Right after the historical WWWAC board election, fellow board member Howard Greenstein (Microsoft) and I headed up to the remote New York Carriage House on October 23. Touchscreen Media Group was celebrating five years of successful business, a devoted staff (current and former) and a strong client base. Cheryl Mollenbeck, Dennis McCole and Tom Skinner…
When Mayor Giuliani names a day it *must* be big time and International Webgrrls Day was a true networking experience. Web cams and chats from Japan, NewZealand, Italy, Canada, South Africa and Long Island were armed with women chatting all evening on October 22. Champagne was served and founder Aliza Sherman honored several Silicon Alley…
Not only are Halloween and new technology-related parties sprouting up, but birthday’s are as well… Ken Schaffer (http://www.nutcom.com) celebrated his 50th with a close group of friends on Sat. Oct. 18 at roof top party. Alla Kliouka and Kibo (Ken’s wife and son, respectively) made everyone feel at home with hugs and lots of caviar….
All’s well that ends well, and it was a swell farewell to Chris McCarthy and Nancy Jaffe Friday night Oct. 17th at the Suzy Wong Lounge below E & O Restaurant on Houston St. Donned in black, and Nancy in a hot-to-trot leather skirt, I mused how well they’ll fit in with the Valley counterparts….
In this issue:A Brother reaches outWine and PC WorldBasketball @ SonicNet October 17, 1997 A Brother reaches out AMIDST THE LATEST technology hype, there are personal stories in the Silicon Alley that rarely get told. Here is one. Brett Leveridge publishes the well-known BrettNews online zine and works as features editor for Barnes & Noble’s…
“Oh you simply MUST try the truffles,” cooed the English-accented voice near me. I turned and it was Jan Biggs with her husband Jeremy Biggs of Helix Software. Standing nearby, Pat Altman of RDA International agreed. How could I resist such temptation, especially when paired with such a fine Port? The PC World Annual Wine…
No fine wines and hors d’oeuvres at the SonicNet party, though. No Thank You, Ma’am. Just Rolling Rocks and a small plate of crumbled crackers and dry cheese. Well, what do you expect when there’s a half-sized basketball court in the office, and the Chat Diva, Marti Zimlin is holding her own court at the…
In this issue:John Perry Barlow’s 50thWebCinema pulls all the stops October 10, 1997 John Perry Barlow's 50th WHERE ELSE WOULD you find Spaulding Grey, Ed Bennett and Stacy Horn all in the same room? At John Perry Barlow’s 50th birthday party, of course. It was set inthe Gemini Lounge in the East Village last week,…
WHERE ELSE WOULD you find Spaulding Grey, Ed Bennett and Stacy Horn all in the same room? At John Perry Barlow’s 50th birthday party, of course. It was set in the Gemini Lounge in the East Village last week, where the dark gray brushed steel walls and deep eggplant hexagonal columns section off low eggplant…
CHAOS WAS THE WELL-NAMED venue for Webcinema and CNI Cinema’s party Tuesday celebrating the upcoming feature film production “Silicon Alley.” The invitation promised “the Digerati and Gliterati converge,” but I think it was more just a lot of actors posing for Jonathan Sarno and a few producers. Witness tall, svelte, milky-skinned Rhonda Roenfeldt, who was…