[Calendar notice: Take in Jonathan Sarno’s “The New York Filmmakers and Webmasters Spring Ball” (http://www.webcinema.org/) on May 3. The Ball is going to be on the “Frying Pan,” an old hull of a ship, moored on Pier 63, one block North of Chelsea Pier. Room for 400 people and next door is a pier with…
THE BALMY AIR, the murky waters of the Hudson, the aromatic fish smells of the docks, the stars in the sky, the great salsa band – what could make a night out on the town better?! Kudos to Jonathan Sarno and his WebCinema group in conjunction with Troma Films, for putting on a nice party…
CONGRATULATIONS were pealed out for the engagement of Jerry Michalski of EdVenture and Jennifer Weissman. The event was hosted by the gracious Emily Davidow at the lovely headquarters for Behome. Tery Spataro looked positively stunning in a black dress with big green flowers, Heather Champ graced the party with her cool sophisticated presence and Omar…
Related Links:Silicon BowlNETGRAVITY LAUNCHNetday 2000Pointcast, SeyboldGen Art grungeCalendar of Events May 2, 1997 Webgrrls Silicon Bowl THE DRAMA, THE suspense, the rented shoes! It was the first “Silicon Bowl” at the luxurious BowlMor Lanes on April 14. The beer was cold, the pizza was hot and the lanes were smoking as some downtown new media…
May Day! May Day! Naked Dancing Ladies seen at the Razorfish party! Actually, it was a gold-lame clad butterfly winged belly dancer… But that was only one small part of this wild extravaganza that had so many Silicon Alley folks chatting over the week. The vast loft was divided by huge expanses of saran-wrap and…
A SOMEWHAT mysterious group of super minds and super women have something brewing. It includes some of New York’s top media minds and the initial meeting at Vintage for red wine and cupcakes! More to be uncovered later! (Appeared originally in @The Scene in the @NY newsletter)
The group presently known as “Tery’s Group” met for an inital coming together of like minds and souls to collaborate commiserate scheme and celebrate! Watch out for more on this dynamic group of electric women (who happen to be eligible new media types) for unannounced upcoming gatherings………. there’s something brewing in the air….. Some of…
GEOCITIES, A PIONEER in the development of Internet-based communities, recently celebrated the launch of its first annual “Best Unsigned Bands In America Contest” with a party at New York’s trendy downtown nightspot, Mother. Presented in conjunction with SPIN magazine and sponsored by Intel and RankIt, Visa’s college site, the event attracted the obvious melange of…
THE ZINE2000 Program by the Society of Publication Designers at the Cooper Union, Saturday, April 25, 1997 was quite good. Some sound-bytes: — Matthew Butterick, Atomic Vision: “The future of the web is in information products, not shopping carts.” — Rebecca Farwell of Discovery emphasized that online journalism is about having a conversation: “We look…
OTHER SOCIETY NOTES: ANOTHER ADVERTISING soiree this past week was a Pointcast party. While they demoed their new model for advertising on the net, I got a chance to catch up with Damon Torres, president & creative director of The I-way Company, Thomas Hespos of K-2 Design, and Myles Weissleder and Scott Heiferman of i-Traffic….