On Stanford
So, through my work I spend a lot of time at Stanford, and I recently started my supplementary course – Model driven innovation and Invention – which means that Thursday evenings are spent at the lively university as well.
The course is fantastic. Besides from the teacher taking me several levels above the level I’m used to at Århus Uni, I have classmates from all the cool departments (RnD, innovation) at all the cool companies (Apple, Facebook, HP, Nokia, Cisco) in Silicon Valley. I’m doing a graded paper so I’ll get to measure up to some cool guys!
This Friday I visited SCANCOR, which is the center at Stanford where the Garbage Can Model was developed. They have a “social wine” event where Scandinavians affiliated with Stanford meet and network with each other.
I spent this Saturday at Stanford Stadium where the huskies from Washington state university visited and got a thorough beating: 34-14 and Cal lost 42-3 same evening so the mood was good after the match. The stadium is only 500 meters from downtown Palo Alto, so University Avenue is where everybody goes to celebrate.
Players and students from Stanford celebrating their victory over the Huskies.
Incidentally, walking down University Avenue you’ll pass the first Apple store ever, and if you sit down for lunch at a restaurant,you might find yourself back to back with Steve Jobs as one of the guys from ICDK did the other day. 200 meters east is the headquarters of Facebook, and close by: The HQ of TechCrunch. This really is the place to be if you are into technology!
The first ever Apple Store in Palo Alto
Next post will probably deal with experiences from San Francisco – don’t go away!
on September 28, 2009 on 5:44 am
Wow – sounds extremely interesting. If you see Steve Jobs tell him that he gotta fix the problem with iPods freezing up.
You must bring home an incredible amount of experience. Call me when you want a job at Novozymes Innovation Department