“ Good venue, lots of new blood (like me). I didn't think the presenters were up to the usual level, as I've heard it described, but still an valuable and enjoyable evening. Scott is great at keeping things moving right along. ”

“ Inspiring and interesting. ”

“ Need to vet the presenters better. Also, perhaps more structured networking. Suggest company names in name tags. Maybe a literature table for info on companies in attendance. ”

“ A lot of the companies were not that compelling. ”

“ This was my second Tech meetup, and it was a little different than the first one I'd gone to. The presentations weren't as well polished, and that gave the event a little more credibility- we are now able to tell the good from the bad! As a suggestion, I would love to see the presenters have to open a thread on the message boards before they go up. This would help you in scheduling, it would give them a static place to put links, etc. and would also give the viewers a good place to leave feedback (I heard a few choice suggestions from the crowd for the presenter with the cameras!). What do you think? ”

“ Thanks for the beer and I met some great kids. ”

“ Just finding out about Hopstop.com alone made it worthwhile, plus tons of great NY tech types ”

“ Duncan Werner's demonstration of thumbstacks.com was absolutely fantastic! The idea of implementing PowerPoint as a web app is wonderful! ”

“ liked it, but thought the Q&A format could have been a little more structured for presenters and audience... also-- it should be about "show, don't tell" ”

“ Informative, friendly and delightfully non-stuffy gathering; ”