Well I’ve been off the blog for a few days, due to business travel and not having broadband access from my house in the UK. Still waiting for BT to deliver the service.
Have spent the last week in Barcelona, Spain working our big annual customer trade show. I’ve worked the US variety several times, but this is the first internationally. A couple of interesting observations.
First, it’s a pretty awesome feeling to stand on a trade show floor and hear every language in Europe being spoken around you. Some guys walk by speaking french, while 2 Germans talk on the other side of you. A guy walks up speaking heavily accented English and you see from his name badge he’s from Slovenia (how many of you can find that on a map!).
Second, the team I’m in over here has some Brits, a couple of French guys, a Russian guy who lives in Poland and speaks fluent Polish, a German, and a swedish dude. It takes about 3 minutes after the show doors open for each of them to find a customer who speaks their language and go talk to them.
We do all of our technology briefings in English, and everyone who comes here must have a pretty good comprehension of the language, but they slip ito their own very quickly. I feel a bit left out.
So now I’m back home for my second weekend in our house over here. It’s a bit boring and lonely here by yourself. Next week is my first week living here and commuting to the office, then Diana is coming over for the weekend. Very excited.
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