Staff Arrival Day

The last big wave of staff arrived today and most of them came directly into the office jet-lagged, grumpy, full of questions and mysteriously eager to get to work despite all that. Knowing they were arriving late afternoon, we planned to have one IT person in the office in the morning, then do an all-hands-on-deck approach from 2pm until 10 or 11pm. There were issues in the morning, however, so we all came in early to take care of it (and we expect we'll be staying late still...I'm posting this at 8:45pm and still looking at at least 30 people working around me). Here are a few photos...all the cellphones and Blackberries that we had to get set up, distributed and teach folks how to use, and the office filled with people, as opposed to the "before" quiet emptiness that we had before.