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My blog has moved

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:00:00 +0000

I have discontinued this blog and the blog I keep updated can be found at http://www.drsalonen.com

IBM, GM Collaborate on Technology for Chevrolet Volt Electric Car - Application Development - News & Reviews

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:27:00 +0000

Katos JP...

Olen taas Suomessa... Takaisin 27.11

http://mobile.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/IBM-GM-Collaborate-on-Technology-for-Chevrolet-Volt-Electric-Car-151125/

Let the road trip to Western Europe begin!

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:49:00 +0000

It is time to hit the road. I have been preparing for a 6 country business seminar for Microsoft partners (WebsiteSpark) and we will be doing 2 countries each week. The first one is Milan (Italy), then Vienna (Austria), Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland), Brussels (Belgium), Lissabon (Portugal).

I am starting my trip from DFW, flying via New York and the to Milan.

Time to get back home from Seattle

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:38:00 +0000

A few days in Seattle were highly productive, lots of meetings with Microsoft and Microsoft partners. Time to fly home, fortunately I was upgraded to first class. Dallas, here I come!

Seattle, here I come again.

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:49:00 +0000

Oh well, two nights in my own bed was all that I was able to get this time. I am on my way to Seattle and did not get upgraded this time probably due to spring break travel... I will just sleep away the seat that does not give you space for work.

Two weeks in Helsinki was awesome

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:46:00 +0000

My two weeks in Helsinki was not only useful, but proved that I am working on the right things concerning my company. We had many successful events such as ISV seminar and ISV workshop and I also had a speech for more than 300 people about influencer intelligence. The weather in Finland was awesome, lots of snow and pretty cold.

I flew back via Paris to Dallas for a couple of nights as my travel continues to Seattle, WA for 3 nights. It looks like that I will continue on my Executive Platinum status this year as well.

Dallas - New York - Helsinki

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:14:00 +0000

Two nights home, and then back on the road. This time I am flying to Helsinki via New York. The flight from Dallas to New York was a choppy one...

I really like this new terminal in JFK, the Admirals Club has its own section for executive platinum members, the terminal has a nice food court and overall it is pretty nice. The weather here has been sunny today while it has been raining in Dallas.

Flying back to Dallas from San Francisco

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:08:00 +0000

Time to fly back to Dallas. I spent a couple of nights in the historical Fairmont hotel in downtown San Francisco, having interesting discussions with executives from all over the world. I also had a chance to have a quick meeting in Cupertino, so lots of things accomplished during the two days. Coming here I got to experience the coach class... No better luck... was upgraded to business... Unfortunately I won't have time to be in Dallas more than two nights as I have to fly to Finland on Monday.

Here we go again, San Francisco

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:19:00 +0000

It is almost a month since I traveled, but now my travel starts with full steam. I am on my way to San Francisco to do a keynote speech (downtown San Francisco) and also to have a meeting in Cupertino. I am returning on Saturday, but will be leaving to Helsinki Finland on Monday via New York. I was not upgraded, so sitting in coach in these small seats.

Pleasant stay in Paris in route to Dallas

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:01:00 +0000

I flew yesterday from Helsinki to Charles de Gaulle, Paris. I had booked Holiday Inn at Charles de Gaulle airport that was a good choice and I realized of having been there before. Why is this hotel nice... It has a nice restaurant and bar for a meeting, the rooms are clean and it is close to the airport.

This morning I had to get to the airport, the shuttle takes one to the airport train, smooth, very smooth. The security was easy today,not too much people but it could be that my priority status helped a bit. I am now sitting in Admirals Club waiting on my flight to Dallas... It has been very smooth sailing today at CDG.

Finland and a week of snow and cold

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:56:00 +0000

The week is over. Helsinki has not had this much snow in 40 years and it was very evident by measuring the hassle in the traffic. It was cold, it snowed a lot and now I am on my way to Paris for one night with a meeting. The hassle with luggage in Helsinki airport is laughable... Labor unions.... I hope they can fix the issues so the travel can continue as normal.

