Ok, it's been a while since my last post. i'm sure i lose readership each time i disappear like this and a lot has happend so I promise I will back post later with the details. My excuse has been that I have been living at my friend Manuel's place with no internet for the past 2 weeks because my Gooogle apartment has expired :( Ha to search for a real home eventually! So what has been happening since last blog?
Highlights include:
1. I bought a Vespa, my first motorbike! My friend hooked me up with a used one so now I'll be scootering around London...
2. I found an official home in London! I'm living between Marlybone and Baker Street Tube stations with 2 new friends that I met through Nelson, whom I met through May, Vanessa, Bonnie, etc etc back in Vancouver. Lots of couch space so come visit me often!
3. I'm currently in Watford, England attending Zeitgeist and posting my blog from here.
WHERE you ask? Actually it's a conference that Google has put on that means 'The spirit of our times' or something like that. We are at a beautiful conference center in the country side and have invited some 250 influential guests from around the world. It's actually quite exciting being here because there are so many big named people and ceo's and only 30 googlers were allowed to come. I'm here to demo my products just to get that straight, not a big wig, hot shot...YET! ha ha
Exciting things so far have included:
- Meeting Larry Page (Google Founder) this morning and having my 3 min chat with him.
- Listening to David Cameron (leader of the UK conservative party) give the opening speach.
- Listening to a panel on 'Revolutionizing Commerce' with Sir Martin Sorrel (CEO of WPP!), Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, and Rita Clifton (CEO of Interbrand)
- Information Democratization panel with the CEO's of Orange, Mozilla, and a director from MIT
- Meeting David and Victoria Beckham, well kind of. The entire english football team is preparing for the world cup and staying in the same place. So i was the couple with their kids this morning! Ahhh...Posh spice...
- Fireside Chat with Eric Schmidt (CEO Google)
- and who knows what tomorrow will bring!
Really is a blessing to take part in all these things, will share more if I have time on some of their key messages.
The conference takes place from the 21 - 23rd of May. After this, I will head to Dublin for leadership training in our Ireland office and then to Berlin in the beginning of June for our sales conference. For those who maybe in San Francisco, I also have training there in mid June, so Marlyn, Steph, whoever else is in or oftern travelling to SF, give me a call!
OK, time to get back to work! take care.
Cheers!
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4 comments:
how come you only invite girls to come visit you on your travels ;x
I said anyone mr sensitive...but marlyn and steph actually are always in SF! :)
Sounds like JJ is having quite the experience in UK.
Look forward to your updates!
Although I am not gay, your 3 min's with Larry Page impress me more than your encounter with Ms. Beckham... ;-)
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