Dipping into the Blogpond

Last night I attended my first “tech” function – Sydney Stirr. What a great night! The evening was organised by Martin Wells and hosted by Tangler, Omnidrive, Technology Venture Partners and Atlassian. Many thanks guys for a the opportunity and fun evening.

It was great to actually meet (or at least put a face to a name) some of the people whose websites (or blogs) I visit.

dLook was fortunate to have a display on the night, and also our “60 seconds” (strictly enforced!) in the spotlight.

Other Australian startups presenting were;

Rave About it – the Australian online review site, currently in Beta.
I managed to have an interesting chat with Mark, about some of the day to day challenges we face and plans for the future.

3eep.com – a new online sporting community site, released earlier this year.

Booking Angel – which provides a booking service for restaurants integrated into other websites like Eatability. Restaurants receive an automated phone call with reservation details, which they can accept or reject by pushing a number on a keypad – a bonus for the busy restaurateurs who can’t always be at the computer. The details are then emailed to the restaurant, and the reservation confirmed or rejected to the customer.

Other reports on the evening – Mick (nice to meet you) and Sri.