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 companies mixed it up in an informal evening of bowling and conversation. Claiming lanes were folks…
NETGRAVITY’S launch party for its new AdServer 2.1 on April 17 at the @Cafe was sponsored by Net Perceptions and IChat. NetGravity (http://www.netgravity.com) has established itself as one of the industry’s premier ad management system. Among the attendees were Corey Podolsky of SonicNet and Mark Friedler of Vcast. The very dapper 20’s styled looking Dave…
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 (http://www.behome.com). Tery Spataro looked positively stunning in a black dress with big green flowers, Heather Champ graced the party with her cool sophisticated presence and…
YOU’VE GOT TO LIKE the space at House of Borax. Exposed bricks, old arched windows, high ceilings and exposed beams. It would be any real estate agent’s dream project. But on April 5 it was a truly classless place to be. The reason? House of Borax and Thinking Pictures produced the third episode of the…
Anton Self, now CEO of Telephant informed me he’s working in close proximity to, and sharing lofty office space with Ed Bennett, former Prodigy chairman. I guess it makes sense that Ed is there, considering Myriad Agency took over the old Prodigy space. I spoke for a while with EVP of Myriad Agency, Ciaran Bossom….
NEW YORK April 4, 1997 Commonwealth Network party @ Wax WHAT’S GOING ON AT 632 BROADWAY? WWWAC Meeting @ Irving Plaza Symposium @ American Museum of Moving Image Tipping the Hat to Ms. Pirtle April 4, 1997 Commonwealth Network in Slick Soho SUPER SLICK SOHO was the designated neighborhood for the Commonwealth Network party on…
FINALLY, GIVING DUE CREDIT: I must tip my hat to Jennifer Pirtle who gave life to this column of which I am adopting. I can truly say I have reams of respect for a woman who writes so well, so frequently, and truly covered the @NY Scene column with incredible thoroughness. Thank you Jen for…
At the American Museum of Moving Image this past Saturday, March 29th, there was an excellent symposium featuring Sherry Turkle, noted author/digital culture expert; Linda Stone, Director of the Virtual Worlds Group at Microsoft’s Advanced Technology and Research Division; and Scott Kurnit, Founder, The Mining Company. Following are some synopses of their presentations: Turkle argued…
HELD AT THE EVER TRENDY, groovy Irving Plaza, the World Wide Web Artists Consortium meeting featured a big demo by Lara Stein and Madeline Kirbach from Microsoft Multimedia Productions, part of the Microsoft Network (MSN) and entertainment lawyer Jed Alpert, from the law firm of Rudolph & Beer. The demo went well but there seemed…
SUPER SLICK SOHO was the designated neighborhood for the Commonwealth Network party on March 26 @Wax. The packed, hot and smokey atmosphere created the perfect environment for mucho networking, martini drinking, and that giddy-headed experience of being in New York’s new media community. Samatha Skey, director of PR for Interactive Imaginations, Inc. gave me theskinny…