The last day of our Monty Program Ab All Company Meeting Istanbul 2010 was on Monday, October 11th. 2010. We spent our last day with an excursion of Istanbul. The theme of the excursion day was:

• Downtown and then really down, over the sea, up and a surprise, then crossing the gap, and a warm and relaxing final, …

The description of our excursion day was riddle like and many people asked me about the details. So, for the curious, here is a more in depth description:

• Downtown and then really down: downtown to the old city of Istanbul. Really down: Basilica Cistern

Basilica Cistern

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Day three of our Monty Program Ab All Company Meeting Istanbul 2010 was on Sunday, October 10th. 2010. We thought that working on a Sunday and having Monday as our day off for excursion and exploring Istanbul is a good idea, considering that most of the tourists will go out either Saturday or Sunday. Check out the Istanbul Haber No. 3:

Istanbul Haber 2010-10-10

Check out the full PDF: 2010-10-10-newsletter

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Day two of our Monty Program Ab All Company Meeting Istanbul 2010 we joined together with SkySQL and enjoyed a talk by Facebook people Mark C. and Domas M. Check out the Istanbul Haber No. 2:

Check out the full PDF: 2010-10-09-newsletter

Click here for: Monty Program Ab Istanbul2010: day three

Our Monty Program Ab All Company Meeting Istanbul 2010 is over and the last MP employees are checking out of the hotel. Meanwhile I would like to share our daily newspaper with you. Daniel Bartholomew wrote our “Istanbul Haber”, where we shared what happened the day before and what the plan for the current day is. Check out the Istanbul Haber No. 1

Link to our PDF: MP Istanbul2010 Day One

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I am just back from my scouting trip in Istanbul. I checked out our Hotel Tilia, tested various restaurants and drop-in places with My Widenius, ordered conference t-shirts from Hatice Gökçe, who organizes the Galata Fashion Festival in Istanbul twice a year in June and December, and finalized our dinner and excursion plans with Nezih Karagöz and Sami Yürekli from http://traways.com/.

We prepared our program for our …

(English version) Herhalde bildiğiniz gibi, biz tamamen sanal şirketiz, yani ana merkez gibi bir şeyimiz yok. Hepimiz evinden çalışıyor ve biz sadece bir ya da iki kez yılda gerçek hayatta buluşuyorus. Bu sene kararımız İstanbul‘a düştü.  Firmadaki tek Türk ben olduğumdan dolayı toplantının organizesi bana düştü.

İlk adım olarak böyle bir toplantının özelikleri nedir ve en iyi şekilde nasıl hazır edilir diye araştırdım. Kaj Arnö bunun ayrıntılarını blog’unda açıklamış bile: …