MMC – Mighty Mouse Communications

Employed without a CV

1990 Hans is tired of working with A4-papers. His plan is to quit his employment at BBI and do something completely different, like working in the Västerås harbour with off-loading ships.

But... one evening the doorbell rings and one american, who Hans worked with at Aeroconsulter, and one english man wants to enter. They explain that they want to start a new advertising agency in Västerås and ask if Hans is interested to join.

Hans replies with a yes, because he realises that he does not need to work in the harbour.

Football team. — 1990-07The football team during a recreation exercise at Fröholmen in July 1990. Hans is to the far left.Photo: Unknown with Hans' camera.

Football game

1990-07 A recreation exercise is arranged at Fröholmen in July 1990. This includes a football game with teams that are a mix of employees from Västerås, London and Munich.

Hans working. — 1991Hans in front of his Mac SE30 at Kopparbergsvägen. The person in the background is the telecom installer, fixing the company telephone exchange that is located in Hans' room.Photo: Unknown with Hans' camera.

Office at Kopparbergsvägen

1991 The first Swedish office is located at Kopparbergsvägen 45 in Västerås.

Hans gets an Apple Macintosh SE30 that will be his main working tool for the next years.

Picture from brochure. — 1991Picture from brochure for a client.

Posing in an advertisement

1991 In the autumn of 1991 (?) Hans, to the right, is part of an advertising campaign for an industrial company.

Editing radio-club's magazine QRZ

1992 Hans is editor for the magazine "QRZ" that is the periodic magazinr of Västerås Radioklubb.

The Macintosh SE30 has now been added with a large screen and external hard disk.

Hans at desk. — 1993Hans at his desk in the north part of the office.Photo: Unknown with Hans' camera.

Office at Björnövägen

1993 Hans working as a technical communicator and project manager at Björnövägen.

Card. — 1994-10 Correspondence card used in the company. This was sent by Hans in October 1994, when sending magazine article (Målföret nr 3 1994) to his father.

The art studio

1994-06 The office is located in an old industrial building with large windows. The art studio is a light open space.

Reception. — 1994-06The reception area at Björnövägen 20.Photo: Hans Sundgren.

T-shirt display. — 1994-06The T-shirt display in the art studio. A number of T-shirts with MMC theme are produced for different occasions.Photo: Hans Sundgren.

Computer. — 1994-06Hans' workspace with computer and screen.Photo: Hans Sundgren.

Typical desktop

1994-06 The employees use Macintosh in different configurations. Hans, working as a technical writer and project manager, has an Macintosh SE30.

Badge. — 1994 Badge from a company bowling competition.

Apple Macintosh LC

1995 Hans' Macintosh SE30 has now been replaced by an Apple Macintosh LC. The studio personnel have more powerful computers. But Hans works mainly with text and can cope with a less powerful Macintosh.

When required, Hans goes into the studio and does photo editing on the Macintosh Quadra computers.

Shoes on Euro-pallet. — 1995-05-12Hans old shoes nailed to a Euro-pallet.

Leaves MMC for Stockholm

1995-05-12 Hans leaves the company in May 12, 1995. The reason is that he has a plan to move to Stockholm and has got a position as a technical communicator at AU-System. He starts the new position the next Monday.

Reluctant he says goodbye to his co-workers who give him a new pair of indoor shoes as a farewell present. The old shoes are nailed to a Euro-pallet that he brings home.

In the future, 26 years later, Hans leaves Alstom and his co-workers give him the same farewell gift: A pair of new indoor shoes.

In October Hans writes his "tjänstgöringsbetyg" that he gets signed by the manager: 1995-10-12 Tjängstgöringsbetyg