There’s a little more than a week left of 97′ and what a year its been! I’ve never been to so many office parties before, and then again, there have never been so many offices I’d want to go to.
(Appeared originally in @The Scene in the @NY newsletter)
I was also a fly on the wall at Think New Ideas’ Holiday party the next night, Dec. 18th. In the spacious F-Stop in Chelsea, employees could fill up on the hot buffet of chicken and pasta or on some free holiday beverages. Former VJ Adam Curry and his biz-guy Ron Bloom were dashing about…
After a hacker attack and overhauling the server the WWWAC list is back up! Wwwac.org
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET was a party to celebrate the formation of the East Coast Digital Consortium. In large raw space rooms with 6′ tall by 20′ long mirrors, a mixed crowd of digital, video and cyber artists mingled, munched on cheese rounds, were served margaritas from a 4 gallon tub and of course, posed,…
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…
Thursday, Dec. 4 — What a night! Two big office parties competed with the ExecTech summit at 55 Broad Street for revelers and shop talk. Larry Rosen of N2K schmoozed with daughter Sondra (the company’s publicity director)around the Digital Sandbox, while the money folks like Ronald Celmer of Prospect Street Ventures, Paul Gardi of Geo…
The party was still in full swing as I left to go uptown to an opening at the Sally Mann gallery. There was a hip crowd mostly dressed in black mingling outside smoking cigarettes and getting fresh air from the very packed show upstairs. While waiting Alec Baldwin and Leonardo D’Caprio briskly walked past, regrouping…