we spent a few days in the west coast. had meeting with our designers, potential partners, potential investors, friends and potential friends

a few observations:

starbucks – while i make an effort to avoid it. there are really no alternatives in downtown san francisco. it is bad coffee served in over-sized cups. to my surprise our morning starbucks served a ‘small’ size (which in every other country would be considered regular). a major improvement. now they only need to have better coffee beans, better grinding, not over-heat the coffee, not burn the milk, and learn how to make proper foam..

motivating music – first time that i rented a car that had XM built in. took us a long time, but finally we found a station we liked. not sure what the number was, but it was playing all kinds of electronic music. it felt good. charging us up before our meetings.

the secret for more effective networking – i found a way to improve my networking skills. alcohol. it works even better if the other people drink too…

designers are magicians – we really enjoyed the time we spent with our designers. i can’t understand how they do what they do. to me it feels like magic. 

we finally decided on our logo, colors, etc. will publish it here soon. (together with a new design for this blog and our the boxee.tv site page)