May 30, 1997 IT ALL HAPPENS the same night for some reason, but I managed to get to two of Silicon Alley’s top new media events last night. (It was GR8T getting to see everyone). Starting out at Stephen King‘s Virtual Growth Inc. party was a revitalizing remix. “The Man” himself (my favorite virtual accountant…
The party continued at the National Cristina Foundation event at Hansen’s Brewery in mid-town. Seth Goldstein and Nicole Ferber of SiteSpecific filled me in on this wonderful organization and their efforts to aid disabled people with computers and technology. Our new media gurus are getting quite classy as I spotted Howard Greenstein of Microsoft in…
BUZZBUZZBUZZ! IT SEEMS everywhere you turn The Mining Company is in your face. Their “spam wear” (T-shirts), posters, and billboard trucks are everywhere. My most recent sighting was at the 19th Cyberchill meeting at alt.coffee on May 15. This free-form meeting was initially created in reaction to the “boring” Cybersuds. Hmm, yet another happy go-er…
ON MAY 21 GOULD Resources & Internet Telecommunications–that’s GRIT for short, partner–held an inaugural broadcast from The Museum of Television & Radio. This event honored GRIT’s donation of interviews, news, and talk format programming to the Museum’s permanent collection. The show’s content archived and discussed radio and television broadcasting from early yearss to present Internet…
A QUIET SOIREE away from the bustle of New York was held at ServerCast Communication’s offices overlooking the calming Hudson on May 16. Executive Vice President Peter Kirwan and I convened over “The Tub of Technology.” Usually filled with AOL disks (please send donations so they can fill it) this night the porcelain-lion-footed bathtub was…
1. 2. 1. Marina Lakhman & Alla Kliouka 2. Ken Schaeffer & Russian Vodka Boy SOBODNA AND THE DYEVUSKIIS were out! Klasna! The Russian Web Girls party was definitely a “heady” experience. In commemoration of their second issue and site design, Vodka Boys were running rampant, pouring nice clear cold Stoli into many a paper…
UPCOMING EVENTS: May 19The newly formed WWWAC WebcastingSIG will have its first meeting on May 19, 6-8 p.m., at the Global Community Digital Sandbox/55 Broad St., 4th Floor. More info. May 29Virtual Growth Incorporated in association with our neighbors Daedalus Technology Group is inviting clients and friends to The 1st Annual Spring Party. An evening…
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APRIL SHOWERS bring Web Flowers and boy what a plethora of parties and events! That “homing” instinct has apparently been affecting a flock of us New Yorkers (original and transplants). Luckily, MetroHome, Inc. has come to the rescue. This group, headed up by Brigid Kelly, has created a site that provides up-to-date apartment listings and…
ON MAY 7 I VISITED Ciaran Bossom, EVP of Myriad Agency and got a bird’s-eye view of what’s going on at this interesting company. As we lunched on a yummy gourmet lunch from Olive’s in Soho I had a chance to hear an in-depth overview of their Website development philosophy and some of their current…