tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129039582167290762.post8309399471367796075..comments2020-07-12T22:07:08.295-04:00Comments on What happened at Startup Weekend Toronto?: NYC and Hamburg are overBrill Pappinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10413269494408115777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129039582167290762.post-55967824672954644362007-09-25T23:23:00.000-04:002007-09-25T23:23:00.000-04:00@Michael JonesFunny enough... I actually don't con...<B>@Michael Jones</B><BR/><BR/>Funny enough... I actually don't consider it a "rocky start".<BR/><BR/>Very disappointed in Andrew but we did what we set out to do, which was experiment with the format and see what worked and what didn't. We also managed to actually get a product up <I>(although beta, and I don't think anyone could get something non beta up in a weekend)</I>.<BR/><BR/>As for "open" and "transparent", they are pretty much buzz words.<BR/><BR/>I do get their point though, and I assure you nobody organizing SW1 intended to fool the masses or anything. We worked it as we could and we argued a lot over what we should and shouldn't do. We all felt that we needed to communicate more although I would have no problem closing it off to <B>only</B> participants <I>(I have new reasons for that of late which I am not going to publish here but you will hear about if I get to speak to the sw2 organizing team)</I>.Brill Pappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400055489182870641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129039582167290762.post-41032426919413950562007-09-25T02:06:00.000-04:002007-09-25T02:06:00.000-04:00Well, Hamburg launched a placeholder website. I d...Well, Hamburg launched a placeholder website. I don't see noble pictures of yet at least. <BR/><BR/>But their idea is better in theory. If this becomes a market for hooking up those needing and those offering photo retouching and enhancement, it could be lucrative. <BR/><BR/>The best eats in NYC as a Facebook App if expanded could be leveraged to support polls for the Village Voice and the like I suppose. OK idea, but not much market value, really. Sounds like something the Voice can slap together themselves - or perhaps acquire, which might be the point there.<BR/><BR/>Remains to be seen - but also remains to be seen what the BoR did or did not do. By the sounds of it, he slammed it together after SWT1, so as a constitution to a movement, it needs work. <BR/><BR/>Good to see you still have the enthusiasm after what was a rocky start though. I do as well, and I hope SWT2 is founded on more open and transparent principles so we can build things together vs. engage in silly blog comment wars.Michael Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937904508816422312noreply@blogger.com