TC Summit Day 1

Well, one of the first things they reminded us is that we all have signed current NDA agreements, so while I can talk about the summit, I can't share some things. One thing I can share is that I am typing this blog post on the brand new Samsung Chromebook I won at the summit.

The summit has been a lot of fun, not only for the information I have learned but the people I have met. The fellow TC's I have finally been able to put a face to the name of and the Google Employees I have interacted with over the years.

We listened the some great presentations from the YouTube team, who are up to some very cool things to widen the reach of YouTube within a standard code base using new coding standards, the mobile team, which is really doing some cool stuff, the Chrome OS team, which has been something I have been interested in since being part of the original Chrome OS pilot program, and Google Search gave us a look inside the making of Google Instant. The ensuing panel discussions gave us a chance to ask them questions, that sometimes put them under fire, but was generally fun and interesting. I didn't say anything, as I am holding my comments for the small group breakout sessions as they are more focused questions about specific products and processes.

The most fun is probably the meal times and social times after the days events. We sit down with other TC's and googlers for have a decent meal, at night some drinks, and just get to know each other, talking shop, or about our families and lives outside of the geekiness.

Today we are heading out to GooglePlex to spend the day out there in breakout sessions, touring the campus and mingling about. Looking forward to it.