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NY Tech Meetup -- November 2007

Nov 2007 6
Tue 7:00 PM
Location
IAC

555 W. 18th St
New York, NY 10011

This is a private home or office

Who attended?
Estimated attendance:  382  people attended.
4.5
Event fee

$5.00 per person

On the 1st Tuesday each month at 7PM, 6 people get 5 minutes each to demo something cool to New York's tech community
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We're limited to 400 RSVPs (filled-up a while ago), and IAC's security says we need everyone's full name.

So, ** YOUR NAME AT http://www.meetup.com... MUST BE YOUR FULL NAME BY 2:30PM Tuesday.
RSVPS WITHOUT FULL NAMES WILL BE DELETED AFTER 2:30PM, making room for others.

Not RSVP'd? Check back after 2:30PM for possible open spots.

Only RSVP'd members will be admitted. Be on-time (or a little early), bring ID, and have $5 cash handy to keep the line moving.
If you RSVP & don't show up, you're taking an in-demand spot from someone else, so SHOW UP IF YOU'RE RSVP'd!

Announcing Our Esteemed Presenters....

1. IAC, our hosts
2. Jeff Han, Perceptive Pixel
3. Alex Daley, Microsoft Live Labs' Photosynth
4. Sam Lessin, Drop.io
5. Ryan Spahn, Sleep.FM
6. Ami Vora, The Facebook
7. David Karp, Tumblr
8. Sir Jacob Lodwick, Vimeo

Again, your FULL NAME must be listed at http://www.meetup.com...
Special thanks to the law firm of Wilson Sonsini and the VC firm of DFJ Gotham for pitching in.

Closing thought for this NY tech community..."New York doesn't have that chip on its shoulder. But it should. New York should feel loser-ish for having not made a Google, eBay, YouTube or Facebook." - http://scott.heiferma...

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Who attended?

    • “ Lengthen presentations, cut back on presenters, and leave more time for socializing ”
    • “ I would like to know personally where the $5 per person goes. I'm not by any means saying the event isn't worth the $5. I think it's important to describe where the money goes and what's it's being used for though. Last night the meetup probably made around 2K and I think it's important to know what's being done to benefit everyone! Thanks. ”
    • “ the best so far ”
    • “ Fun time and great opportunity! Thank you! ”
    • “ Best group of presentations in a while. Lots of new and exciting things going on between the HD video Vimeo is doing, and the multitouch display technology, and Drop.io had a very interesting spin on file sharing. ”
    • “ This is my first one so I can't compare it to other ones. I think it was great. ”
    • “ We need less Facebook, Google, and MS and more startups innovating. ”
    • “ I really liked Jeff Han's presentation. ”
    • “ Since you ask . . . I wish Jeff Han had not spent precious time showing the demo (which is stunning, tho everyone i spoke to had seen on the web); similary i'd have sure liked to have not seen the same Photosynth Notre Dam images (that i've seen at several events in the last six months) so to have heard more new thinking from the MS rep (if i heard correctly it was not Alex Paley, who'd been scheduled). BTW - would be great his name - and the name of Google's rep could be posted, if representing changes from the originally listed roster. Thanks. ”
    • “ Most of the presenters were top notch, this is what the meetup should be! ”
    • “ This one really pulled out all the stops-- an incredible location and top tier presenters. My only disappointment is that Jeff Han's presentation was so severely limited by technical difficulties! Bring him back! ”
    • “ Really cool presentations! (mostly) ”
    • “ drop.io was cool & useful, microsoft demo was surprisingly kickass ”
    • “ Great presentations by great companies... hard to top! ”
    • “ If someone comes to demo, they should *DEMO*. Not show a video of a demo. Not show a slide presentation. Not just talk about their new strategy. DEMO. Also, there were too many products represented that were already well-known or established. ”
    • “ well done, informative, exciting ”
    • Douglas Kersten (+1 guest)
      “ Great event! ”
    • “ Liked the addition on non ny based technology folks ”
    • “ my only problem is with the moderator/organizer's condescending, arrogant and selfimportant behaviour, truely irritating ”
    • “ The format was excellent. I believe the 3 ground-rules are good to have because it keeps questions to those concerning the company's operations. ”
    • “ Presentations were great, but it didn't feel like much of a 'meetup', more like a 'lecture'. No real good way to network for a newcomer like myself, nor did it feel like much of a forum for feedback for presenting companies. (eg, "please email us later with feedback", didn't sound like quite the right words to hear at the end of a presentation). I'm not sure what the answer is -- whether it's fewer people, some introductions -- more interaction would be great. ”
    • “ photosynth = ridiculously cool. perspectivepixel = wished it was live. ”
    • “ Several very interesting companies and great location. ”
    • “ It was cool to see some of the tech demos -- multi-touch and MSFT's in particular. I'm glad that Google and Facebook spoke briefly at the end, but I was probably too tried from the day to absorb anything by that point. ”
    • “ Should have given Jeff Han more time.... ;-) ”
    • Norm Shulman (+1 guest)
    • David Deak (+1 guest)