“The coldest winter I ever experienced, was in San Francisco”
- apparently a very common saying, which I swear I have never heard.
ChickenBrick Studios made our way to San Francisco last week for Google IO and had a phenomenal (however extremely COLD) time in the sessions, meeting other devs and playing with all the neato gadgetry available to the attendees. It was an excellent chance to finally meet up with people we have been in communications with for months, and we were thrilled to be able to randomly meet a few fans as well! I only wish I had packed a few more sweaters….
I spent most of the conference in super note-taking mode, and tried to make my way back to the gummyworms stand as often as possible. ( That’s right - free unlimited gummyworms!) and was able to sketch in the corner every now and then. The atmosphere was great - all kinds of interesting people doing interesting things, endless coffee, pool tables and a HUGE GoogleEarth set-up. One couldn’t help but be inspired by all the creativity.
This was all topped, during the keynote of the second day. We were already in surprise-mode, and sat holding our breath for whatever was in store for the morning. I’m pretty sure I can safely say most (if not all) of us were completely surprised and equally blown away when they announced the HTC EVO as a gift to the attendees. The whole audience seemed to do a collective bounce in their chairs before attempting to be the first to tweet the news (despite the shoddy wireless connections). It was awesome.
We stayed a few extra days in the city to sight-see and meet up with friends and had an absolute blast. Next year however, I will bring gloves. And a scarf. And perhaps a parka.
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