Comments on: 7 Things I Learned From The TechCrunch Party

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m bummed that I don’t live out that way, else I would have found a way to sneak into the party :-) I’m curious to see what holds for NewsVine though, I know that as a member I’m definitely stoked about it.
As for Scoble, eh, what can you say ;-) I mean, I respect him, even though I have some diverse opinions myself with regard to the way that he sees the world. Nevertheless, good for him that he was able to get some press out of it.
Keep up the great work Mike!

By: David Schontzler

David Schontzler — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Re #1: I wholeheartedly agree. I tire of all the hub-bub and lack of any sort of balance around here with the tech crowd. The northwest has gotten that one down much better.

Re #6: Agreed. Can there ever *not* be a bubble though? Or is that just how things work? Lots of folks ramp up, lose money, and a few come out of the fray at the end.

By: Chris Mullins

Chris Mullins — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I agree somewhat with what your are saying Mike. There are differences in the Seattle and Bay Area Tech communities. I think a lot of that has to do with the amount of competition in the Bay area. Let’s face it, the majority of the â€œweb worldâ€ is in the Bay Area. Well, except Microsoft, of course. I live in Austin and we had and have a vibrant Tech community here also, but because, like Seattle, we don’t have the amount of Tech media, Venture Capitalist and sheer numbers of Tech workers. We don’t get the attention that â€œtheyâ€ do. That’s good and bad.

As for schmoozing at the TechCrunch party or any of the other party/conferences; a certain amount of that stuff is necessary. You know, where else can you meet in one place, potential investors, business partners and learn about potential competition? Also, lets not forget Seattle has had its schmooze parties as well. Remember DEMO Club?

As long as useful companies keep coming out of this new web era, then I don’t see a real bubble happening anytime soon. That’s not to say that some crazy money has been flying around lately.

Keep up the great work with Newsvine.

By: Oliver Z.

Oliver Z. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Mike, if you decide to host a party down in Seattle, I’ll come over from Vancouver and bring the biggest moose you’ll ever see.

By: Paul Mayne

Paul Mayne — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Too bad for you Victoria has that huge rock on her finger.

By: Sean S.

Sean S. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Biggest moose? I won’t ask.

And is it me, or does capitalizing the “v” in Newsvine seem pase, and perhaps irritating?

By: Bruce C.

Bruce C. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Let’s face it, the majority of the â€œweb worldâ€ is in the Bay Area.”

The “majority” of the “”web world”" by its very nature is in every city in the world…Bangalore, London, Berlin, New York, San Paolo, Tel Aviv, Moscow, Shanghai, Boston…even Austin.

Both Scoble and Israel tip their hats to that fact throughout Naked Conversations, which is one more reason they deserve many a party like TechCruch to celebrate with others what a great breakthrough they have accomplished with this tome.

By: Chris Mullins

Chris Mullins — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Bruce C.- There are more web-related business’ in the Bay Area, per capita than any place in the “web world”. Sorry, I guess I should have been a little more specific. Maybe in Bangalore, Moscow or Shanghai they have more?

By: Adam Bouskila

Adam Bouskila — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ll second Oliver, and add a beaver. ;-)

By: Mike Papageorge

Mike Papageorge — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Umm, hard partying always leads to a good dayâ€™s sleep.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sean S you have a good point about the V

By: Chad Edge

Chad Edge — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Mike, congrats on the mention in the lates Business 2.0.

I don’t have time to comment on whether or not this is a good thing/bad thing (in my opinion). Maybe on Newsvine (which is what was mentioned in an article “The Next Net 25 – Social Media section”).

I guess i’ve always figured that Newsvine wasn’t a media darling, nor a Web-only product (where Web-only tends to suggest ‘untested’ or ‘wholy new idea’). You’ve got communication, commenting, information exchange, advertising – all things real-world, it just happens to be wrapped up in a URL.

Ahhh.. I said I didn’t have time to comment, so I’ll apologize for the long post – I didn’t have time to write a short one.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Its amazing what you can learn from a party :)

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I would prefer that beer tap :-)

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

One thing I learned from this: Beer in Silicon Valley gives a new kind of perceptions.