Comments on: Headed to FOWD in NYC

By: Corny

Corny — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:09:14 +0000

So did you get any free stuff? LO!L!11! Well either way it seems like it would’ve been a good time. Maybe a full post about what all went down…

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:24:18 +0000

Ah, good deal!

I was all alone, and being shy as I am I had to step up and gather some courage to talk to some of these people. It was pretty tough for me. I probably came across as a total idiot to Andy Clarke. I was stuttering like a crazy person, ha ha ha.

I’m pleased that I at least got to talk to Elliot for a bit and managed to intercept Ryan during the party before I left.

By: Kyle Meyer

Kyle Meyer — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:06:30 +0000

Rodrigo: Yes actually, though I mainly chatted with Elliot, he was kind enough to introduce me to Ryan Carson and the rest of the Carsonified crew, quite a few of the speakers and the blokes from HappyCog as well. Unfortunately I only had Clockwork business cards on hand so I couldn’t give out both those and personal ones but it was just poor timing on my part.

I left the afterparty shortly after 10 as well knowing it would take me roughly two hours to get back to the hotel over by JFK airport, which it did.

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:48:43 +0000

I know! it was too loud!
I guess it doesn’t really matter anyway. My networking was pretty useless; I was checking out the sites of people I got cards from, and to be honest I didn’t find an ounce of decent design or good practices. What a pity.
I had to leave like two hours into the party to drive back to PA anyways.
Did you get good networking done at all?

By: Kyle Meyer

Kyle Meyer — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:04:16 +0000

Rodrigo: Yeah, it’s definitely too bad. Did you attend the afterparty? While, nice they could have turned down the music a bit, it was bloody hard trying to have a decent discussion with anyone. Given an audience of web geeks and this being the only real networking time available I was disappointed that they didn’t take that into consideration. I guess when you throw DJ’s in their booths they could care less but really now.

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:49:40 +0000

For real? haha, what are the odds?
I remember two dudes standing right there, too bad I didn’t see your badge.

By: Kyle Meyer

Kyle Meyer — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:34:23 +0000

Rodrigo: I actually was standing right next to Elliot when you went up to meet him, but I was talking to my coworker Rett, and by the time I turned around you were gone, sorry about that!

Overall it was good, I really enjoyed Joshua Davis and Ryan Singer, Elliot made some great laughs as well.

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:53:35 +0000

Ahh, too bad I missed you at the conference man!
Overall I’d say it was a pretty positive experience, don’t you think?
There were a couple of pretty weak presentations but some of them were great, especially Ryan Singer’s presentation.

By: Shinso

Shinso — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:36:22 +0000

Have fun Kyle. ;D

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:32:29 +0000

I might go seeing as I live in NYC, but I think I have a highschool interview that day.