The Web PIM recap - September 26, 2000
hey all,
well, another fun-time PIM was had last night at the swank Jillian's venue
-- much mingling and card-swapping, lots of delectable munchies and the
now-familiar easygoing vibe. thanks again to sponsor C/Net for helping the
event go off so smoothly and more kudos to greeters Ann Osborne and Janki
Nayar -- ladies, you certainly make an entrance to the PIM that much more
pleasureable! and many more thanks to Mixer Manager Suzanne Anderson of
music mavericks
<http://www.artistone.com/>,
who rocks out front and rolls
with the punches behind the scenes. bella, you are supahcool.
okay, so what you really want to know: who was there last night? the
buzzword-compliant 411 follows...Tom Jarocki of KPMG Consulting
<tjarocki@kpmg.com> is looking to hire (what else?)
consultants...Ted Resnick of women.com
<http://www.women.com> just
happened to mention that they could use some graphic designers on a
contract basis...Dawn Fuentes of the Bay Area Video Coalition
<http://www.bavc.org/>
let it be known that their very cool space on
Potrero is available for dot-com events...Jason Johnson, VP of Broadband &
Wireless Solutions for
<http://www.ideatrust.net/>
says his company is a
"tech accelerator"...Judy Henderson of
<http://www.onflow.com/>
says her
rich media company "moves the web"...Jonathan Flamm of
<http://www.dotcomix.com/>
can send you fresh cartoons daily...Matthew
Newlin, Sr. Tech Engineer at
<http://www.vocalpoint.com/>
was with his VP
(as in VocalPoint) posse, all of 'em in hiring mode (call Matt if you're
hot on Java or C++)...Burt Lampl of
<http://www.exp.com/> wants experts in
product marketing, engineering, biz dev and sales...Fen Labalme and Kevin
Burton were putting the word out on their new venture,
<http://www.openprivacy.org/>,
an open-source, cryptographically-secure
platform for maintaining and sharing profile information -- bulletproof
online privacy, if you will...the gracious R.J. Ramsey admitted to being an
attorney for the Sheppard Mullin law firm
<http://www.smrh.com/>
and maybe
he can help create a rich media tech accelerator just for you...WoWser
Jenny Marx is doing UI for EO Exchange these days...WoWser Cathleen Bowman
had mondo purple streaks in her hair -- is that a hair accelerator,
Cath?...WoW Point Woman Janet Fouts of
<http://www.ontherail.com/>
had no
purple streaks but was nattily attired in black...Glenn Scherrer of
<http://www.andale.com/>
is in hot pursuit of a good product manager, to be
based at their Mountain View HQ...longtime WoW supporter Ralph Marx,
founder of
<http://www.acteva.com/>
is always looking for good partners for
his activities marketplace...another big-time WoW supporter, Craig Newmark
of
<http://www.craigslist.org/>
is sponsoring WoW's monthly event on
October 3rd *and* throwing a pah-tay of his own on October 12th, so mark
your calendars...Jad Duwaik, founder of
<http://www.greenhouseforstartups.com/>,
was looking for the skinny on
startups, NPR reporter in tow...Sylvia Paull, PR goddess and founder of
women's org
<http://www.gracenet.net/>
left Berkeley long enough to work
the PIM crowd...WoW Steering Crew member Lara Thurman of talent firm
<http://www.creativeassets.com/>
was chattin' up the room (part of her job)
between p/t DJ gigs...Michael Powers, CEO of
<http://www.ping.net>
needs
lots of help, specifically upper-level engineers and ops people (Michael
also gets the award for best biz card of the night)...WoW sponsorships
maven Erika Baldwin <erikabaldwin@yahoo.com> wants YOUR company to
sponsor a WoW event, and she's happy to tell you why it's def worth your
while...Gil Silberman, IP attorney par excellence, was telling
mouth-watering tales of his new restaurant, Butterfly, in the
restaurant-heavy Mish Dist...Aram Price of
<http://www.oven.com/>
was in
the crowd last night, too, much as he was on the night of the very first
PIM at Tosca, October 1997. wow.
yep, folks, it's been three years now that we've been doing the PIMs and
they've grown from about 30 folks at the Tosca inaugural to over 350
attendees last night. if you're missin' from the PIMmin', well, you're
just missin' out. another opportunity to make things right, however, does
come your way -- next PIM is November 14th. mark that calendar now.
Elaine Sosa
Web PIMstress
The Web PIM
(also seen roaming the road at
<http://www.roadsage.com>)
