Berlin, and my new job.

I arrived in Tuesday for Linuxtag. This time, however, I'm not mainly here for KDE, but for KDAB where I've started working in May. KDAB is a company focusing on Qt technology -- consultancy, development and training. It didn't take long getting used to my new colleagues, as I already knew most of them. Quite some KDE people are working for KDAB (in fact it was founded by Kalle, one of the first "gearheads"). Working for KDAB is actually quite interesting, as it's a virtual company. That means that we have our morning coffee on IRC and jabber, and that most of the people are working from home. There is this odd group in Berlin who found that an office would be a cool thing to have, and that it's best situated in Kreuzberg, one of the more fun parts of the city. As I'm working with some people in Berlin, I'm plugging into the weekly catch-up-with-everybody meeting via webcam and VOIP, which works quite well. It does give me that warm, fuzzy feeling of having actual social contact once in a while, while I still don't have anything to do with traffic jams, commuting and all that jazz.
Kreuzberg, where our Berlin office is located, is a great place for an office, it's very easy to reach, there's plenty of really good and inexpensive food around at the office, and many cocktail bars. It also makes a great place for hackathons, and my company is KDE-friendly enough to host regular meetings of all kinds. Actually, I don't think there's a place that has hosted so many KDE sprints already, with certainly more to come.
While not all we do is related to Free Software, much of the work I get in touch with is, and I think that's very cool. Working with and on Free Software is a great motivator for me, and it's good to see Free Software providing a viable business model.
So this week, I'll be hanging around at Linuxtag (we have a shared booth with the Qt Trolls, right next to the KDE booth). On Saturday, I'll be presenting about KDE on laptops and netbooks, make sure you don't miss that talk.
After Linuxtag, I'll be staying for a couple of days here in summery Berlin to catch up more on work-related things, and then I'll pay a brief visit to Kim, the cat and the chinchilla's only to depart to Gran Canaria. Thanks to my employer, flight and hotel is taken care of by KDAB. Thanks!

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