just around the corner, Simple Café at Bedford Avenue.
Got offered sexual favors from a homeless woman for 20 dollars.
Aw screw it, this was a lousy way to explain all the stuff I´ve been through so far
The internship as earlier mentioned is doing great. Everyone at Your-Majesty are so friendly and welcoming and both me and Kristofer got included in a real, big, project from day one! No doing banners for two months before the real stuff! So our first project is launchin early next year!
I am currently working as a flash developer and so far I must say I feel pretty comfortable in that role, I’m learning a ton of stuff each day and it’s really intresting to be a part of a big project. I hope to get the chance to try out my producing skills soon as well!
As mentioned we get along really good with the other people at the agency. The company holiday party was a couple of days ago and we went to one of the oldest resturants in New York, WEARING 17CENTURE WIGS! Haha, but it was so much fun and was a night to remember! Our two creative directors Jens and James together with our AD Christian had a kind of intresting drinking song that I couldn’t keep away from doing a little movie of
When I’m not working I try to see stuff. But I haven’t even seen the statue of liberty yet There is so much to explore in New York and I’m currently obsessed of secondhand shopping in Brooklyn! Everything is so cheap and awesome!
Shirt and Black leather shoes on Vice Versa second hand store in Williamsburg: $21 !! Bowtie, American Apparel: $20
Blue pinstriped shirt: $3 at Thrift Store Seconhand, Williamsburg. Brown leather bag (perfect for my macbook): $15 at Vice Versa! “Köprus”
Speaking of clothes I’m happy to announce that mine, Samuels, Haralds and Marcs final project, Tjallamalla online shop, has been brought to life is now live! We have worked so hard on it and it feels just great to finally have it live. My role in the project has been as the project manager and head developer, alot of hard work, but it was definitely worth it.
As a PM/Producer I have learned a lot about the client journey, working with large scale real projects and working as a team.
As a developer I´ve experienced my first real big project, working with other developers and a whole new language, called Liqiud.
I learned a ton of other stuff, like the importance of making products look good, and alot about how the e-commerce business works as well.
So… if anyone want help with hooking up a great looking online store, I’m your man!
Out with the old stuff, in with the new stuff! Happy new year!
I started modding the wordpresstheme now, so you will probaly se alot of weird formats on the blog in the next couple of days.. Not that I have 13213 visitors a day u know, so I mod it on the fly
