Back on the 19th I went to my first London OpenCoffee Club meeting. I blogged about it before, but here is a quick update. There were a couple of people I met but forgot to mention. I spoke to Cristiano Betta about technology, a Dutch trends blog called Frankwatching, education and teachr.tv, and he sent me the links to his Flickr photos taken that day, and his blog. I was spoke to a guy from Linkadoo, which sounds like it could be a pretty good brand name. I also saw that Sam Sethi, who I spoke to on the day, and Loic Le Meur did actually kiss and make up amongst the deal chatter. Sam’s post on it announces the fact there will be a Le Web IV over in Paris at some point this year. Lastly, I mentioned that a Channel 4 team were filming the session. They incorporated it in to a piece on the current technology wave of start ups being like a second dotcom boom. All a bit sensationalist really. However, halfway through the piece you can see me shuffling out business cards (which is a key activity at these events) and talking to Saul Klein, the guy who started OpenCoffee Club. A few seconds of Channel 4 fame last Tuesday. Mike wrote about the news item too.
Dennis and I will be at the next session this coming Thursday 3 May, and I’ll be getting to the one on 10 May, when the Irish are coming. Jameson’s in the coffee that day I hope.
Update: I just saw this thoughtful piece criticising the Channel 4 news item, with John Wilson talking to Mark Cunningham, one of the people on camera amongst the champagne glasses.
