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IronPort Lego Logo

Nils — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:54:02 +0000

As promised, here is the other cool thing IronPort did with Lego bricks:

The little sign reads:

IronPort 3D Logo 2007

Built by New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya in the IronPort booth during the 2007 Interhop event in Las vegas, this Lego exhibit was awarded “Most Ludicrous Promotion” by Smart Exhibits magazine.

More about the artist: Nathan Sawaya creates awe-inspiring works out of the most unlikely things. His recent North American museum tours feature large-scale sculptures using only Lego bricks. www.brickartist.com.

No Legos were harmed in the making of this piece.

42″ x 42″ x 60″

This sculpture now stands in the lobby of the IronPort HQ in San Bruno.

Coolest Marketing Gift Ever

Nils — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:29:19 +0000

Okay – Do I work for the coolest company ever, or what? This is a LEGO model of an IronPort appliance, something they gave out last year at a trade fair. I just found it on Flickr.

I’ll try to get my hands on one of these, but I am sure there are none left. There’s something else I’ll post a photo of. Stay tuned.

Munich

Nils — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:34:58 +0000

I’ve arrived in Munich. It’s good to finally be “home”, especially if it’s a new one. My move’s mostly complete, with a few odds and ends left. It went pretty well. I already unpacked most – but by far not all – of my stuff and the only thing I actually seem to have lost – so far – is one cup. Not even a very special one. Life continues.

My first day on the new job went pretty well; I like the new company a lot. Got a shiny new notebook to ~~play~~ work with, too. And did I mention I get to battle spammers on the actual front lines?

I haven’t really seen much of Munich yet. My feet are killing me because of all the walking I did last week, so I am not even sure if I will go out on a discovery tour this weekend or not.

A New Job

Nils — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:05:45 +0000

I thought it was time to make it “official”: As many of you already know, I will be moving to Munich before the end of the month, to begin a new job in Munich on April 1st. I’ll leave Frankfurt behind and move further south. Go ahead, make the jokes about a Hamburgian in Bavaria. I’ve heard them all by now!

It also means that my nearly six years working for Lufthansa Systems are ending. My new job will be with Ironport, and I’m looking forward to it very much. I didn’t decide to move to Munich because I dislike Frankfurt (Frankfurt, despite rumors to the contrary, isn’t really all that bad) nor Lufthansa, nor “for the money”, but simply because Ironport offered me an interesting job, and I feel that it’s a cool company full of nice people. (I realize this may sound like a bit of boot licking, but whatever, those are the reasons, and I don’t care what you think.)

I’ll send around an email with my new contact information in early April; but you can always reach me at my known email address, or via jabber, icq, and so on.