Back from the Web 2.0 Expo after the launch of Snap Shots. This was a very intense and successful trip:
Left the officehttp://www.idealab.com/about_idealab after the launch button was pushed and the PR hit the wires (noon) -> Burbank airport http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymeydad/464257762 (2pm flight) -> Oaklandhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymeydad/464257898(arrived at 3:15) -> Bart to SFhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymeydad/464263933 -> Rex Hotel (checkin at 4:15) -> then to the Expo at Mosconee Center http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymeydad/464265123/ -> Snap Shots Launch party at Two Restauranthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymeydad/464258708-> W Hotel Bar (with Kobi and Nimrod) -> Rex Hotel (zzz…) -> breakfast and Moscone Center again (till 4pm) and then heading back home in the same route.
The feedback to Snap Shots from people who came by our booth and others was extremely positive. I also met many people I know from past life, Mike Jones and his crew were booth neighbors, Ouriel and Orli came to see the new product (and seem to like it), other friends and business-colleagueshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymeydad/464258354 celebrated with us the launch of Snap Shots and we all had a great time. Shachar finally had his first drink at SF and as a bonus he also had his five minutes of famehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymeydad/464258884.
Other highlights:
- People twittered like mad
- The friends from Netvibes invited people to their party like mad
- As in real life the long tail hall seems to have most of the action
- and one Cliché to end this post, San Francisco is such a beautiful city
Frogs here,
Frogs there,
Frogs are jumping everywhere…
Originally uploaded by stylecouncil1.
I went to Israel for a very short and intensive trip. Spent a few days in Tel Aviv and a few at the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), saw family & friends and participated in two major internet/technology events that took place that week.
The first event was Kinnernet, the un-conference created by Yossi Vardi. A crowd of about 250 creative & fascinating people were invited to spend two days collaborating, discussing, juggling, and playing.
The second event was TheMarker COM.Vention, Israel’s largest internet conference. I sat on panel called “Disruption 2.0: The Way Web 2.0 Challenges Web 1.0? and had the opportunity to present the way Snap disrupts the search market.
The conference was a great success. Over 3000 people attended the well organized event. I had the opportunity to meet many colleagues from past life (conratulations to my friends Itzik, Eran, Eyal, Amir and the rest of the InfoGin team for winning the ‘most promising startup award’) and get to know new Israeli internet professionals and entrepreneurs. Here’s a brilliant video made by two of them.
