Doing a little thinking outside the box.
If you could send Paul and I anywhere to review or do anything…make a video of it, write about it etc; where would you send us?
WiseOldElf
Premium Member<p>my lawn needs mowing…</p>
Paul Thurrott
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#93876">In reply to WiseOldElf:</a></em></blockquote><p>Brad as a Service … Baas</p>
Logan Harrison
<p><a href="#94282">Travel wherever outside the US and highlight the loathsome openness of Microsoft organizations. </a><a href="http://www.workingin-newzealand.com" target="_blank">Job Search NZ</a></p>
lecter
<p>Google I/O or WWDC, as soon enough Microsoft will probably be irrelevant outside the office :P</p>
inlocoabsentia
Premium Member<p> How about E3 or PAX?</p>
helix2301
Premium Member<p>I agree with lecter Google I/O or WWDC</p>
Polycrastinator
<p>Amazon. I think their impact on personal technology and how it's going to impact our lives in the future remains underrated.</p>
Brad Sams
Premium Member<p>Think bigger…like Brad and Paul drive from NYC to SF and review a phone or camera or ride a horse across a mountain. </p>
George Rae
<blockquote><em><a href="#93922">In reply to Brad Sams:</a></em></blockquote><p>Listen to Robots by Blue Man Group to get some inspiration :)</p>
Vuppe
<p>Phone test while skydiving. Grab some of the latest devices from MWC, maybe the new Nokia for Paul. Go skydiving and test the phones in freefall.</p><p><br></p><p>Or, probably more helpful, take the Icelandic Ring Road with the newest iPhone, Pixel and Sony (or other fancy phones). See what has the best point-and-shoot pictures. Stop at hot springs. It's a really beautiful trip and not the easiest on people and technology. Could be a pretty great opportunity. Seeing side-by-side comparisons of photos and videos is really cool and Iceland is a relatively inexpensive, yet very exciting location to do it. You could also bring and review laptops for travel.</p>
Brad Sams
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#93989">In reply to Vuppe:</a></em></blockquote><p>this is the kind of crazy stuff.</p>
Vuppe
<blockquote><a href="#93996"><em>In reply to Brad Sams:</em></a></blockquote><p>Just as long as if you use them, you make sure to try and pronounce my username again on a First Ring Daily. ;-)</p>
WP7Mango
<p>The moon!</p>
Chris_Kez
Premium Member<p>Travel anywhere outside the US and highlight the dismal availability of Microsoft services. </p>
Paul Thurrott
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#94019">In reply to Chris_Kez:</a></em></blockquote><p>I already do that every year. </p>
Jules Wombat
<p>South Korea, sample SK Gaming, superior Internet and new Asian Tech and latest Samsung hardware. See how Microsoft Products and Services are perceived in Asia. </p>
Chris_Kez
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#94038">In reply to Jules Wombat:</a></em></blockquote><p>Maybe they could get Samsung to cover travel expenses to an event like Huawei did. That would make it a little easier.</p>
Polycrastinator
<p>Send Brad to Africa? [ducks]</p>
Brad Sams
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#94127">In reply to Polycrastinator:</a></em></blockquote><p>I expected this, lol.</p>
Paul Thurrott
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#94264">In reply to Brad Sams:</a></em></blockquote><p>We'll always have Africa.</p>
andrewtechhelp
Premium Member<p>Australia. If you came to Brisbane, I'd be happy to show you around :P</p><ul><li>You could trial downloading the Creators Update, Visual Studio 2017 or any major Xbox game on an ADSL connection with a download cap ;)</li><li>You could see the wealth of options available in Bing Australia</li><li>You could broadcast live from the only Microsoft Store in the Southern Hemisphere (Sydney)!</li><li>Plus we're a very nice and safe country to drive around with awesome stuff to see (provided you ignore Apple Maps when it tells you to drive into isolated areas because they mapped the town in the wrong spot)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>There's just interesting tech things to talk about here too such as:</p><ul><li>The fact that our dominant method of consuming TV is via free to air, but that's slowly changing as all the free to air stations start to provide free live streaming of their content and our internet gets slowly better and services like Netflix and Amazon Prime arrive.</li><li>The rollout (highs and lows) of a National Broadband Network, a government program designed to get the whole country a (hopefully suitable) base level of internet.</li></ul><p><br></p>