Time to travel

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:13:00 +0000

I can't believe it, I was not travelling at all during December 2009 which felt good, very good. I am now on my way to Helsinki, Finland and then to Paris, France and back to Dallas. I heard that there is huge amount of snow in Helsinki... and cold... so that is going to be interesting to see. The weather in Dallas has been very cold as well and based on local newspapers, the snow on the 24th of December was only the 7th time during the last 111 years. How about that.... I am flying via New York with American Airlines and switching to Finnair to get to Helsinki$

Back to Dallas after 3 days in Los Angeles

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:39:00 +0000

Yet again on a plane, now flying from Los Angeles LAX airport to Dallas. I spent four interesting days learning new stuff at Microsoft PDC09 event (Professional Developers Conference) with announcements around Windows Azure etc. Useful week I have to say and still one day to go.

Los Angeles, CA for a few days

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:07:00 +0000

I am on my way to Los Angeles for a conference and very excited about it as Microsoft will now publicly announce Windows Azure, its cloud computing platform. I am staying there until Thursday and unfortunately did not get upgraded on my way there but will be flying business coming back.

Flight via Paris to Dallas, Texas had some issues

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:02:00 +0000

I returned to Dallas via Paris and of course it was delayed in Paris due to a technical issue but fortunately the issue was cleared. I was upgraded to business so I had the opportunity relax and sleep some during the flight. One week and I am good again for another trip, this time to Los Angeles.

A week in Helsinki is behind

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:08:00 +0000

I had a productive week in Helsinki with numerous meetings with different companies. The weather was typical for this time of the year.... dark, rainy and we even got snow one day... I heard that it is still more then +25 centigrades in Dallas which is sweet....

The flight between New York and Helsinki was sweet..

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:07:00 +0000

I was lucky, Finnair upgraded me for my flight over the Atlantic. I was able to sleep, work and enjoy the flight.... Thank your Finnair!

Amazing flight between Dallas - New York

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:27:00 +0000

I was lucky even if the storm almost screwed my flight... I had a good discussion with a President of a very well known brand sitting with me and discussing about life, career and other fun stuff. Now I am sitting in business class flying from New York to Helsinki...cool, very cool...

Finland on my mind: Fall weather in Helsinki

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:33:00 +0000

Well, it was fun as long as it lasted... Dallas, my home, is without me for a week as I am on my way to Finland for a week. The weather here in Dallas is aweful, a front from north is approaching, the temperature will drop from 79 Fahrenheit to 55 in matter of hours but I am sure that it will be bad in Helsinki as well... I will have a bunch of meetings so I am good with any weather!

A week in Seattle behind

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:30:00 +0000

Yet another week away from home.... This time the weather was pretty rainy, but very successful from business perspective. I am in Dallas for a few days and then I have to fly to Helsinki again for a week... Miles get clocking....

Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue in my mind

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:49:00 +0000

A week in my home city and now it is time for travel again. I am headed to Seattle, Tacoma to have meetings for the whole week. The weather in Dallas is beautiful this early morning and I have had my first triple grade soy latte.... Life is good...

Finally back in Dallas, Texas

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:33:00 +0000

The change of plane in Frankfurt was too tight, I just barely made my flight. We were 9 passangers that had to get off the Finnair flight and run to American Airlines flight 71 to Dallas. We were running like crazy, but made it. I was upgraded to business and had a very pleasant flight. Dallas is cold to this time of the year (52 degrees).

On my way to Dallas, Texas from Finland

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:39:00 +0000

A week is behind and I am on my way back to Dallas via Frankfurt Germany. The week was very successful, meetings and the weather was very fall-like with snow coming in northern part of Finland. It will be nice to get back home.

Finally in Finland

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:57:00 +0000

Finally in Helsinki, Finland after a long trip via New York to Helsinki (from Dallas). It feels strange as the weather is below zero and the fall is here. The contrast between Finland and Dallas at this point in time is huge. The sun is shining, so life is good!

I am on my way to Helsinki again, via New York

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:09:00 +0000

It stinks, I did not make my upgrade to first class, so it is going to be coachall the way to Helsinki. Finland got its first snow yesterday, so the difference between Dallas and Helinski weather is huge at this point in time. It is raining in Dallas today.