17 posts tagged “work”
My work, of which I usually don't talk about in this blog, can sometimes be great, sometimes frustrating but in the end one of the things that makes it worthwhile is the people.
To have an idea, you can check some of their public blogs:
- erkkola.net
- danielgoodal.com
- finlandforthought.net
- artojoensuu.wordpress.com
- digiantique.wordpress.com
- cognitions.typepad.com
- activefreemedia.com
So, as you know, we recently launched certain new products and services at an event in Barcelona (that I didn't attend this year). I've been following the reactions to this in social media for a while, and of course am a heavy user of our own services.
Now imagine my pleasure when I check Mexico City in Ovi and I find this:
I knew that we had 3D landmarks, but seeing so many in Mexico City (especially the Angel of Independence) just brought a huge grin to my face. Especially since I'm so far away from there, and won't go back this Christmas.
I was reading this article in Helsingin Sanomat, and was quite amazed by the following passage:
The Sokos Hotel in Pasila has 12 cleaners, only one of whom is a native-born Finn.
“It is surprising”, Thors says.
Aila Forsström of the cleaning company Sol, says that 80 per cent of the 550 cleaners employed in her district have foreign backgrounds.
The cleaners include engineers, PhDs, , kindergarten teachers,
bookeepers, teachers, dental nurses, interpreters, and one ballerina.
Just think about the amount of untapped potential in that list.
Reminded me of this study by the Ministry of Labour, where they discuss the adaptation of Finnish society to the presence of immigrants here. I read it on my last holiday and left me a little uneasy. Furthermore, the situation won't improve with the current economic downturn.
Mexican immigration in the US is not limited anymore to the border states. More and more often, Mexicans are to be found in areas of the country they weren't before. NY, which has had for long a Puerto Rican and Dominican Hispanic community, has received for the past 10 years or so an influx of people specifically from the state of Puebla in central Mexico. They are as inconspicuous in the city as any other immigrant community.
Some joke about Puebla York (instead of Nueva York, as it is called in Spanish). I was glad to have found a decent taquería in a recent business trip (as long as you're willing to go for some pastor or lengua).
No "Chipotle Mexican Grill" for me.
As astonishing as it might be to my American readers (if any, heh), I don't own a car... even if I actually enjoy driving very much. The reasons for this are many:
-I can, meaning there is quite decent public transportation where I live.
-It means I do a fair amount of walking; something very welcome given that I don't have that much time for exercise anymore
-Owning a car is a pain as you need to pay taxes, take it to servicing and of course the price of oil is not what it was (can you imagine having to pay almost 8 dollars a gallon or 25 Mexican pesos a litre?).
-I get to reduce my environmental footprint which is regardless quite high given my frequent traveling.
-Most importantly, I get to read on the commute.
If you know me (or read me), you have realised I absolutely love to read, and will go through pretty much anything that falls in my hands sooner or later. Even if it ends up being about a heavier subject it will definitely help me relax, and give me a different perspective to what I probably had before, which is something I crave endlessly.
I've noticed that I'm reading something close to a book a week when not traveling, and half of that when on the move. As is usual, some of the impressions gathered from those books are to be shared with you here.
My dear readers may have noticed that this blog has been rather quiet during the past month. The reason for it has been extremely simple: very hard work going on, which leaves very little time for many other things after taking into consideration the need to also spend quality family time.
This doesn't mean that your humble writer has not had stuff in his mind to write here, as you will soon see...
The BBC has a hilarious list of office jargon used at workplaces around the world. Any of the regular readers of now-jailed Martin Lukes will definitely appreciate it.
Pangea Day is a global event taking place tomorrow, May 10th, that aims to bring the world together through film, with the idea that if you could tell something to the world, what would it be? More about it here.
If you are watching Pangea Day and would like to share your experience, this would be a place to start.
You might have read it on the news, or on their blog, but it's out there at share.ovi.com, and it's been live for over a week. With support for storing and sharing over 100 media types, unlimited storage and bandwidth and posting not restricted to the PC, we're very excited indeed, so please send your feedback this way!
We held a Q&A session in Barcelona with selected bloggers (video excrepts below).
And this is how a session like that looks from the other side:
My still not that long career has taken me from very different roles. As an engineer, started in a technical area around content management, then moved to product/project management, followed by sales support for different (but related) businesses and now, starting on the 1st of January, will be doing e-marketing for specific services.
Since the area itself is so new, there is a lot to learn, but the reason that drove me to take this position is simply that this is where marketing is moving.
Any hints?
