San Francisco; here comes The Next Web!
Written on April 19, 2008 – 9:02 am
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,
“Your city is remarkable not only for its beauty. It is also, of all the cities in the United States, the one whose name, the world over, conjures up the most visions and more than any other, incites one to dream.
Georges Pompidou
This Sunday Ernst-Jan and I will get on a plane, sleep for 11 hours, and then wake up in San Francisco. We will attend the O’Reilly Web2Expo and every party we can talk our way into. We will be staying at the Handlery Union Square Hotel
Our itinerary on Tripit.com
You can follow our itinerary on Tripit.com. In fact; I invited so many people to my TripIt account (via the one-click LinkedIn import) that a few days ago I could crash the TripIt server just by visiting my profile. This what the Tripit helpdesk mailed some of my friends:
Apparently, someone you know was so gung-ho about TripIt that he started inviting all his friends. :) This seems to be causing real performance issues for the invitees and him.
Forget about the Digg effect, here comes the Boris effect!
Is it Blogable or Bloggable?
To do a little promotion for The Next Web Blog we decided to print some stickers. I made a few drafts and asked everyone in the office to pick out the best one. Everybody liked the “This object has been marked: BLOGABLE” one so I ordered 1000 of those. Then when they arrived someone asked me “Isn’t Blogable spelled with two Gs?”.
Oops…
Since then I have talked to a lot of people and have googled the issue extensively. The consensus seems to be that Bloggable should be spelled with two Gs. Fortunately for me even native english speakers seem divided on the issue so I think I will get away with it. People who don’t notice the spelling error won’t mind. People who do notice it have an extra reason to remember it.
Parties and events:
Here is a list of all the parties and events we are planning to visit. Have an interesting start-up that should be featured on our blog? Don’t hesitate to approach us and tell us all about it.
What: Pownce Brunch
Where: Dottie’s True Blue (522 Jones St)
When: Monday, April 21, 11:00AM -
Info: pownce.com/DigitalKNK/notes/1817275/
What: Pre-Web 2.0 meet-up with Flickr, Moo
Where: Kate O’Brien’s (579 Howard St)
When: Monday, April 21, 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/469348
What: British beer tasting & European networking
Where: Hiller Aviation Museum (San Carlos Airport)
When: Tuesday, April 22, 5:30PM - 8:00PM
Info: crossingtheocean.net/seeda/hiller_event.html
What: GAB and Blogtropolis launch party
Where: Gray Area Gallery (1515 Folsom St)
When: Tuesday, April 22, 6:00PM - 11:00PM
Info: www.grayareagallery.org/
What: Official Digg Meet-up
Where: Mighty (119 Utah St)
When: Tuesday, April 22, 6:30PM - 11:30PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/471398/
What: Ignite Web 2.0 Expo SF II
Where: DNA Lounge (375 11th St)
When: Tuesday, April 22, 7:00PM-
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467652/
What: Web2Open Takeout Dinner
Where: Yerba Buena Gardens (4th/Mission)
When: Wednesday, April 23, 6:00PM-
Info: www.eu.socialtext.net/web2open/index.cgi?schedule
What: Evolve - Chi.mp and Mashable’s Web 2.0 After Party
Where: Mighty (119 Utah St)
When: Wednesday, April 23, 7:00PM - 10:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467885/
What: The Big Open Y! Party
Where: Yahoo! Brickhouse (500 3rd St)
When: Wednesday, April 23, 7:00PM - 10:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/469035/
What: South Park Crawl
Where: South Park (Brannan / Bryant / 3rd / 2nd St)
When: Wednesday, April 23, 7:00PM - 10:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/454850/
Leverage Software at the Crawl: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23295987864
What: Web2Open
Where: Moscone West
When: Wednesday, April 23, 8:00PM - 11:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467423/
What: Booth Crawl
Where: Moscone West
When: Thursday, April 24, 4:30PM - 6:00PM
Info: en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/schedule/detail/3484
What: After Hours Event
Where: Marriott (55 4th St)
When: Thursday, April 24, 6:00PM - 12:00AM
Info: en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/schedule/detail/4238
What: Web2Open
Where: Moscone West
When: Thursday, April 24, 8:00PM - 11:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467423/
I hope you like that post!
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