London Geek Dinner
Like a number of other people I attended last Saturday night’s London Geek Dinner with Robert Scoble. Unlike a lot of other people, I haven’t had a chance to actually write about the night. So here I go..
The night was all in all thoroughly enjoyable. When I arrived I was greeted by Hugh (the organiser), who was the first person I met, albeit briefly. Of the almost 100 other people in the room, I knew no-one. So, being the shy person I am, I went and introduced myself to the first random person I came across. (I am going to apologise right away and say I remember no-one’s names, something I repeatedly apologised for during the night).
Here’s a quick run down of who I met:
Two people from Toronto working on image recognition software. One of them was the first person I spoke to (and thanks for being so welcoming of a random stranger saying hello)
Two people from Oslo working on reporting services for MS Sharepoint. And dressed to kill, putting almost eveyrone else to shame.
A guy originally from Germany working on .NET technologies. But we talked about language instead :)
A guy from Australia working as a strategic analyst.
Kevin (whose name I do remember as he was introducd to everyone), China’s most famous blogger (I’ll have to look him up on the CBL)
And of course Robert Scoble and Hugh Macleod. (Well, I couldn’t avoid Hugh – when I appeared at the top of the stairs he rushed over and said ‘welcome’ in a distracted tone that told me he’d been awake far too long and met far too many people already.
Even though I legged it just after the speech, it was a very enjoyable evening in London. And yes, I did enjoy the (insert obligatory link) Stormhoek wine I tried.
Lastly, if you don’t want to potter over to Hugh’s page and scroll down, here are some links to other people’s impresisons of the night (photos included!)
A podcast interview of Robert Scoble and Hugh Macleod by Hugh Fraser. (Remind me not to past late at night after a long day at work – it’s Robert not Richard.)
Event photos from Simon Cast.
Yet more photos.
And the wiki, with these and more links.
