Update/Postscript: The event attracted several nice comments (below) and a couple of blog posts, as well.
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I’m sitting here outside the Royal Festival Hall, and I’ll be here all day chatting to tech people and startups who want to drop by to the Techcrunch UK meetup. It’s 12.14pm right now and I’ll try to do a live blog throughout the day of the people and companies who swing by.
First up was “AJ” (pictured below) who is working on an interesting idea (here’s his blog, so stay tuned).
Update 2.13pm:
About 50-60 people have turned up and everyone is chatting away as planned. Best thing to do for updates is watch my Twitter feed as getting WiFi out here on the Terrace is a little flaky….
Meanwhile, more pix (Flickr group):
I’ll be down later, and hoping to meet some Usability bods to set up an informal knowledge sharing monthly meetup. Twitter me if you can’t find me! http://twitter.com/tamlyn
AJ you finally made TechCrunch! Love the pic
Where is Dilan?
http://twitter.com/_hb
Just leaving the Tuttle. See you soon
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wish i could be there. am stuck in a conference in cannes… and not in the sun!
Just posted n update - about 50 people here now. Expecting more after work I think…
Most people are probably stuck in the office or are too far to make it.
wow, how cool - the sun has even decided to turn out, most excellent. Have a cracking afternoon people, looks like fun.
should be there by 4
It’s a shame I can’t be there…. daytime and London just don’t work for me. Otherwise I would have been there… Friday night, good company and interesting/ stimulating conversations are always great!
But it looks like you are all having fun! Which is great!
Sarah
So jealous! Looks like fun. How’s the schwag distribution? I’m working on getting our stuff together for the next meetup.
Hi Mike,
Great to meet you
Excellent turn out of people on such a sunny day. Let me know if you get any photos you want retouching!
Natalie
Aboutthree of us will be down at abuot 6pm. See you then!
Can someone order a beer for me and take a pic please, Im stuck in the office in Manc, its grey outside and twittering about Summer BBQ….oh come on sunshine and beer. Enjoy it all…..
Hi Mike - guess the weather forecasts were wrong!
Looks like you’ve gathered an impressive crowd - well done. Would have liked to have been part of it but am busy.
we’re still here
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Good fun indeed, sorry we had to leave to head back to the office, defo gets the thums up from JP and I, see ya at the next 1
Was great fun. Looking forwards to the next one!
Lol @ me in the pink polo just behind Mike - with my uber cool rucksack : )
Great meeting everyone - I look forward to hearing more from all the interesting start-ups I met today.
Thanks to the Blyk and Pikum guys for the rather bright yet cool T-shirts and to Mike for choosing an excellent venue and organising the sunshine.
Have a good weekend all.
Richard
Great day Mike - awesome venue, awesome weather and awesome people
great day - very much enjoyed it (well done mike, you did it!!!!) - will blog it tmrw
jmac
Nice one Mike! Good to see you and others out in the sun today. Had some great chats and grew some good leads today. Thanks for pointing us all to one place on this sunny Friday afternoon!
cheers!
K
Glad people seemed to enjoy the idea! Have now posted more pix to this post. Rock on people!
Wow not single athlete in this group of dawks (aka geeks). This group makes the addams family look normal.
Hey you bunch of freaks, go and twitter this. Bottom line those that can do, those that can’t blog/twitter/seesmic/friendfeed/facebook.
Blogged it here Mikey: http://www.jonathanmacdonald.com/?p=810
Well done again mate.
My take on the afternoon complete with free schwag Social Graph of London’s social networks
http://broadstuff.com/archives/920-Londons-Social-Networks-of-New-Tech-heads.html
Nice one, Mike
Mike, gutted i couldn’t make it.
Great to see all your efforts getting a useful meatspace equivalent. You surely have the touch for these event thingumies
TCUK community + London summertime = result!
Loved it
thanks
Craig
If anyone has any pictures of them + dragon I would love to see them to get them on our blog.
Thanks
Jake
The message above that is allegedly from me and that links to my twitter account is not mine. I have asked Mike Butcher to please remove it.
@Sam Sethi - Thanks, your denial is sufficient to set the record straight. I’m not keen on removing comments, as I think conversations need to be open.
Thanks Mike.
The fake Sam Sethi is onto something here. Geeks need more fresh area exercise.
Hi, Sorry I couldn’t be there. You should def do again soon.
Nigel
YouPage Ltd
http://www.youpage.com
It seems we missed something.
Probably to much focus on the web application.
So next year then.