New York's Web Industry From 1995 to 2008: From Nascent to Ascendent
New York’s Web Industry From 1995 to 2008: From Nascent to Ascendent
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I don't mean to be unkind but really of limited interest to those not from NYC??
It was helpful but could have been shorter- 15 mins? I'm from NYC and lived it- nice to have a precis.
It was great to get a quick overview of where we've been & how far we've come (or not). I'm sure the history wasn't as neat as this (progress isn't a straight line) but you offered a very full synopsis in a limited amount of time.
My only question is that I'd love to see the full wiki where people offered their ideas & remembrances but the URL wasn't included in the presentation.
@Liz Here's a link to fred's blog post http://tinyurl.com/63uovx
and the wiki http://tinyurl.com/6lkahk
Fred, I loved hearing the history of NY tech mostly because I wasn't old enough to remember it myself. I was an intern at Xceed (formerly Mercury Seven) in 1999 when I was a junior in high school, and I was in college when things collapsed. It was great to see it through your eyes and get more context around how things are developing now. Thanks for putting together such a great talk. My thoughts on all the Wednesday keynotes are here: http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2008/09/web-20-expo-ny-wednesday-keynotes/
Far too long and detailed for a topic I hardly care about; it doesn't matter to me whether a company is in NYC or Silicon Valley or in Japan.
Fun walk through history. I thought it was the perfect first keynote for the first web 2.0 expo in NYC.
I'll agree that while I'm sure it's interesting to those in NYC, those of us not from the area were a bit lost. Still well-built and well-presented, though.
I agree with other comments that it was a bit much. In many ways it represented an overall weakness of this conference, which was it was focused (in some ways) as the antithesis of the Web 2.0 West Coast (i.e. "let's talk about why NYC is a great place for Web 2.0 startups"). I came to this conference just trying to learn more about Web 2.0 ideas that I can integrate in my own work, and didn't really care about any discussions about how things have evolved for companies in different geographies.
I thought it was great to learn of start-up history not angled at SF. Kudos to Fred! It was the best presentation of the evening.
A terrific oral history of 'how it all happened'. Very entertaining.
Entertaining and some lessons learned, but a little of "the world revolves around NY." This only plays well with the NYers and tends to turn those of us from the rest of the country off a bit.
I thought this presentation made total sense to kick off the keynotes for the NY expo. I don't live in NYC although I do live 3 hours away so maybe I'm bias. One thing I took from Fred was that everything web didn't and doesn't come from around the northern California area. It also shows that this vision is coming from other areas outside of nothern Calif.
Great presentation....although I don't think the term 'Silicon Alley' is going anywhere soon!
Interesting history.