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The Spirit of Curling
Friday, February 23, 2018
What do curling and Google Fiber have in common? Well for starters, in curling the objective is to deliver rocks into the house, much like we deliver fiber to the home. Also the sport is growing fast - fast like a gig of Internet, and it’s gaining fans all over the country.
Honestly, we just wanted an excuse to write a post about curling - because like Mr T’s tweets say,
#curlingiscoolfool
. And at Google Fiber, we’ve got some cred with two curlers on staff. Plus we know there are just so many questions about this sport:
- What’s up with the
crazy pants
?
- Why are they
screaming so much
?
- What does the
sweeping do
?
Curling doesn’t have the dazzling stunts and crazy thrills of other Olympic sports, but it is mesmerizing. It’s not about brute force or strength; it’s finesse and strategy, it’s chess on ice. Part of what makes it mesmerizing is how you can sit there watching it on TV and think … I can do that. It’s accessibility makes it all the more intriguing - anyone can curl.
The best part of the sport, though, is the part you don’t see on TV. It is the spirit of curling that embodies inclusion and sportsmanship. Any given night at the curling club, you’ll see a diverse group of folks all curling together as a giant curling family. It ranges from fresh college grads to retirees; curlers in wheelchairs to curlers that nimbly glide all the way across the ice; folks from all different walks of life.
A few helpful terms for you:
- House - where you have to throw your rock (the "target")
- Hog Line - the line on the rink you have to get your rock past to "count"
- Skip - the boss of the team (the one that stands in the house and points the broom)
The inclusion is impressive and it truly brings people who would otherwise maybe never cross paths together as a community -- and making connections is what Google Fiber is all about. After each game, teams sit together and “broomstack” over beer. It’s the only sport we can think of where it’s custom for the winners to buy the losing team a round of drinks. And that’s something we can get behind -- we love a team sport where good sportsmanship is front and center.
Posted by Diana Wu, Project Manager, and Martha Ivester, Nashville City Manager -- Google Fiber’s resident curling experts
Diana Wu (Network Deployment & Operations, Project Manager in Charlotte) started curling in 2013 and is an active member of the Charlotte Curling Club in North Carolina
Martha Ivester (Center) on her high school curling team in London, Ontario; note the adoption of advanced technology in her push broom.
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author.name: Martha Ivester and Diana Wu
author.title: Nashville City Manager and Project Manager
category: meet_the_fiber_team
Helping communities connect through art
Friday, February 16, 2018
Google Fiber is proud to be a member of some of the most vibrant, diverse, and culturally rich communities in America. Last fall, we collaborated with local artists, community partners and art institutions to create thirteen murals in five of our Fiber cities. Each of these new art pieces in Austin, Kansas City, Louisville, Nashville and San Antonio aim to showcase the spirit of the cities we call home.
Artists were selected for the project based on their vision and community engagement. We also worked with local business owners to identify the right locations around the city to feature each artist’s work.
Watch below to see the process unfold, meet the artists and enjoy their beautiful work. Or, check out the murals yourself at the addresses below.
Mural Locations:
Louisville
Red Tree Furniture
The Table
The Nitty Gritty
Nashville
Five Points Pizza
Whiskey Kitchen
Taqueria del Sol
San Antonio
104 W. Grayson
2710 N St Mary’s and French Pl.
2300 N. St Mary’s
Kansas City
Gem Theater
Austin
1100 S. Lamar Blvd
Encore Records
Google Fiber
Posted by Parisa Fatehi-Weeks, Head of Community Impact Strategy
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author.name: Parisa Fatehi-Weeks
author.title: Head of Community Impact Strategy
category: community_impact
Welcoming a new CEO to Access
Tuesday, February 06, 2018
We’re excited to announce that Access has a new leader to move the Google Fiber and Webpass businesses forward.
Dinesh (Dinni) Jain, an accomplished veteran of the U.S. and European cable and telecommunications industries — most recently as Chief Operating Officer at Time Warner Cable — starts as CEO of Access today.
He will lead Access and its team, which includes employees at our headquarters in California and in the nearly 20 markets across the country where Google Fiber and Webpass have ongoing operations.
Welcome to the Access family, Dinni!
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author.name: Google Fiber
author.title:
category: company_news
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