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Quickker has been running for half a day now with a few minor bugs which will be taken care of by the end of the day.

Quickker.com BETA is LIVE! :)

Enough said... :)
Phase 2 begins NOW!

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Such a simple but amazing project, I recommend everyone to join!
A pure example of genius simplicity!

Woohoo, finally a new post from me! :)

Summer is over... too bad, I didn't get a chance this summer to actually live it. I haven't wrote for some time 'coz I was keeping my self busy with many things, but most of all, with work.

For you who don't know, I work as a software developer/engineer... everyone calls it differently... but you get the point. Well, since it provides me with a log of intellectual satisfaction, if I may say, it happens to be my hobby as well. What a waist would it be not to earn some extra cash while having fun?! Well, at least it's the plan.

I've been working on a project which I've named WebcoSystem for almost two months. It's a very complex and large system of interconnected web sites, that it will actually take a lot of time to get it running. I have a beta version out, however, that beta version is really a bare minimum that I could put to life.

Two days ago, an idea popped on my mind about a very simple but interesting web solution. There are similar solutions on the web, however this one puts a bit different note. I am hoping to have it finished within the next 10 days, so it can go live. I've even registered a domain for it: www.quickker.com :) It sounds very Web-two-ish to me :) I will talk more about Quickker as soon as I have it live.

I'll be back soon

Hey guys, sorry for not writing in a while, they've been keeping me busy at and out of work. I know, it's not excuse, I can always write a few words... Oh well, here I am again. Keep your browsers open for new posts!

What happen' with your watch buddy?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKDdF6vfjoo

Dough!

Back to Prague... Only as a tourist! :)

It was really interesting visiting Prague for the first time after two months. Interesting - because I saw it for the first time as a city I used to live in. I kind of had a similar feeling when I visited Nova Gorica a few weeks back, however, this small Slovenian town seams as if it was trapped in a time loop - one same day over and over again. Contrary, it was intriguing to see my good friends who didn’t let their lives follow the same rhythm, and I am very happy for them! Vlada (Serb from Pozarevac) is now going for his PhD and has become acknowledged expert in the field of Digital Signal Processing; Jan is coaching basketball 20; Nikola and Dragana just bought a new apartment and are doing a great job with their two young children, Murko and Martina are refurbishing their apartment and are expecting an offspring, Samo and SPIN (the company I used to work for in Slovenia) have developed a complete “smart house” system for households, hotels, and cruise ships and are expecting a great outcome.

Back to Prague... Prague is always overcrowded with tourists! If you don't like the crowd avoid the main attractions from 10am to midnight. Moving just a few streets away from them will give you peace and relaxation. It is even astonishing how peaceful it can be just a street or two away from the Old Town Square.

I met with a couple of very good friends of mine... ex-colleagues from Monster. It felt good knowing that we can still have fun in the same way while I lived there. I'm still laughing when I think of THE Alligator, THE Borat, THE Serb, THE Zombie, Mr. Proper!!! (Internal jokes... who knows - will understand :)

I must say that I have never had more fun with friends than with those in Prague (I’m excluding Belgrade, since it belongs to a different story…)! Thanks guys!

So... as I always have to put some irony into each post, here we go:
Since I live in Austria now, which is a member of EU and Schengen Agreement, I have a visa that allows me to go anywhere within EU without any restrictions or additional visas (FINALLY! I will post about that issue later on, when I get an urge to release some anger :). The fact is - Czech Republic is aspiring to become a member of these two, let's say, "institutions"... So, we get to the border of Austria and Czech Republic (we - since I traveled with a friend of mine, Sveta - I will be best man on his wedding. More about that in some later post). And what happens on the border is that the Czech police officer (who was, believe it or not, very polite) tells us that Austrian visa gives us only the right of transit trough Czech Republic!!! I mean "You want to be a member of EU and Schengen but you will not accept their visa?!?!?!"... Pure logic! The formula must be: 1 + 1 = cos(x * y)/Pi !!! The solution was that we could get in, but we had to get back to Austria trough some country other than Czech Republic. We decided to go back trough Slovakia, since the road is not much longer than the direct one.

I should go back to work now... Asynchronous delegates with webservices and multiple threads - here I come!!!

First Day

Finally 8am! I've been awake since 6am more or less... I got used to the "first days" in many ways, and subjectively, I don't feel anxious. However, my body does. I can't even claim that the nightmares in the past couple of nights have much to do with visits to my dentist. ( izvini kume! )

I took a metro to the center knowing I will have enough time for a nice walk before getting closed in office for the entire day.

I am out of credit on my cell phone… I hate that I can’t respond to the lovely message I have just received from Ivana…

The first thing I've noticed was progress made on the Marxergasse 1B (a new business building close to the breath-taking Stephansdome) since I've been here for job interview about two months ago. New BWIN reception desk at the entrance gives an impression that they own the entire building. Lifts are completely installed with fancy LCD's embedded into mirrors. Two months ago taking lifts felt like going to some secret lab since they were wrapped in paper with only BWIN button on one wall.

Receptionist informed my team lead that I have arrived. While I was waiting for a few minutes for him to meet me, new very leather and very comfortable chair gave me an impression that everything here is designated to give us maximum conditions so we can produce the maximum. I like that feeling; it's just impossible not to!

He's showing me around the building. Everything from equipment to the interior design is very futuristic, modern, and the latest of the shelf. As he guides me trough the projects I will be involved into, I realize that the same is for technology they (from now on - WE) use. As the day goes on, the same proves for him and the other team members.

Finally I grab a moment to make a quick call to Ivana. It’s been only a day since I left, and I already miss her more than anything!

I receive news with excitement that I will be involved into a new technically demanding project with a tight deadline starting tomorrow. Great... for a whole day I can't wait to see what's next at the very moment of occurrence, and now I have to both "can't wait for now and tomorrow"... if that makes any sense at all... The flu is trying to take my concentration down with fever, but I can't let anything distract me now. I fight it back with a medicine and an often face wash with cold water. The clock shows 6pm sooner than expected. I was right about my initial conclusions.

I decided to stay in the office for another few hours since there will be a Champions League Final Party at our bar on the 7th floor as BWIN sponsors the AC Milan Football Club. I gathered only half an hour of strength into the first half and had to leave. I feel exhausted.

AC Milan – Liverpool 2:1 !!!

Yes, I have moved again...

I consider it my mistake that I never write down first impressions. So many things had happen over the past seven years... some of the experiences had became so vague that I can hardly remember them, and some had became a part of me while I hardly recognize them...

I have moved to Vienna three days ago. Yes, I have moved again... this is the fifth country of residence in my 27 years of life. I have changed 15 addresses during that time.

Leaving Belgrade was as usually uncomfortable for me. It always feels like it's the second time; the first time is the one and only!

I was lucky enough at the airport not to run onto customs. I guess they were busy splitting the pot of cash they had just robbed of a few forever-gone young students who will never see this country with the same eyes ever again.

I got stamped; cop is giving me my passport back! Always a risky moment! You never know when they are going to decide that "your country needs you".

Since I haven't seen the customs, I forgot to report my laptop. They may decide to tax me on a year old laptop next time I come to Belgrade. Nothing new... It just pisses me off when I have to decode their Neanderthal voices directed at anything that runs on batteries!

Anyway, the flight was fine. Nothing had fallen of the 50 years old airplane.

Austrians proved perfectly organized as expected - the apartment is more than fine, picking up visa went smooth and fast, and any question I had were answered even before I clicked the "send" button.