Life in General

On Friday, I handed in my letter of resignation from my position as chief consultant in the National IT and Telecom Agency.

So, quitting a perfectly good and interesting job, why? Well, I’ve been employed by government all my profesisonal life and think it’s time for me to stand on my own feet

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve enjoyed being a civil servant, and the decision to move on has not been an easy one. But, as I’m closing in on turning 40, I have felt an urge for changes in my life.

I don’t know whether my on-going “watch the complete West Wing seasons 1-4 in a month”-exercise under the concept “inactive vacation” has been the turning point in my considerations. Perhaps. I’ve served my terms, it’s time to move on.

So. What’s next?

Wait and see. Hmm. Anyone need a consultant? Call me.

What’s bootstrapping called in Danish? Thomas, any ideas?

Well, I’ll actually still be in the government payroll system, because I still have my non-tenured associate professorship at Copenhagen Business School, and will start teaching EA there and will also continue being in charge of the CBS-run EA-course at the IT-University, if we get students enough – we just need a few more to be safe; anyone interested? Sign up now! It’ll be a great class, I promise!

When in Rome, do as the Romans, they say. So when I was in California, I acquired an iPod Shuffle.

I’ve powered it up with some IT Conversations and some podcasts, but also want to use it for music, which however has proven more difficult than expected. Copying ordinary CDs is slow, but otherwise painless. But when going online, things are worse …

For some reason, Apple has no iTunes Store in Denmark.

And for some reason, the online music stores in Denmark – such as TDC, Bilka and Jubii – are ipod-unfriendly and only offers WMA-files with DRM, and also generally a small selection (mainly Danish music, which is of course a good thing). Morten wrote a letter.

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I’m going to California for a few days for some meetings. If anyone has any suggestions as to what to do on Sunday or on Monday’s President’s Day in San Francisco, get in touch.

One of the meetings I look most forward to is a visit to Dave Sifry and Technorati.

If everything works as promised by SAS, my next blog entry will be made at 35,000 feet. Let’s see… tomorrow.

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