I was at
Digital Dumbo last night. It is a go to event. Yesterday was special. They had a job fair. There was a large crowd. Beer was free. Water you had to get from the vending machine for 50 cents, which I did.
I so love this venue. I wish they had the event the same place every month. The Dumbo Loft is a great space.
I was wearing a
Reshma 2010 shirt (
Phone Calls, Dress Code) -
Reshma For
Congress - and that attracted a few political types, including a Clinton 92 veteran who now lives on the
Upper East Side. He had not heard of her yet.
"How many people are running?" he asked.
"Two. Her and Maloney."
"Then you are winning," he said.
You just started a small fire on the Upper East Side, he added. I guess he is now a strong supporter. Maloney declared she was going to run for the US Senate, he said. That's right when she loses this race. She said she was too good to keep representing the people in this district.
Nobody I met had heard of Reshma before.
But I also talked plenty of tech, and blogging, and jobs. Made some new contacts.
"Great event," I said to Kaitlin, (@
kaitvillanova) the key organizer. I believe
Andrew Zarick is currently in
Spain. The first time I was at the Dumbo Loft, I was like, this is such a healthy male female ration for a tech event. This time too there were a lot of women there. I guess Kaitlin might be responsible.
If you can go to only two tech events each month, those would be the NY Tech MeetUp and Digital Dumbo.
I also have to give a shoutout to DigitalFlashNYC. NY Tech MeetUp is 10 bucks,
Digital Dumbo is free with free beer on top of that. DigitalFlashNYC is also paid. Sara and Laura run
DigitalFlashNYC, got to meet them again last night. I went to their
Popular Science event a while back and it was just great. The talk was great. I met some great people including one potential business partner I had been trying to track other ways, and he just showed up there on his own. I met another dude who seriously considered investing in a venture of mine. You pay for a DigitalFlashNYC event but the drinks are free.
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