October 20, 2003
Y! Japan Day #1 is Over
The
first day of stuff at Y! Japan is over. We ended the day with a nice
welcome reception/party that just ended a bit ago. And I had a few
Japanese beers, which is always a good thing.
The day went well. The network flaked out once, but it was fixed pretty quickly. I'm getting a chance to meet people that I've only known by name (if at all) from various other offices, including Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, and even London.
Very cool.
And food is good too. I really had forgotten how much flavor there is in Japanese food.
Oh, and the funniest thing that happened today--I was chatting with one of our international engineers and he told me that he'd been reading my blog since before he started at Yahoo. I don't know why that surprised me (I know of a good number of folks at work who read this junk), but it probably had something to do with the fact that it was happening half way around the world.
Okay, so it's not "ha ha" funny. Sue me.
I've begun posting pictures from the trip here. I'll add to them as the week progresses. Some of them suck, 'cause I haven't had chance to filter or rotate them quite yet. One of the best so far is this one. From the Y! Japan offices, you get to look down on the Excite billboard. Heh. That's fitting.
Oh, Rasmus has posted some pics too.