Developerweek Expo
Each year, 8,000+ developers, engineers, software architects, dev teams, managers and executives from 70+ countries gather in the SF Bay Area the world’s epicenter of developer innovation to discover the latest in developer technologies, languages, platforms, and tools. DeveloperWeek 2019 is San Francisco’s largest developer conference & event series with dozens of week-long events including […]
Berkeley University
One of the day of the trip was spent at Berkeley’s University. We firstly visited the creative lab, where student have access to many machines such as laser cutters, 3D printers, tools and many others, as well as softwares; they can use all these in order to create anything they want, which is rather cool! […]
The child in us
A visit of San Francisco’s Exploratorium I have to admit that my expectations for the 14th of February were pretty low: spending Valentine’s Day half a world away from my boyfriend, working towards desperately piecing together a decent presentation for the next morning… In the end, it actually turned out to be one of the […]
Autodesk gallery: learn it, think it, make it
The Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco is a celebration of architecture, engineering and design. With more than 20 different exhibits that showcase the power of the Autodesk softwares and what can be achived using them, the gallery illustrates the role technology plays in great design and engineering. Exhibits change every now and then […]
Swissnex
Swissnex is an organization that connects people and ideas from Switzerland and different cities around the world to foster exchange in research, education, innovation, and the arts. Swissnex offices are located in Boston, San Francisco, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Bangalore, Shanghai. Swissnex San Fransisco is located at Pier 17 which is well placed. On […]
Apple Park Visitor Center
Who’s not frustrated when it comes to Apple being so secretive? I guess we all are, right? Indeed Apple is known for a lot of things but also as the big company that doesn’t communicate at all. Well, on February 9 2018, we had the chance to visit the Apple Park Visitor Center which […]
Swisscom in Palo Alto
“Swisscom in Silicon Valley? Really? Sensational! Our Swiss leader in telecommunication has an office in the world’s capital of innovation.” -Me (5th of february 2018 at 10:02) That day, we were walking down the streets in Palo Alto, waiting for the time to discover the Swisscom office. We were so happy to be at […]
Do you work or do you live at Facebook?
We went to visit Facebook and the least I can say is that we weren’t disappointed at all. When you work there, pretty much everything that you’ll find in the campus is free. I am not even joking, you eat for free, you drink for free and you pay really cheap for the massage. That’s cool […]
Googleplex: A look from the inside
Googleplex was the highlight of our visit in Silicon Valley. The buildings are private for employees and special meetings. However, we had the chance to have a guided tour by Mr. Miroslav Melichar, a software engineer at Google – or even better a Googler, who was there to answer all our questions. The first thing we […]