It’s Not Bikini Bullriding But It Is A Party

If you will be in San Francisco April 21, the first night of ad:tech, Shelly Palmer and Jeff Pulver are hosting a networking party at a location yet to be determined. We’ll share the location with you as soon as it’s known. It will be somewhere close to the convention center.

You can find out more details and register for the event here.

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Adteractive Party Publishes Pictorial

Pictures from the Adteractive party which took place Wednesday, April 16 during ad:tech San Francisco are in and the hotness of the party was definitely captured. Check them all out here.

ad:tech San Francisco Captured Flickr-Style

Catch the second day (OK, mostly night) of ad:tech San Francisco in our Flickr albums. Here’s day one. Here’s day two. Oh, yes, we do love to have fun. Rubicon rocked. The Oldtimers party was exquisite. Datran did dinner and…what would an ad:tech photo album be without booth babes? Enjoy.

Overheard Around the Dining Table…

Statements may or may not have been made at the table around which the people at left are sitting (so don’t, like, push thumbtacks into their faces):

“A moderator’s job is to make the panelists uncomfortable.”

“Clearly ad:tech is not the leading edge trade show. They’re the big monster ... SXSW? They’re, like, bleeding bleeding edge.”

“I hate those goddamn sessions. I just come here to spend time with the bloggers.”

“I don’t smoke and I don’t dance. But I like to smoke, and I like to dance.”

Painting Town Red, Dancing All Night, and Other Cliches You’d Kill to Live Out

Wednesday night at ad:tech totally kicked Tuesday night’s ass.

It started pretty innocuously. I met up with Ana Yoerg, whom I haven’t seen since last year, and we hit the W to bootleg internet and do work. Turns out Return Path was having a party there, so we sat on a couch like square bears with our Macbook Pros and tried to avoid the aerodynamic alcohol beverages.

Every once in awhile I’d look up and meet eyes with a well-dressed waiter, whose only function was to hold up a sign that said “Return Path.”

First Day of ad:tech San Francisco Summarized Picture-Style

Rather than bore you with a wordy monologue of what went on during the first night at ad:tech San Francisco, the story is best told through pictures and there’s a lot of them here that capture the first day of the online marketing conference with hit record attendance levels of 14,000 plus. In the picture album, you’ll see all the usual shenanigans including booth babes, costumed characters, women with lots of cleavage for no reason other than to make men drool and hang around a trade show booth, industry luminaries, nightlife and just plain fun.

Wednesday Night ad:tech Party Scene Heats Up

Apparently the industry listened to us. Either that out we were just deaf to begun with. After noting Tuesday evening at ad:tech San Francisco was filling with parties while Wednesday night was hosting a lone party for the crickets, several companies have announced events for Wednesday night.

e-Storm will host a party at the Otis Bar located at 25 Maiden Lane beginning at 6PM. eBuddy will be hosting a party at Le Colonial beginning at 7:30PM. Check out all the parties on the party schedule and map in the right hand column.

Tuesday Night at ad:tech Explodes With Parties, Crickets Own Wednesday

Dear Companies Hosting ad:tech Parties,

We truly appreciate your enthusiasm for the industry and your desire to make sure everyone is supplied with the best free well drinks while watching dancers shake their booties atop platforms, speakers and bars but if you want people to actually show up to your party, you can’t schedule it on the same night every other company does. You see, ad:tech spans three days and there are two big party nights. Unfortunately, you all want schedule your party on the first night. This presents problems and challenges for those of us who like to make sure we take every possible opportunity to suck down all available free well drinks and catch our favorite platform dancers.

ad:tech San Francisco Evenings Fill With Parties

With but three weeks to go before ad:tech kicks off in San Francisco, the social calendar is quickly filling up. You can check out all the events (and their locations on the Google map) in the right hand column of the ad:tech blog. On Tuesday night, April 15, SF BIG is hosting a party at 11 Minna beginning at 6PM. AdFemme is hosting a party at SWIG beginning at 6PM. The ad:tech Awards party will be held at Mezzanine beginning at 7PM.

On Wednesday night, April 16, the Association of Downloadable Media is hosting a party at Kiptronic (605 Market Street) beginning at 6PM. The Oldtimers Party will be held at Vessel beginning at 7PM. The Rubicom party will be held at Harlot beginning at 9PM.

Many of these parties are invited only so don’t just show up and expect to get in without an invite or first having RSVP’s. Check back for updates and additions as we get closer to the show. I hope to see you all out and about.