Paul Thurrott
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#94231">In reply to andrewtechhelp:</a></em></blockquote><p>I've always wanted to come to Australia, and feel like this will definitely happen at some point.</p>
andrewtechhelp
Premium Member<blockquote><a href="#94279"><em>In reply to Paul Thurrott:</em></a></blockquote><p>:D</p>
johnleabeater
Premium Member<blockquote><a href="#94279"><em>In reply to Paul Thurrott:</em></a></blockquote><p>Hey Paul, its my boys birthday in april, and we are in Australia ….. </p><p>Aren't you supposed to show up for it as part of this premium thing?</p>
Simard57
<p>Apple!</p>
OhSoMuchFun
Premium Member<p>Iceland and interview CCP games. </p><p>And dress up as vikings.</p>
anchovylover
<p>Given my last suggestion has been deleted or disappeared I'll try to make a serious suggestion. Given NASA runs W10 now how about the two of you go the International Space Station and review how MS is integrated in the ISS? How great would that trip be? </p>
Simard57
<blockquote><em><a href="#94370">In reply to anchovylover:</a></em></blockquote><p>one-way or Round trip?</p>
Gardner
Premium Memberlordbaal1
<p>To the moon Alice.</p>
matsan
<p>Do a Wallraff at Best Buy and ask for their advice on what computer to spec out and buy.</p>
lavintek
<blockquote><a href="#95062"><em>In reply to matsan:</em></a></blockquote><blockquote>That or go into a Verizon store and ask about Windows Phone?</blockquote><p><br></p>
rameshthanikodi
<p>China. Write about how Microsoft services work there, especially Chinese Cortana (Xiao Na) works there, but i'm not sure if Xiao Na would revert back to regular Cortana if you switch it to English. </p><p>And of course write about how they use Android without the Play Store and Google services, their use of a single app for everything – mobile payment, mobile shopping, mobile banking, I hear it's all rolled into one app, and it's WeChat. Apparently WeChat is sort of like a platform where other devs can plug into their APIs into and build their own marketplace in the app or something.</p><p>Language barrier is going to be a little tough to overcome, though.</p>
rameshthanikodi
<p>Oh, I have another one! Japan! I believe everyone should visit Japan at least once in their lifetime. Even if there is nothing for you guys to write about, Japan is still absolutely worth the visit. You'll be amazed at how civic-minded and polite their society is, and just how clean everything is. Tokyo completely changed the way I think about public transit – no one drives in Tokyo, because getting around by train is much faster. It's a city that was designed for humans (be prepared to walk alot), not cars and roads. This is despite them being the home of amazing car makers like Toyota and Honda!</p>
rameshthanikodi
<p>I'm not sure if Singapore ever crossed your mind, but there might be something here for you guys. My country is doing lots of IOT stuff, plus there's a huge Big Data play that's been going on for a while, it is used to plan and inform lots of things. The founder of Razer is a Singaporean, though I believe he is residing in the states right now. Singapore is also the home of Creative, although i'm not sure what they do these days. Lots of banks here trying to innovate in the financial space using technology. There are a few firms testing self-driving cars here too, if that's your kind of thing.</p>
rameshthanikodi
<p> Last one (I swear) but maybe check out Banglore, India…I hear they're the silicon valley of india. Or maybe Hyderabad, India…I hear they're heavy on technology, and it is where Satya Nadella came from!</p>
harmjr
Premium Member<p>How about turning the larger Microsoft Stores see if you can do FRD from them.</p>
spacecamel
Premium Member<p>Google IO. I would like to see the Microsoft perspective from the "lions den".</p>
TheJoeFin
Premium Member<p>it was mentioned on First Ring Daily, but a road trip from Boston to Seattle for Build would be cool. You could stop in a bunch of different places:</p><p>* New York</p><p>* Pittsburgh</p><p>* Cincinnati</p><p>* Indianapolis</p><p>* Chicago</p><p>* Milwaukee</p><p>* Minneapolis</p><p>* Omaha</p><p>* Denver</p><p>* Salt Lake City</p><p>* Boise</p><p>* Portland</p><p>* Seattle!</p>
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