Comments on: CrunchGear Party http://www.crunchnotes.com/2006/10/16/crunchgear-party/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:51:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: David BlumensTein http://www.crunchnotes.com/2006/10/16/crunchgear-party/#comment-16463 David BlumensTein Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:55:38 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=294#comment-16463 Oddly enough, i was asked to meet a friend of mine, a Ziff Davis Executive, at the meetiup, which he referred to and I believed to be in honor of TechCrunch until I arrived, asked if this was the place for the TechCrunch meetup and was told definitively no, but that I could stay on for the CrunchGear fete. Long story short. I stayed around, met some unique individuals, learned that CrunchGear maintains a policy of discussing, publicizing, blogging about only those items which are actually available for purchase here in the United States. Topping off the evening was the prize giveaway. We were all asked to pick a number from 1 to 50 and the person guessing it or closest to it, won the prize - a Roku Soundbridge Internet Radio. I guessed 23, and whether or not that was the actual number, I do not know, but I did win and walked off with a fond souvenir of a well spent evening. Its a shame Michael Arrington could not have attended, but then what with TechCrunch making Page 6 of the tabloids, discretion is key. Oddly enough, i was asked to meet a friend of mine, a Ziff Davis Executive, at the meetiup, which he referred to and I believed to be in honor of TechCrunch until I arrived, asked if this was the place for the TechCrunch meetup and was told definitively no, but that I could stay on for the CrunchGear fete.

Long story short. I stayed around, met some unique individuals, learned that CrunchGear maintains a policy of discussing, publicizing, blogging about only those items which are actually available for purchase here in the United States.

Topping off the evening was the prize giveaway. We were all asked to pick a number from 1 to 50 and the person guessing it or closest to it, won the prize - a Roku Soundbridge Internet Radio. I guessed 23, and whether or not that was the actual number, I do not know, but I did win and walked off with a fond souvenir of a well spent evening.

Its a shame Michael Arrington could not have attended, but then what with TechCrunch making Page 6 of the tabloids, discretion is key.

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