People are here from all corners of the country (Seattle, Portland, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Boston, Arizona, Iowa, California) as well as ree from Budapest. The tasks: GetPaid for Plone (ecommerce framework) and Plone 3.0 Documentation. This morning we all landed at Google. Passing under the the redwood trees around our building, we entered geek space.

What a great experience to have Google as host! They are providing us a space with collaboration tools, and catering our meals. It's a bit like being in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory here...with the free spirited, super-smart folks in this meant-to-make-you-want-to-be-here-all-the-time environment (I suspect the Oompaloompa's are downstairs). We gathered in the Grand Teton room, strategically located just outside one of the many full, mini-cafeterias on the campus stocked with all kinds of goodies where we can feed the appetites worked up by sprinting (ErikRose gives two thumbs up to the organic whole milk:)!

We had additional sponsors that made the sprint not only possible, but more fun! PloneBootCamps, ifPeople, Abstract Edge, Guayaki Yerba Mate, Sharkbyte Studios, C2 Enterprises and . We also got goodies from Divine Chocolate and Manitoba Harvest!

Now that we are nearing the end of the day, my thoughts turn to the lobby's fully reclined massage chair :)

Media:

• Blog entry at CIO.com
  
• JoAnna's pictures from sprint
• Donna Snow's pictures from the sprint
• Panoramic video at the welcome dinner by Donna