Under “The Profile Series” we’ll present a number of interviews covering some of the profiles in the agency. We’re starting off with no one less than our own IT guru, Anders!
Name: Anders Gullmarsvik.
Occupation: IT Support at Forsman & Bodenfors.
Hobbies: Opening tabs. Streaming. Cool shortcuts.
Relationship Status: Just hacking around.
Hi Anders, great to have you here. Feeling comfortable? Can we get you a glass of water or anything?
Yeah, well, actually it would be great with…
Ok, let’s get started, shall we? Would you describe yourself as Dr House, Dr Doug Ross (ER) or Derek Shepherd (Grey’s Anatomy) for macs?
While I wish I had the people skills of Dr House, I’m probably not there yet. Which one is Dr McDreamy?
What would be the most awkward mistake a colleague could do with his computer - something that would make you wanna hack him and his whole family?
Not that it would ever happen, but if you spill something on your computer and then try to dry it in the oven. That wouldn’t look too good.
Some people at the agency, like the two of us, think that you have a secret identity, like Bruce Wayne’s Batman. Is there any truth in this?
Back in Ireland I used to have one of those “-man” aliases, only sans the bat and the crime fighting.
What would be your worst fear besides dealing with the crash of the whole F&B server?
Dr McDreamy being laid off from that hospital show he’s starring in.
Have you ever tried to see how many tabs you can open in one Internet Browser under pressure? What would be your technique?
Great question. Of course I have, who hasn’t? I guess I’d use a computer for that.
Who would be the perfect hacking victim - and what would you do if you had the chance to hack him?
Probably Thibault. But only because he seems genuinely convinced that I can actually hack something.
How is it working in an ad agency vs. your previous job at Apple? Who are the biggest smart asses - ad people or the IT geeks?
The biggest change for me was of course to go from being a small cog in the Apple machine to being half of the IT department here. More responsibility and really hectic at times, but also a lot more rewarding. The overall attitude and atmosphere is a lot different. I’m not sure if it’s a matter of difference in ideals or just Apple being as big as they are, but I don’t expect anyone here to compile a bunch of statistics, print it out and tell me “this is how you are doing at the moment”. Anyway, I like it here. Apple was fun as well, although when they made a bajillion dollars, all you got was an email.
Bastards. So what’s your best computer skill?
I do a pretty mean Excel. Throughout the years I have also received a lot of compliments about how I open tabs in Safari. They say they like my style.
That’s great. And finally - give us the coolest shortcut you know.
ctrl+alt+apple+8. Good in a pinch.
