Hi all :) As Gonzalo says that was a good trip, a lot of fun in San Francisco (¡Without English! <- thanks Gonzalo for be my translator and guide on all SF :))!
We have a lot of Google Talks! And a lot of surprises here (Like Nexus 5 :o) We went to the California Academy of Sciences [1] and we go to the aquarium (random picture: [2]) So, That was a good prize!! The hotel are the best thing here! Stephanie and Google team do everything possible for have a very good travel So... thanks Gonzalo and all Sugar Labs community! Ah! Today we went to the CA university!! This is the best photo of all travel! [3] :) Oh! Just an anecdote! With Gonzalo, we lost the Google Bus, haha, we went to the planetarium and we split up the group :P But by the way, planetarium are beautiful! I'll recommend it if you go to SF! Well.. That was a unique opportunity, if you come here, please learn english, haha :) If not, you need a translator like Gonzalo! :) [1] http://www.calacademy.org/ [2] https://www.dropbox.com/s/hen8untlbblm2e2/2014-04-15%2015.56.24.jpg [3] https://www.dropbox.com/s/6kcgnwrcadfhgdo/2014-04-16%2019.25.14.jpg Ignacio Rodríguez fb.com/Ignacio.Rodriguez.UY @NachoDeTodos <https://twitter.com/NachoDeTodos> +598 91 686 835 [email protected] 2014-04-16 22:25 GMT-07:00 Sai Vineet <[email protected]>: > :O > On Apr 17, 2014 10:48 AM, "Gonzalo Odiard" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As some of you may know, this week was the "Google Code In" winners >> ceremony, >> where Ignacio Rodriguez from Uruguay and Jorge Gómez López from El >> Salvador, our finalists, >> their parents and I on behalf of SugarLabs, >> came to San Francisco. This is brief report, >> to share the experiece with the community. >> The event was perfectly organized, >> with a excelent work from Stephanie Taylor, >> and her team. They shown not only profesionalism, >> but love by the project. >> We participated with other 9 projects. >> The event started the last Sunday at the night, >> with a presentation of all the winners, and food. >> Googlers gave us food, a lot of food, all the time :) >> The Monday we had a visit to the Google campus, >> with the official prizes ceremony, >> and a talk from Chris DiBona, Director of Open Source at Google. >> Later some Googlers gave us talks about the projects where they work, and >> about their career. >> All the talks were different, some more technical, >> some more human, but all had good advices for the kids. >> The Tuesday was a day to know the city, >> we could choice between go to Alcatraz Island, >> or to do a tour in Segway for the city. >> The Segway are fun devices, and we had a little >> training before doing the tour. Ignacio said the >> Alcatraz excursion was very fun too. >> Later we went to the Academy of Sciences, >> (is like a giant museum but alive, have collections, >> a beautifull aquarium, a planetarium, and so. >> We had a "Behind the Scenes Tour", with a guide, >> and the possibility of see places not opened to the public, >> like the places where the researchers work. >> Today was the last day, we went to Google offices in SF >> and we had the possibility of present every one of our projects. >> Later we went to San Francisco State University, >> to meet Sameer Verma, who did a interview to >> Jorge and Ignacio. >> All the week was a very nice experience, we could talk face to face >> with our students, students from other projects, >> and other mentors. We interchanged experiences, >> about how they manage GCI and GSoC contest, >> and I tried to start contacts with other projects >> related to us. In fact tomorrow I will visit the >> Wikimedia offices (is amazing how many internet >> companies and groups are in the SF area) >> I will upload photos when return home, >> just need do a selection, SF is a incredible place, >> I took 1000 photos! >> Sameer already shared photos from the OLPC SF >> meeting the last Saturday, from my part, >> I enjoyed participate in the meeting. >> I talked about the features in Sugar 0.100 >> and 0.102, the webactivities, >> and other trends in Sugar development. >> They shared the project they have, as the work in Pathagar and statistics >> visualization. >> I hope we can work more connected in the future, >> SugarLabs and OLPC SF. >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Gonzalo Odiard >> >> SugarLabs - Software for children learning >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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