The business card

Do I need a business card? Probably not right now. But we are still getting it. However, I was recently at a social where I wanted to give my email address to a fellow computer scientist who is also a business owner. It worked out since everyone carry phones but when I remember the feeling… Continue reading The business card

Metacircle

Metacircle was founded in July 2010 by myself and my friend Patrick. We offer consulting services for the IT industry and we are currently making feature enhancements and analyzing performance for the webshop product from MCB, a company based in Holstebro, Denmark. The name Metacircle is inspired by the computer science concept of a meta-circular evaluator. We… Continue reading Metacircle

Who needs SEO?

I often wonder about search engine optimization (SEO). Does it really deserve its own little separate subspace of the IT industry? First, I acknowledge that almost all internet surfing/browsing/searching/whatever starts with an internet search. Therefore, it is important for all kinds of websites to show up early in internet searches and the concept of SEO is… Continue reading Who needs SEO?

Sleepy time

“When you start a business, you have to work all the time, you just have to. Every waking hour.” Bullshit. But I hear stuff like that all the time. So many times that I almost started believing it myself. But that does not make it true. Also, sleeping is kind of taboo. The inspiring book Rework… Continue reading Sleepy time

Passing the torch

In the software industry, I believe there is often a somewhat strenuous relationship between developers and salespersons. Yet, there is often a perceived symbiotic relation between them. The developers develop and the salespersons sell. One couldn’t exist without the other. So far so good. Let’s assume (and hope) for a while that a salesperson is… Continue reading Passing the torch