Buenes Noches from Buenos Aires.. I’m here mid way on my mix of IBM talks and vacation. I had a great day in this wonderful city .. I arrived in town at 6:30 AM after a long but uneventful trip from Mexico City by way of Panama City. It was only a brief stop there .. but time enough to place a samstone on top of an arcade game there .
Buenos Aireas is a big city.. it looks very European in some ways..
I went straight from the all night flight to the IBM meeting I was speaking at.. Oddly enough.. I wasn’t that tire.. the meetings today were really great. I absolutely love events like this that bring folks together face to face.. there’s really nothing else like tit for building networks.. I enjoyed speaking to the group today.. but even more, I enjoyed listening to the other speakers. I learned stuff about the company and even about stuff I help make that I never knew.. and I had to come literally half way around the world to hear it.
After my tlak at IBM… Nestor and Javier took me to to the National Techical University of Buenos Aires.. The country’s premier technical university..
It was a packed house of mostly 1st year engineers and other technical students.. I had some AV issues wit ht e projector, but after we straightened that out, the rest of the talk went fine.
my fAVORITE Prt was hanging out and talking to the students after my talk.. they were really bright and fun kids.. This is what I enjoy doing most in my career !I’m so glad that doing this is part of my job.. or at least that I make it part of my job 🙂
After the TALK , Nestor and Javier took me back to the hotel just in time to meet up with Gabe, his roommate Will and our good freind Hannah from Vermont.. i was SOOOO happy to see3 Gabe.. He looked great and had so many stories to tell.. they’ve kept these kids so busy.. I can’t believe all that they’ve crammed in.It was really fun hearing al the sorties and observations and looking through gabe’s pictures.. I am so proud of him making this all happen.
It was also great meeting Wil.. he’s a great kid.. and fun to be around.. I’m glad that he and Gabe have been able to hang out together..
It was also great and wonderful to get to hang out with Hannah.. She’s here for four months of study It’s surreal seeing this kid have know since she was born here as an adult.. Time passes.. hannah is also having a fantastic time here..
The four of us headed out for a walk down town and dinner.. We sopped in a random restaurant and had a very good dinner of empanadas and pizza.. yum !!!
we even stopped by gabe and will’s school.. a very cool old building.
around 11:30 we put Hannah in a cab and Gabe, Will and I walked back to Gabe’s house. it’s only a long block from my hotel
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Again.. it is so wonderful getting to hang out with Gabe here.. !
I said goodnight and walked the creeepy streets back to my hotel. Now it’s 1:30 and I’ve only slept 7 hours in the last 48.. time for sleep !!!!
More tomorrow
for now.. gnite all, gnite sam
-me