{"id":522,"date":"2006-07-27T07:24:01","date_gmt":"2006-07-27T11:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/27\/nextny-and-other-nyc-events\/"},"modified":"2006-07-27T07:55:57","modified_gmt":"2006-07-27T11:55:57","slug":"nextny-and-other-nyc-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/27\/nextny-and-other-nyc-events\/","title":{"rendered":"nextNY and other NYC events"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, I came across the nextNY site<\/a>, a networking group for folks in technology and media in New York. It was started by Charlie O’Donnell<\/a>, an up-and-coming executive (he just left Union Square Ventures<\/a> where he’d been working to join a startup they’d funded<\/a>). I was intrigued because they organized a dodgeball league<\/a>, so it was clear they were a little bit less strait-laced than the typical networking group. Plus, Charlie linked to one of my posts<\/a>, so that predisposes me to like him.<\/p>\n

Anyway, nextNY had a happy hour last night at Bar 13<\/a>, and I stopped by in an attempt to meet more people here in New York. It was a lot of fun – interesting folks involved in a variety of entrepreneurial ventures. Unlike many others there, I wasn’t trying to pitch anything and I didn’t have an agenda, so I was able to just enjoy meeting people, and hear them talking about what excites them (much like my experience at BrainJam<\/a>). Plus, I got my first taste of the Joel halo effect – after saying I worked at Fog Creek Software, most folks say “Oh, you work for Joel!”, so that was kind of neat. I had to leave early to meet up for dinner and drinks for a friend’s birthday, but I will be going to more nextNY events in the future. <\/p>\n

The last couple weeks have been all about taking advantage of New York. I’d been feeling a bit overwhelmed, so I figured it was time to remind myself that this is NEW YORK, and I should be going out and doing fun things here. So I’ve done all sorts of things, including:<\/p>\n