So we’re kinda fans of the big G over here at NCL. From using gmail and gchat to run meetings, gdocs and wave to develop concept and collaborate on content creation, we can effectively say that we really wouldn’t be were we are without the free and powerful tools that have been made available to us. So when, a friend of Francis offered to take us on a tour of the GooglePlex along with lunch, the answer was inevitably, ‘You had me at Sergey Brin’. After the jump, we’ve got videos of me nerding out over SpaceShip One, Hans Rosling and us doing a virtual stroll down memory lane using Google Earth to zoom all the way back into our old med school stomping ground, the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland.
NCL @ Google!
And what a day it was, from checking out the massive mock-up of the NexusOne phone, to seeing SpaceShip One in the entry foyer, not to mention the gaggles of software engineers grinning from ear to ear as they bustled about the place, from the onsite food garden and composting bins available in the (free) cafeterias, you could tell that things were done somewhat differently here.