The trip started off on the wrong foot. We had to finish preparing the slide transitions on the train down to Princeton and managed to sit in the single quiet car on the whole train. Yes, we were the annoying people getting shushed by fellow passengers as we repeated the main points of each slide three times over. It probably didn't help that the topic was the operational transformation algorithm used in Google Docs for collaboration...
But the presentation went off great. I joked about Jeff having a couch at his desk at work since last April Fools. Jeff tried to convince them that I had respect for him, because he actually pretends to write some code every so often. And we both relived our albeit short, but hopefully illustrative careers at Google. Oh and all I got for this was a yellow silly band that says Google. :)
It's been almost four years since I stood in front of a lecture hall filled with CS students and it was quite exhilarating. A complete different kind of energy than standing in front of a room of co-workers.
I just got an email about the 5 year reunion since I got my Bachelors. Weird.
P.S. Does anyone know a song about trains? My default "the wheels on the bus go round and round" that I sing on the bus to and from I-town is failing me...
