TechCrunch Party At August Capital

by Michael Arrington on July 21, 2006

ADDITIONAL UPDATE: The RSVP list is now closed and the comments and wiki are locked. There may be additional openings later.

UPDATE: The wiki is overwhelmed and is frustrating people because it is constantly locked. I apologize. I hate wasting people’s time and I can imagine how frustrating it must be to sit there and hit “refresh”. All of those “refreshes” are also crushing our servers. We’ve locked down the wiki. Please RSVP in the comment area on this post and we will add your name to the wiki.

The next TechCrunch Party will be held on Friday, August 18, 2006, in Menlo Park, California.

Unlike previous parties, this one will not be at my house. August Capital has graciously offered the use of their spacious outdoor deck for the party, which is a significantly better venue than my back yard (and will hold more people). We expect 500 or more people to attend.

There will be a bunch of announcements at the party, including some very big surprises, and plenty to eat and drink. We’ll announce more details as the date approaches. Also, a limited number of demo stations will be available for companies to show off their new products.

This is an open party and at least the first 500 people to sign up on the wiki will be admitted. Identification will be checked and your name must be on the list. Please be patient if the wiki is locked down, it just means someone is adding their name to the list.

There are a number of sponsorship opportunities for the party. If you are interested in sponsoring, please email Jeanne Logozzo. Thank you to Soonr, our first confirmed sponsor!

Details

Date: August 18, 2006
Time: 7 - 11 pm
Location: August Capital (Map)
RSVP: on the Wiki

Comments

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Kristopher Tate - July 21st, 2006 at 1:36 am PDT

Awesome, I’m in.

Andrew Fife - July 21st, 2006 at 1:57 am PDT

Sounds like fun!

Guk - July 21st, 2006 at 2:12 am PDT

I’m in! But not 100% sure about being able to come till there. I’ll try though.

randal leeb-du toit - July 21st, 2006 at 2:48 am PDT

Goldarn! I would love to attend, but will be back in wintry Sydney by then. We’ve recently held a Future of Media Summit simultaneously in Sydney/San Francisco — how about a TCParty in multiple locations. Happy to facilitate.

Will be in Palo Alto on Sunday for two weeks — would be great to synch.

Randal Leeb-du Toit
Blog: yoick.wordpress.com
Tel: 650 276-0419

Jason Sperske - July 21st, 2006 at 3:17 am PDT

Cool, I’m #51! Looks like there was a bit of a Wiki collision, the person right after me got their link caught in my 4:00 AM botched wiki code, and now there is such a rush for the wiki that I can’t get back in and fix it (nor I imagine can they), Eh, I made it, they made it, all is good
-Jason
FastSchedule.net - A college schedule search engine

George T. Haber - July 21st, 2006 at 4:55 am PDT

At August capital all hte parties are cool.
looking forward to meet all of you.

George

Ken - July 21st, 2006 at 5:25 am PDT

Boy, for being all Web 2.0 and whatnot, there’s got to be a better way to handle singup than sending 500+ people off to try to edit a wiki page at the same time… sheesh…

John Minnihan - July 21st, 2006 at 5:45 am PDT

Hey Mike,

Great idea WRT to the open invitation, but the wiki signup isn’t working so well. I reg’ed and then *watched* as my name (and four others) was edited off the bottom of the list. I suspect you will have many people that get bumped this way; some will will get pretty upset.

I was #121… and then not. Would enjoy seeing you again (beers at the BBC in Melo was too long ago…)

John

John Minnihan - July 21st, 2006 at 5:47 am PDT

EDIT Back at #121 after a few edits… go figure.

Joe Hurd - July 21st, 2006 at 5:52 am PDT

Mike — as always, this will be a blast. I bet your wiki servers are hotter than the weather outside right now… Thanks for hosting, David
Cheers, Joe

Rakesh Agrawal - July 21st, 2006 at 5:52 am PDT

The trick to the wiki is to have your entry typed up ahead of time… then once you get a lock on the page drop in your entry and save ASAP. Senor wiki could definitely use some improvements in this area.

Jason L. Baptiste - July 21st, 2006 at 6:07 am PDT

hmmm, Ross Levinsohn is number 3 on the list. Add that in with a bolded statement of a very big announcement being made. Either Ross is a huge fan of Tech Crunch party free beers, or Fox has acquired another startup. Let the rumors begin… I hear it might be theWeblogWire.com. jk

-Jason L. Baptiste

George T. Haber - July 21st, 2006 at 6:46 am PDT

I am unable for more then 2 H O U R S to sign up….

H E L L L L P P P P P P P

Zoli Erdos - July 21st, 2006 at 7:23 am PDT

I’m running a poll on how fast this will sell out. My bet: 10am (noon the latest).

Pradeep Sethi - July 21st, 2006 at 7:30 am PDT

Wiki Registration is not working. Have been waiting for about 2 hours. Does posting on the comments count as RSVP.

hollyster - July 21st, 2006 at 7:30 am PDT

It’s no surprise that the WIKI is continously locked. I do see a nice side black market forming.. perhaps a temporal eBay… to the person who has it locked down for 15 min. will sign up the highest 5 bidders. While logistics for a party with readership of this size is well *painful*, I am still glad that Mike opens it up to allow the masses to have a chance at getting in an A-List geek party =)

brian - July 21st, 2006 at 7:31 am PDT

I’m running a poll on how fast you will sell out. My bet: 7:23am.

