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Re: Great Meetup Last Night

William Mougayar — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:15:19 -0000

You may have to organize a repeat event!

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

fredwilson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:26:53 -0000

I think there's a lot of us who feel that way william

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fredwilson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:48:25 -0000

That's just mike being mike

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awaldstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:21:00 -0000

;)

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William Mougayar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:22 -0000

We should have piped in Kid via video conference. A meetup without him is not the same. I really wanted to meet you, not Fred :)

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William Mougayar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:59:53 -0000

Hey Arnold, Nice meeting you too, and putting a real face between those sunglasses...

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William Mougayar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:59:10 -0000

Mark- Thanks for your support! And meeting you was another highlight as well.

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kidmercury — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:41:17 -0000

yeah that was brutal. i mean hard to argue with that video.

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George A. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:15:38 -0000

nice post. not the forum, but who did you guys tick off at techcrunch. tough article on pincus/zygna.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2...

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

ShanaC — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:14:26 -0000

The EFF and probably a friend of a freing of mine. Marks also wieghing in on the "is this art and what do you do" People ha e really strong reactions to contemporary art, one of which is yours. Internet art is fairly new. And I'm being very radical in that field too. And a little headstrong. so uhh yeah, hopefully it should be ok. But uhh yeah (world, if you see this, artists are complexly wierd creatures that bang at stuff until it works, it works, and then it goes sort of wrong)

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

Dave Pinsen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:16 -0000

Sorry, wish I could help you, but I clicked on the links and still don't quite understand what your project is and what the problem with it is. Besides, I'm not a lawyer. I'd consult one if you think you need one. That's one area I don't skimp on. E.g., with my new venture I made sure to hire a lawyer familiar both with the relevant IT and securities issues.

If your project is a not-for-profit art project, maybe there are lawyers who work with artists on a pro bono basis, I don't know.

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

robsanchez — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:45:32 -0000

Thank you for putting together the meetup. It was great meeting you - nice to meet the man behind the advice and conversations. I loved having a chance to talk with the teachers and learned a lot about ESL and special ed classrooms.

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

ShanaC — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:16:33 -0000

Dave this is the worst possible time. I'm in an absolute panic. One of the peices I posted on Fred's daughter's blog, Art Dova, on facebook, may or may not be violating their terms of service. It's starting to be treated as spamland, except it reallt is a peice of

I invited people from my dorm/university with the login (dovafacebook@gmail.com)
and the password(psswrd)
Someone gave me the advice of inviting my friends randomly, and to push it further and invite randomness randomly. Andf people are randomly using it too. So I have no idea what is going on. It's a piece of Net.Art with a completely expansive asyncronous collective mind. The people who have logged in (and new people keep coming forward every day) have a variety of reactions from awesome, control, hate, fear, and non-understanding (which is really good for art.)

It is descendent from things like this:

http://www.0100101110101101...

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Except trying to harness social networks. I might try other stuff, but right now I may be legally at stake. I have no clue what is going on. What do I do?

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

Dave Pinsen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:55:16 -0000

Fred gets the joy of rediscovering them (<-- from before your time, Shana, I know).

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kidmercury — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:04:40 -0000

lol yeah i'm definitely down for wearing our avatars

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ShanaC — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:57:14 -0000

You love them and are committed to them. That's a good thing. From what I hear, and what I see, being on the road is already hard. Having that torch for them is good. Keeps people honest.

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

ShanaC — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:56:15 -0000

There are enough people here that we could self-organise, you know. Just because Fred happens to exist in New York and some of us exist in other cities, doesn't mean the other city people can't get together and do our own thing. It actually might be a good thing long term to see who is where as people move around the country. Webspaces might be more central meeting points, and we organize to re-inforce those commitments. So mini-meetups. So that we know what's what.

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

ShanaC — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:52:28 -0000

hehe.

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

fredwilson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:51:40 -0000

Yup. Live and learn

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

Mark Essel — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:46:58 -0000

We forgot a group picture, that would have been nice!

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

fredwilson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:44:41 -0000

Good point

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fredwilson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:44:14 -0000

I know. That's what I am going to try to do. When I travel, I never make time to stick around and meetup. I've got a wife and kids that I want to get back to. So its a challenge

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fredwilson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:42:13 -0000

I hear you. But I veto'd that. I don't like badges. But erik's idea that we wear our disqus avatar instead is awesome

Re: Great Meetup Last Night

fredwilson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:21 -0000

I think the gratitude should be for the work you do with the kids

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fredwilson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:14 -0000

I love the attitude you express on your card