Comments on: In London http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/ a world uncommon Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:03:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: cubicgarden.com... http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-13058 cubicgarden.com... Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:06:51 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-13058 [...] Tara and Chris had arrived and were enjoying chatting to people. After making an announcement on the PA system and sorting out stickers (big thanks to Sarah Forrester and Sheila for going around and collecting money instead of me by myself). Before you know it the food came out and like Sarah Blow we need to make it clear that a dinner isn't really a dinner. More a finger buffet. Quoting from Sarah Blow,As you have probably gathered to do a proper sit down meal for 80 people at £15.00 per head which is about the minimum you could do it for in London would come to around £1500 plus wine... there aren't all that many companies that would be willing to do that which is why we try to keep the cost down to something sensible to make it accessible to companies and people. That way everyone benefits from it. Apologies to those people who thought that they were going to get a complete full blown meal for nothing! We really can't afford to do that! I'll remember to put up the proviso on the details about the event regarding food etc. The reason beind the name London Girl Geek Dinners was all because it started off as sit down meals and people paid their own way for dinner, but as the events have got larger it's virtually impossible to do that without mammoth organisation!I think the problem we had this time around was that we had lots of new people from the Future of webapps. So a lot of people expected a full meal or something for 5 pounds! Like Sarah said, not in London you don't. On the other hand some people commented to Sarah (my wife) that if they knew it was like this aka pub meetup with social geeks. They would have come ages ago. So yes, some about information about geekdinners is certainly needed, along with some eventwax intergreation?Once we got to actual talk which agreed was later that expected due to myself trying to sort out the food. Tara was great, I did record it (part 1 and 2) using my Sanyo (Kosso recorded it with his own special equipment) but its so dark and I really should find a open/free video editor to clean it up a little. Although, we did have a full Dj rig complete with Microphone, the levels were messed up and it came out a little distorted. What didn't help was the chatter in the background from people who didnt realise they should be quiet while Tara and Chris talked. Sarah once again was very good at telling people to be quiet but in the end as the questions started, we were really fighting to hear Tara. Its a shame because Taras talk was very interesting specially in the light of the whole Mike Arrington outburst earlier in the day. I also wanted to ask Chris and Tara if they would ever move to Europe? But it wasn't to be.The rest of the night flew by and I was actually very impressed with the new venue. I'm sure Geekdinners will be back there again. Yes the toilets could be better and we could do with some more chairs or sofas but with a capacity of 120+ its not bad at all. They serve all types of beer and even let us stay quite late without pushing us out the door. Its not wheelchair accessible I'm sorry to say Sarah Blow, otherwise I would have recommended it. Once your upstairs its all flat, so with some help you could carry someone upstairs first.Huge thanks to Chris Messina and Tara Hunt for talking and making the night ever-so enjoyable. I'm also very pleased to have met you guys and I look forward to spending some more time with you guys in San Francisco in early April. Posted by ianforrester at Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:25 [...] [...] Tara and Chris had arrived and were enjoying chatting to people. After making an announcement on the PA system and sorting out stickers (big thanks to Sarah Forrester and Sheila for going around and collecting money instead of me by myself). Before you know it the food came out and like Sarah Blow we need to make it clear that a dinner isn’t really a dinner. More a finger buffet. Quoting from Sarah Blow,As you have probably gathered to do a proper sit down meal for 80 people at £15.00 per head which is about the minimum you could do it for in London would come to around £1500 plus wine… there aren’t all that many companies that would be willing to do that which is why we try to keep the cost down to something sensible to make it accessible to companies and people. That way everyone benefits from it. Apologies to those people who thought that they were going to get a complete full blown meal for nothing! We really can’t afford to do that! I’ll remember to put up the proviso on the details about the event regarding food etc. The reason beind the name London Girl Geek Dinners was all because it started off as sit down meals and people paid their own way for dinner, but as the events have got larger it’s virtually impossible to do that without mammoth organisation!I think the problem we had this time around was that we had lots of new people from the Future of webapps. So a lot of people expected a full meal or something for 5 pounds! Like Sarah said, not in London you don’t. On the other hand some people commented to Sarah (my wife) that if they knew it was like this aka pub meetup with social geeks. They would have come ages ago. So yes, some about information about geekdinners is certainly needed, along with some eventwax intergreation?Once we got to actual talk which agreed was later that expected due to myself trying to sort out the food. Tara was great, I did record it (part 1 and 2) using my Sanyo (Kosso recorded it with his own special equipment) but its so dark and I really should find a open/free video editor to clean it up a little. Although, we did have a full Dj rig complete with Microphone, the levels were messed up and it came out a little distorted. What didn’t help was the chatter in the background from people who didnt realise they should be quiet while Tara and Chris talked. Sarah once again was very good at telling people to be quiet but in the end as the questions started, we were really fighting to hear Tara. Its a shame because Taras talk was very interesting specially in the light of the whole Mike Arrington outburst earlier in the day. I also wanted to ask Chris and Tara if they would ever move to Europe? But it wasn’t to be.The rest of the night flew by and I was actually very impressed with the new venue. I’m sure Geekdinners will be back there again. Yes the toilets could be better and we could do with some more chairs or sofas but with a capacity of 120+ its not bad at all. They serve all types of beer and even let us stay quite late without pushing us out the door. Its not wheelchair accessible I’m sorry to say Sarah Blow, otherwise I would have recommended it. Once your upstairs its all flat, so with some help you could carry someone upstairs first.Huge thanks to Chris Messina and Tara Hunt for talking and making the night ever-so enjoyable. I’m also very pleased to have met you guys and I look forward to spending some more time with you guys in San Francisco in early April. Posted by ianforrester at Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:25 [...]

