Anders Pollas

A few words of thanks as a crazy week comes to an end. It doesn’t end here, this is just me being being grate­ful for what hap­pened so far.

Big day for us at Podio this last Wednes­day: The com­pany I started with a cou­ple of friends in a base­ment got acquired by Cit­rix. Which of course is a big deal. It’s a big deal because our baby is no longer ours and because it can now grow up to do what it was meant to do faster and with much big­ger impact. Which is what you’d want for any baby.

So we’re in a very good mood these days as we join our new fam­ily. The (huge) Cit­rix fam­ily has already proven to be nice and enthu­si­as­tic and best of all: They share our vision on what work should look and feel like in the near future. We’ll con­tinue to work out of Copen­hagen and San Fran­cisco and as I write this I have the plea­sure of look­ing out over our team which has made all this pos­si­ble in a very short time.

It’s been quite a ride and I’m proud and happy to see Podio impact thou­sands of busi­nesses on a daily basis. I feel grate­ful that we man­aged to get all these peo­ple to join us and work hard on get­ting Podio out there. It takes guts and skill to exe­cute on this scale at this pace and I’m happy to know peo­ple that can do that while being a friendly bunch at the same time. Here’s to peo­ple with guts:

Jon and I talk a lot. That’s how it all started. In the early morn­ing, in the late evenings, in the mid­dle of the night. Thanks for want­ing to act on our work vision. Thanks to Andreas for join­ing what was basi­cally an idea on day one, jug­gling thou­sands of tasks respon­si­bly with a level of patience I have yet to see matched by any­one. To Thomas and Ulrik for believ­ing and shar­ing ideas at the right time. Thanks to Kasper for join­ing the talk­ing heads with a no bullshit-attitude that makes all the dif­fer­ence, always. To Tommy for trust­ing us and for work­ing crazy hard with an amaz­ing set of skill and energy. Thanks to Chris­t­ian who had the guts to sign the con­tract while still in the base­ment, on a table built from ply­wood. He’s been run­ning a tight ship with Phil and I con­tinue to be amazed by the qual­ity these guys put into every­thing. I could go on (I’ll spare you). The team has been grow­ing quite a bit by peo­ple quit­ting good jobs around the world to come work with us, all adding their own energy and ideas, tak­ing own­er­ship of Podio and mak­ing it what it is. I’m work­ing with world class devel­op­ers and design­ers, I’m work­ing with peo­ple who put their stud­ies on hold to go full time on Podio, I’m work­ing with a ded­i­cated bunch of guys and girls that I’m proud to call my friends. Best thing: I’ll con­tinue to do just that.

I makes all the dif­fer­ence: From sit­ting below the ground, look­ing at dogs tak­ing a piss on your bike at eye level, strug­gling with the myr­iad of tasks a do-it-all-yourself busi­ness throws at you in those early days, to being sur­rounded by peo­ple doing their thing. The “hire peo­ple bet­ter than you” is totally true. Which of course is no sur­prise, really. I’ve been work­ing with the prod­uct all along, touch­ing pretty much every­thing. Now I work on the prod­uct with a team of very tal­ented design­ers. It feels great. I have great mem­o­ries of mop­ping the floor to Bron­ski Beat, mon­strous spread­sheets, events, par­ties, learn­ing every day at work, doing great releases. Ulti­mately, I’m pas­sion­ate about the prod­uct. I’m thrilled to be able to take it to the next level with this team.

It hap­pens in small incre­ments but I went from com­ing into work being happy to be sit­ting with the boys, know­ing that today we would again be work­ing like crazy, putting prod­uct out there, accom­plish­ing, learn­ing, fight­ing with a smile on our faces … to be com­ing into a big­ger office full of peo­ple I love, know­ing that more cor­ners of the busi­ness was cov­ered. And that we could con­tinue to raise the bar because every­one cared and believed. Hav­ing peo­ple around you that you trust and love makes me happy. Sim­ple as that.

So thank you. To every­one that crossed Podio’s path so far and encour­aged us to keep work­ing, to the mother of my son that put up with more than you could expect from any­one and inspired me more than she knows, to friends and fam­ily for being there. And to the team that I’ll con­tinue to work with. Thanks for believing.

And remem­ber: You ain’t seen noth­ing yet.

Big day today. The com­pany I built with some of the coolest peo­ple I know is now part of Citrix.

Read about it here: http://blog.podio.com/2012/04/11/podio-is-now-part-of-citrix/.

I’ll post a bit more later but right now I’ll just say this: I’m proud, excited to join what I truly believe is one of the great­est com­pa­nies out there in this space and look for­ward to fol­low up on our vision with even more mus­cle. Jon Froda and I started out in a base­ment with Andreas Haugstrup and Kasper Hulthin and worked hard to grow into what were to become a much big­ger team full of peo­ple I’m happy to call friends. Even on the tough­est of days, I enjoyed going to work and I still do. Because of the peo­ple. Sim­ple as that. Thanks.

22tracks: 22 playlists of dif­fer­ent gen­res, 22 tracks per playlist, selected by DJs from Ams­ter­dam and Brus­sels. Giv­ing it a listen.

Don’t for­get where you came from, a photo by pol­las on Flickr.

It doesn’t take much to keep me happy: Cof­fee and some­thing to record ideas.

The Mary Onettes — Lost by Labrador Records

Labrador Records. You can’t not like that name. [via kbirken­bach]

Recently got and mounted one of these. Rec­om­mended: It works, is easy to set up and use and leaves only a tiny lit­tle mount on the wall.

Plas­tic qual­ity could be more con­vinc­ing although it does do the job.

Wallee iPad Case | The Wallee.

Just remem­bered this lit­tle fine thing.

Lit­tle Com­puter Peo­ple — Lit­tle Com­puter Peo­ple Video — YouTube.

I think I might try out the iW1 Air­Play wire­less speaker sys­tem when it comes out. Air­Play, recharge­able bat­tery, rea­son­ably priced. If the sound is decent, this with an iPad could be a nice kitchen setup.

via iHome: Dis­cover: Air­Play.

Rumor: They’re in Copen­hagen, but we won’t tell you where.