Firefox OS UX Work Week: Taipei Photo Essay

About twice a year we try to get the entire team together with the intent to plan for the future as well as build closer relations. Mozilla is not comprised of a centralize campus unlike other tech companies, we are truly spread across the globe: Barcelona – Berlin – Madrid – Manchester – Mountain View – Paris – San Francisco – Sofia – Taipei – Toronto – Vancouver. In 2013, each continent grew steadily with UX presence, but nothing like Taipei with a 900% growth in designers, now making up about a 3rd of our entire team, we really needed to get a better understanding of the Taiwanese culture.

Such beauty – sunrise over Taipei 101. 45 minute drive at dawn from the airport after the 15h flight.
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Special team building activity at the Xue Xue White gallery / cultural center…
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… and now for the macarons
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