the 1st of may 2005 a tiny company with the curious name "somewhere in..." started its operation in dhaka, bangladesh. three talents, namely shahana, hasin and emran, together with me, jana and espen, could share one room in the apartment, with only three small palm trees, a coffee kettle, a cake-cutting knife and a dining table as the interior decorations...

now, three years later, we celebrated our birthday with our big team of colourful talents, friends and families and here we share it with you. that was really a great party with my chest bursting of pride for what we have achieved.

what makes us so proud is that we have been able to find, keep and structure so many bobs. you know bob, right? best of bangladesh? further, the blurry vision and plans we had then back in 2005 has been proven very strong and we haven´t changed our course at all. we are just seeing our future so much clearer, so much stronger, with a strong faith that we will have a global solution for local communities by 2010.

and most of all, we have turned from a software company to a social organization which is using the new media (mobile phones and the web) to bring out innovative solutions for positive social change.