Day 18 – Escape Room
Day 18 – Escape Room Today the weather was not as good as in the last few days, hence we had to find things to do indoor, and we did. We started the day by going to the laundry and buying some more water at target. After that we divided us because some of us […]
Day 17 – Sunset on the Staten Island Ferry
Day 17 – Sunset on the Staten Island Ferry On Saturday we all slept in until around 10am. After we all got ready, we met Tamara and Philippe to go and eat breakfast at an American diner. When we arrived at the diner, we saw the queue that was waiting outside the restaurant and discussed […]
Day 16 – The Lion King Musical
Day 16 – The Lion King Musical Today was already the last working day this week. Besides Chiara and Noemi, who are still working on the videos, Thomas also worked with them today. So, we had one person less to support us with the open tasks of our startup project. As in the last few […]
Day 15 – NHL Game
Day 15 – NHL Game On Thursday morning, the computer scientists left the house a bit earlier than the media scientists. They went to Chinatown to work in a coworking space. Noemi and I (Chiara), on the other hand, started the day in our home office. In the coworking space, everyone worked on their projects […]
Day 14 – Vernissage – Welcome to mars
Day 14 – Vernissage – Welcome to mars This morning Sven, Philippe and I (Simon) after dressing warmly being only 4 degrees, we found at 8:25 a.m. and headed to the meeting place of the meeting. Before entering this hotel which provides its lobby/bar for working, we stopped for coffee, when we entered it was […]
Day 13 – Storyboards for Swiss Embassy Videos
Day 13 – Storyboards for Swiss Embassy Videos Today we split up in two groups, Florin, Sven and Simon worked at Greater Zurich Area, in the Brooklyn office, they completed multiple tasks, worked with the Drupal CMS: fixed pages, uploaded new content, pdf’s. Noemi, Chiara and Me (Thomas) worked at home for the Consulate video, […]
Day 12 – 2nd week of work
Day 12 – 2nd week of work We started in Home Office and then went to an office in China Town (Lower East Side). Where we met Markus and Paul. He introduced himself and told us more about his company, showed us several projects he did in the past and told us the story of […]
Day 11 – American football game
Day 11 – American football game Today, the long-awaited American football game was on the agenda. But before we went to the stadium, we (Chiara and I -> Sven) picked up our freshly washed clothes. The others from the group did not come to the match and visited the 9/11 museum today. The trip & […]
Day 10 – Trip to Governors Island and Roosevelt Island
Day 10 – Trip to Governors Island and Roosevelt Island We started today by getting breakfast at a bowl and smoothie store. The bowls are the first really healthy food we ate in NewYork. After breakfast it was time to wash our clothes. We did not do this ourselves and went to a laundry. We […]
Day 9 – Swiss Embassy Meeting
Day 9 – Swiss Embassy Meeting Today, four of us got picked up by Tamara to go to the Swiss Embassy in New York. The other two stayed at our apartment and did home office. They were joined by Philippe, who spent the day with them. The four of us going to the Embassy, went […]