Zoli Erdos - July 21st, 2006 at 7:39 am PDT

Hi Brian,

Wanna join my poll? See comment# 14 above

Thomas - July 21st, 2006 at 7:43 am PDT

Does it have to be done through a wiki? There has got to be a better way.

Brian Goler - July 21st, 2006 at 7:45 am PDT

I’m not able to get past the edit lock either. If anyone else makes it in, would you mind adding my name after yours? Thanks.

Andrei - July 21st, 2006 at 7:45 am PDT

ditto on the comments that wiki is in constant lock-up mode. I like the suggestion that a comment may serve as an RSVP proxy.

Jessica Hardwick - July 21st, 2006 at 7:46 am PDT

F5 x 2 hours = 0

sam - July 21st, 2006 at 8:13 am PDT

good luck on your party…

after a 2 hour constant refresh trying to get access.. i’ve got work to do!!

wonder what the click/refresh to actual access ratio is!!!

work on your queuing theory guys!!!!!

given your penchant for new tech companies.. what’s with the forcing via a single signup strategy…

although, for some enterprising person, you could offer to add additional people for a fee once you get in..

Bill Katz - July 21st, 2006 at 8:22 am PDT

Yes, I’m going to give up as well. Gave some thought to writing a bot, but slamming the wiki doesn’t seem to be the right approach to an invite.

Matthew Soldo - July 21st, 2006 at 8:32 am PDT

Hi. I can’t sign up on the Wiki so I hope you’ll take an RSVP here in the comments. Thanks for hosting the party.

Reg Cheramy - July 21st, 2006 at 8:33 am PDT

Ya… we’ve got a distributed effort amoung a 1/2 dozen web 2.0 companies. Anyone of us gets in and we all go in.

Mike, do you LOVE the mayhem you’re causing here? Isn’t there a Web 2.0 company that could offer a better solution than a crazy lock? It’s an interesting way to give everyone a shot though I suppose.

Back to the CMD-R for me.

Jason Korman - July 21st, 2006 at 8:39 am PDT

Hey Mike, Count Stormhoek in as the second sponsor and we’ll see if Hugh can do a special edition print for the event.

Jason Korman

Susan Mernit - July 21st, 2006 at 8:44 am PDT

Going to be out of town, but enjoy!

mb - July 21st, 2006 at 8:46 am PDT

here’s an idea - if it takes you more than 5 minutes to sign up once you get the lock on the page, you are deemed unworthy and no party for you.

Pradeep Sethi - July 21st, 2006 at 8:49 am PDT

I was able to add myself to the wiki & I am sure I saw my name at ~198 number, but then I got a database error. Now I am not in the list anymore

More than F5s or CTRL-R for me. I am done for now. Will check back in the evening. If anybody gets in and would like to add my name “Pradeep Sethi”, that’d be great!

Cheers,

Pradeep Sethi - July 21st, 2006 at 8:50 am PDT

I was able to add myself to the wiki & I am sure I saw my name at ~198 number, but then I got a database error. Now I am not in the list anymore

NO more F5s or CTRL-R for me. I am done for now. If anybody gets in and would add my name “Pradeep Sethi”, that’d be great!

Cheers,

Nick Douglas - July 21st, 2006 at 8:56 am PDT

Anyone who sends a good tip to tips(at)valleywag(dot)com gets added under me when I sign up for the party.

Andrew Bach - July 21st, 2006 at 8:57 am PDT

I have not been able to sign up on the Wiki as well… hope you’ll accept an RSVP from here. Thanks.

Dario - July 21st, 2006 at 9:00 am PDT

Damn,i’m in Italy,too far…! There will be a live from the party ?

David Sachs - July 21st, 2006 at 9:10 am PDT

Yeah, this whole write-lock thing is frustrating. Makes you start to appreciate database-backed applications. Would like to attend, though.

Chester - July 21st, 2006 at 9:12 am PDT

No luck here either. If a comment post gets me in, count me in

Johnny Restrepo - July 21st, 2006 at 9:17 am PDT

uhhhh…..I think I just broke my left button on my mouse pressing edit for the last two hours….

Michael that will be $2 please…(its’s some cheap BenQ mouse)

Hopefully my touchpad works and I get to register….:)

Johnny Restrepo - July 21st, 2006 at 9:19 am PDT

uhhhh…..I think I just broke my left button on my mouse pressing edit for the last two hours without stopping….

Michael shame on you! That will be $2 please to replace it…(its’s some cheap BenQ mouse)

Hopefully my touchpad works and I get to register….:)

Craig - July 21st, 2006 at 9:20 am PDT

Man, this is worse than being a walmart greeter LOL

Chester Ng - July 21st, 2006 at 9:20 am PDT

Hopefully adding a last name might help me get that RSVP.

RBA - July 21st, 2006 at 9:31 am PDT

Well, I added my name about 5 minutes ago (I was #215) - mind it took me like 10 minutes to get an unlokced page - and I check now and someone deleted my name afterwards. I would like to know who was kind enough to do that.