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Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Mathew — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:28:46 -0000

Sorry Jeff -- I don't know where I got the idea it was a Typepad address... I must have been thinking about one of the other party-animal bloggers :-)

Seriously though, I know you guys do work too. It's just hard to read posts like Om's sometimes when you live so far from the action, as it were. It also reinforces how much face-to-face type stuff still matters, even with Web 2.0 or Business 2.0.

Anyway, thanks for the comment -- I enjoy your blog.

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Jeff Clavier — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:40:32 -0000

Well, we do bust our ass working hard as well, it is not *only* about partying.

PS: My blog's URL is blog.softtechvc.com :-).

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Dave Johnson — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:07:36 -0000

Vancouver is almost like Silicon Valley...

A usual day contains mountain biking on The Shore with Paul, skiiing at Whistler with Dick or catching a Canucks game with Tim. Ok maybe that's not quite how it happens for me but maybe for a high flyer like Andre ;)

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Mathew — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:32:27 -0000

Well, I guess that makes sense -- B.C. is kind of Canada's version of
California in a lot of ways :-)

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Tris Hussey — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:22:42 -0000

I'd say Vancouver is Canada's Web 2.0 hotspot ... IMHO

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

grumpY! — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:48:05 -0000

good times or bad, you will see this type of activity continue for a few more years - the barriers to entry are very very low and the potential payoff seems worth it...for now. by 2008+ web services will be as commoditized as hardware (i say 2008 because i would offer that webservices are already a commodity, it will just take two years for this to filter out to the sheeple), and it will be obvious that there is little upside, and in fact a huge risk of wasted time.

the market will only reward the appearance of innovation for so long. sooner or later you have to deliver something real people will highly value. by 2008-2010 this will probably be a product in the alternative energy space (the world does not "need" another website), and the rewards will be very large. this will change the focus of young thinkers again, back to a field with a high barrier to entry, where the rewards are also high.

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Mathew — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:57:23 -0000

t does feel a little bubblicious, doesn't it? it sounds like fun
too, though :-)

maybe we should try to do a meetup/first tuesday kind of thing
(doesn't look like the latter has a presence in toronto any more from
the website). at least it would be a good excuse to get out of the
house.

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Stuart MacDonald — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:23:57 -0000

Um, guys, doesn't all this feel ljust a little too 1998 for comfort? Is it just me?

Not that I don't like a good party jammed with smart people talking about interesting things. And beer :-)

Hey, why don't we try to fire one up here? Like First Tuesday used to be (they still around)? I'd spring for some brews if we could get some cool people out. I'm serious, btw.

-- Stuart

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Mathew — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:37:33 -0000

heck, who said anything about work? i just want to go to mike
arrington's parties and hang out at the cafe om was talking about :-)

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

mark evans — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:10:54 -0000

sometimes, it makes you want to pack up the kids (and wife, of course) and move to silicon valley until you realize a small bungalow is going to cost you an arm and a leg. still, a good offer to work within the centre of the high-tech universe.....

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Mathew — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:06:20 -0000

Yeah, Toronto is a real hotspot too :-)

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Scott Johnson of Ookles — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:59:52 -0000

San Francisco is astonishing in its pace. Its truly shocking.

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Kevin Burton — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:07:51 -0000

Totally a party dude!