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
Technology should not have side effects
3D movies are good examples of how technology evolves. In earlier days, sci-fi looking red-blue glasses were needed to create the 3D effect but that did not survive the test of time. Now, 3D technology has matured and it seems that all new movies have to be in 3D. I went to see Avatar special… Continue reading Technology should not have side effects
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?
Guess-driven development
A few days ago, I received a link to a blog post called some lesser-known truths about programming. Among other things, it states: Bad programmers spend much of that 90% debugging code by randomly making changes and seeing if they work. Patrick, my business partner, jokingly calls this Guess-Driven Development and I now take the… Continue reading Guess-driven development
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