Live blog - TechCrunch UK meetup

by Mike Butcher on May 9, 2008

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):

Comments

Tamlyn - May 9th, 2008 at 11:32 am PDT

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

babul - May 9th, 2008 at 11:39 am PDT

AJ you finally made TechCrunch! Love the pic

Where is Dilan?

http://twitter.com/_hb

Sizemore - May 9th, 2008 at 11:47 am PDT

Just leaving the Tuttle. See you soon

Mike Butcher - May 9th, 2008 at 12:21 pm PDT

TechCrunchUK meetup live!

david cushman - May 9th, 2008 at 12:41 pm PDT

wish i could be there. am stuck in a conference in cannes… and not in the sun!

Mike Butcher - May 9th, 2008 at 1:15 pm PDT

Just posted n update - about 50 people here now. Expecting more after work I think…

babul - May 9th, 2008 at 1:26 pm PDT

Most people are probably stuck in the office or are too far to make it.

Paul cleghorn - May 9th, 2008 at 1:39 pm PDT

wow, how cool - the sun has even decided to turn out, most excellent. Have a cracking afternoon people, looks like fun.

Scott - May 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pm PDT

should be there by 4

Sarah - May 9th, 2008 at 1:55 pm PDT

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

shafqat - May 9th, 2008 at 2:02 pm PDT

So jealous! Looks like fun. How’s the schwag distribution? I’m working on getting our stuff together for the next meetup.

Natalie - May 9th, 2008 at 2:10 pm PDT

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

Nate - May 9th, 2008 at 2:30 pm PDT

Aboutthree of us will be down at abuot 6pm. See you then!

stewart townsend - May 9th, 2008 at 3:04 pm PDT

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…..

Dave Nattriss - May 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pm PDT

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.

Mike Butcher - May 9th, 2008 at 4:33 pm PDT

we’re still here :-)

Shak - May 9th, 2008 at 4:50 pm PDT

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

Geoff Wright - May 9th, 2008 at 5:55 pm PDT

Was great fun. Looking forwards to the next one!

Lol @ me in the pink polo just behind Mike - with my uber cool rucksack : )

Richard Botley - May 9th, 2008 at 8:17 pm PDT

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

Grumblemouse - May 9th, 2008 at 9:30 pm PDT

Great day Mike - awesome venue, awesome weather and awesome people

jmac - May 9th, 2008 at 9:34 pm PDT

great day - very much enjoyed it (well done mike, you did it!!!!) - will blog it tmrw

jmac

kosso - May 9th, 2008 at 9:51 pm PDT

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

Mike Butcher - May 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm PDT

Glad people seemed to enjoy the idea! Have now posted more pix to this post. Rock on people!

Sam Sethi - May 9th, 2008 at 11:52 pm PDT

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.

jmac - May 10th, 2008 at 9:30 am PDT

Blogged it here Mikey: http://www.jonathanmacdonald.com/?p=810

Well done again mate.

alan p - May 10th, 2008 at 10:49 am PDT

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

Deirdre Molloy - May 10th, 2008 at 5:11 pm PDT

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!

Craig Cockburn - May 10th, 2008 at 10:03 pm PDT

Loved it

thanks
Craig

Jake Stride - May 12th, 2008 at 2:53 pm PDT

If anyone has any pictures of them + dragon I would love to see them to get them on our blog.

Thanks

Jake

Sam Sethi - May 12th, 2008 at 3:48 pm PDT

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.

Mike Butcher - May 12th, 2008 at 4:47 pm PDT

@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.

Sam Sethi - May 12th, 2008 at 11:28 pm PDT

Thanks Mike.