I was fortunate to have some time to explore before
heading to the Microsoft headquarters on Friday morning. It was green and rainy and beautiful as I
strolled around Redmond. Near the end of my walk, I discovered the
nearby Sammamish River trail. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see much of it as
I had to get ready for my day at the Microsoft headquarters.
The Microsoft “campus” is like a small city. Along with the many offices and work areas,
there are shops, services and restaurants.
The place is so vast that they run a company shuttle service for
on-demand transportation. Our shuttle
got Jeff and I to our first stop very efficiently and we began our tour shortly
after. It was exciting to meet people
from a variety of the Microsoft teams.
There seemed to be a really positive energy in each building we toured
and it was fascinating to see the variety of workspaces and amenities available
for employees. We visited the Commons
Mixer to eat some lunch before meeting with a member of the OneNote team.
Next, we rehearsed in the studio so we knew where
to sit, when to move and how the event would run. It was pretty neat to see all of the people
contributing to this webcast. It was
interesting to witness all of the details involved in a rehearsal for an event
like this – I’m not even sure I can explain the process. Speakers and production team members went
over order of events, movements on and off the stage, polling questions, panel
questions, microphone levels, camera angles, media to share and so much
more.
After rehearsal, I had enough daylight time left to
further explore the river trail I discovered this morning. The sunshine had even appeared, which made my evening hike even more beautiful! Hiking trail adventures plus walking all
over Microsoft headquarters made for a big step day (yes, I’m a FitBit
fanatic)… 22,000 steps wasn’t quite enough to win my workweek step challenge,
but I suppose it was good for me anyways…
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