]]> By: Centopeia » Fostering Online Communities by Tara Hunt http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-4438 Centopeia » Fostering Online Communities by Tara Hunt Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:30:34 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-4438 [...] Disclaimer: the following notes are my personal notes from Tara Hunt presentation on FOWA - Future of Web Apps which took place in London, last week. For better and more accurate information, you should also have a look at her presentation slides. [...] [...] Disclaimer: the following notes are my personal notes from Tara Hunt presentation on FOWA – Future of Web Apps which took place in London, last week. For better and more accurate information, you should also have a look at her presentation slides. [...]

]]> By: Kelly http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-2898 Kelly Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:39:42 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-2898 Hey! Cheers for the Community Workshop. Was good (and entertaining, even if we didn't manage the mashups). http://suebeedoo.livejournal.com/profile is the livejournal account of my friend who is doing a PhD in "PhD in online communities/Internet psychology/the behavioural implications of computer-mediated-communication" as she puts it. Feel free to drop her a line :) I'll tell her to do likewise. Keep Safe. Hey!

Cheers for the Community Workshop. Was good (and entertaining, even if we didn’t manage the mashups).

http://suebeedoo.livejournal.com/profile is the livejournal account of my friend who is doing a PhD in “PhD in online communities/Internet psychology/the behavioural implications of computer-mediated-communication” as she puts it. Feel free to drop her a line :) I’ll tell her to do likewise.

Keep Safe.

]]> By: miss rogue http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-2878 miss rogue Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:44:46 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-2878 LOL. That's hilarious! I'll have to clarify. ;) Maybe next time? Thanks so much! LOL. That’s hilarious! I’ll have to clarify. ;)

Maybe next time? Thanks so much!

]]> By: miss rogue http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-2877 miss rogue Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:43:06 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-2877 LOL. Yeah, I thought about that, too. I know those slides with photos and 3 words don't mean much without the context of the presenation. :) LOL. Yeah, I thought about that, too. I know those slides with photos and 3 words don’t mean much without the context of the presenation. :)

]]> By: miss rogue http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 miss rogue Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:41:36 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-2876 That would be awesome! We look forward to hosting you! That would be awesome! We look forward to hosting you!

]]> By: miss rogue http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 miss rogue Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:41:04 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-2875 Nice to meet you, too Julian! Say hi to Olga! Sorry, but we didn't get to the museum...we took Tad to Camden Town, then we had to work on our workshop and I had to polish up my presentation. :( Thanks for the suggestion, though. Next time, for sure! And I'll be using your app! Nice to meet you, too Julian! Say hi to Olga!

Sorry, but we didn’t get to the museum…we took Tad to Camden Town, then we had to work on our workshop and I had to polish up my presentation. :(

Thanks for the suggestion, though. Next time, for sure! And I’ll be using your app!

]]> By: miss rogue http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-2874 miss rogue Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:35:52 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-2874 My pleasure! My pleasure!

]]> By: Vero http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-2828 Vero Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:28:53 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-2828 <i>"He is now the proud owner of a couple of pairs of chain pants, stripey cuffs and several Chemical Romance t-shirts and hoodies."</i> For Tad's sake, I'll hope that by "pants" you mean trousers, as the British meaning of pants is underwear... And that might chafe a bit! ;) Wasn't aware you were in the UK, otherwise I probably would've attempted making my way to London for your talk. I've been a fairly silent HorsePigCow reader, but it's certainly been an inspiration in the new fresher approach I'm taking to the startup my husband and I founded last year. Thanks for writing such great content and have a good time in Paris! Vero “He is now the proud owner of a couple of pairs of chain pants, stripey cuffs and several Chemical Romance t-shirts and hoodies.”

For Tad’s sake, I’ll hope that by “pants” you mean trousers, as the British meaning of pants is underwear… And that might chafe a bit! ;)

Wasn’t aware you were in the UK, otherwise I probably would’ve attempted making my way to London for your talk. I’ve been a fairly silent HorsePigCow reader, but it’s certainly been an inspiration in the new fresher approach I’m taking to the startup my husband and I founded last year.

Thanks for writing such great content and have a good time in Paris!

Vero

]]> By: Warren Henning http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-2791 Warren Henning Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:19:43 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/02/21/in-london/#comment-2791 Tara, without having seen your talk (heh), I think your new style of giving presentations is far better, especially if you're just viewing the slides after the fact without hearing the actual talk. I'm glad you plan to adopt this model in the future. Tara, without having seen your talk (heh), I think your new style of giving presentations is far better, especially if you’re just viewing the slides after the fact without hearing the actual talk. I’m glad you plan to adopt this model in the future.

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