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Web folk + beer = good times

Bronwen, Chris, Lynton and Gerry Mike and Jinnan

Mannish and MylesRichard and Duncan

Tuesday night saw some of Perth’s  best Web 2.0 companies get together to have a drink and exchange ideas about the web industry for Dinner 2.1.

There certainly is a lot of innovation going on at the moment and it is a great opportunity for those of us working in the area to get together and share contacts and exchange ideas.

Richard from Scouta was there, Mike and Chris  from Crabcat (still in stealth mode), Jinnan, Gerry, Raphe, Lynton and Mannish from Buzka, Duncan Riley who is writing for TechCrunch, Carlo Bertozzi from Clickstream, Myles Eftos from 88 Miles and myself all had ourselves a great time.

The consensus is that Perth has the motivation and innovation to become a viable Silicon Valley option a term we’ve dubbed (thanks to Rich) Silicon Beach. And all of us are determined to put Perth on the map.

Special thanks to Duncan for driving up from Bunbury for the dinner, he’s certainly doing  a great job at TechCrunch. He’s proof that you don’t have to be in Silicon Valley to make an impact. Well done Duncan on getting the gig.

See you round the norg

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4 Responses to “Web folk + beer = good times”

  1. Richard Giles Says:
    May 17th, 2007 at 3:48 pm

    I can’t claim Silicon Beach as my own, as it was mentioned in an AFR story in relation to Sydney. I just figured our beaches were much better, so the moniker actually should belong to us. I just plan on stealing it :).

  2. Chris Stoyles Says:
    May 17th, 2007 at 6:50 pm

    If all goes well, we won’t be in stealth mode for too much longer. Mike and I had a great time and for me personally, it’s events like Beer 2.1 that keep me motivated toward my goal (and the goal for many other people) of putting Perth on the map.

  3. Myles Eftos Says:
    May 17th, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    Good time had by all! great to see everyone again - can’t wait until the next one.

  4. Australia as Silicon Beach at Liako.Biz Says:
    June 16th, 2007 at 10:26 pm

    […] In January, David Bolliger coined the term “Sillicon Beach” to refer to a bunch of Sydney based start-ups - continuing an international trend of regionalising hotspots of tech innovation that aspire to be like Sillicon Valley (my other favourite is New York as Sillicon Alley). Although it’s not the first time the term has been used, everyone from Perth, Melbourne, Newscastle, Brisbane, and the rest are claiming they are the real silicon beach. […]

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