Orkut Buyukkokten Visits Brazil?

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This is not too surprising since over half of Orkut's 50 million users are from Brazil, with the US and India coming in second and third place respectively.

Marcelo Sant'Iago gives us the details:

(Multilingual Search) Orkut Buyukkokten, the engineer behind Google’s social network website, is visiting Brazil for the first time.

He is in Rio de Janeiro this week, and will visit Sao Paulo (including a breakfast at GooglePlex with a select group of clients) next week and after that Belo Horizonte, where Google has a research&development facility.

I am not exactly sure if this really is Orkut's first time in Brazil (didn't he visit Brazil before with Eric Schmidt?) although I could be wrong. Anyways, Marcelo has a photo of the founder on his personal blog, (English translation over here).

I wonder what "wild and crazy" things Orkut will do in a land where his "pet project" outshines the mighty Google?

Update (4/1): It appears that Orkut surprised a bunch of tech students while traveling to a Brazilian University. (Hat Tip: Ersan)

(Planeta COPPE [English Version]) The Manager of Product of the Google, Orkut Buyukkokten, author of the site that takes its name, was in the COPPE, day 28/03, pronouncing lecture for about 200 students of engineering of computation in the audience of the institution. Programmed to attend the lecture of an engineer of the Google, the students had been surprised at the presence of Orkut, creator of what today the biggest site of relationships in the world is considered, that confirmed its popularity in the end of the event, distributing autographs and posando for photos to the side of the students.

Here is an image of the founder with the Academic Director of the COPPE, Fernando Rochinha. (Image Credit: Planeta COPPE)



One thing about the founder, is that he sure knows how to dress! I wonder where he got his shirt from?

Travel The Globe, See Orkut Friends

Perhaps I should have retitled it "Travel the Globe, See Orkut Strangers." Either way, it looks like Nirav is taking a global backpack trip around planet Earth, and is looking for places to crash as he travels.

Gday! all fellow backpackers,

Im travel lover who needs to touch the other side of the horizon and come back,

please join in to add destinations for the world trip of 1 to 2 months and nominate if you want to be on the tour.

STARTING FLYING SYDNEY -
First stop Auckland - do North island...

With several postings in the Orkut Travel Hospitality Club, Nirav has already gathered destination points ranging from Finland, to Pakistan, to even Hawaii! Another member was able to travel the world and gives her account below.

(Sandra) Hey fellow, I've done this trip before and I could tell you it was nice, wonderfull. I started from Brazil, my country, than I went by bus to Argentina and Chile; In Santiago i took a flyght to Auckland, car to Queenstown and Milford Sound (south island), back to Auckland flying to australia: Sidney, Melborne, Queensland. After that I went to Honk Kong, singapure, most countries in Asia, Europe and I finished my trip here in canada, where I found my soul matte and never left again :)... Have a good trip

Nirgav's itinerary isn't done yet as he is looking for some friendly people in China. Any takers?

Note: I wonder if this forum would help him out?