September 2010
3 posts
Funconf After-Party
What happens at the end of funconf, when the bus has run out of fuel and beer?
We stop off at Guinness for refuelling of course :)
The goal of Funconf is to bring together people who are passionate about innovation, technology and web startups. We’ve brought over some great speakers from Silicon Valley and beyond, and they’ll spending be the whole day hanging out with attendees,...
Awesome. Funbags.
Awesome, awesome. One of the things that Eamo and I wanted when we were originally talking about doing funconf was genuinely awesome and relevant goodie bags. The funconf goodie bag will be called the funbag. We’ve already announced that everyone will get a copy of Rands’s book, Managing Humans.
I’ve just confirmed with the Oatmeal that he’ll be bringing 70 copies of...
August 2010
3 posts
Welcoming Randall Thomas from Engine Yard on Board
With more delight than you could shake a cloud hosting platform at, I’d like to welcome Engine Yard as a funconf sponsor. Raise a beer or two to them, won’t you?
And with this fine news, I’d like to welcome an Engine Yarder as a bonus addition to the funconf lineup.
Randall Thomas, @daksis, is a huge personality in the Ruby / Rails scene. He’s a passionate developer; most...
A Sad Goodbye to Joe, A Warm Hello to Thomas
It’s with not a little sadness that I have to announce that Mr. Joe Hewitt won’t be joining us on funconf this time time round. I for one was really looking forward to Joe’s tales from the west.
Unfortunately, Joe’s work commitments in facebook are quite heavy right now and he won’t be able to make it. He’s assured us that he’d be delighted to come next...
Paul's Guide to Where to Stay in Dublin for...
funconf is fast approaching. If you haven’t already got a schedule or booked a hotel, here are some tips.
Relative to other European capitals and US cities, Dublin is really tiny. Like, really. If you stay anywhere within the city centre, pretty much everywhere is walkable. Even if you stay out a bit, you can still walk. And even if you stay a bit further afield; you should be fine. There...
April 2010
7 posts
New dates for funconf: 10th-12th September 2010
Wow. Wow wow wow.
(un)funconf was last Saturday, and what a show it was.
Three of our ten story-tellers showed up, Werner Vogels, Joe Stump and Tom Preston-Werner. We managed to keep the cocktail bar open all night and had a fantastic showing from not only some top brass from the Dublin internet folks, but also from a lot of our European attendees. THANK YOU so much to everyone who came along.
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unFunconf Drinkup
So, that damn Volcano has scuppered our plans.
In an attempt to salvage some kind of fun out of this whole thing, we’re having a drinkup in Dublin city for any that can make it.
All details are on: http://unfunconf.eventbrite.com/
We’d love for you to join us, and help drown our sorrows :)
Paul & Eamo
PS: Hat tip to @mojombo for the lovely picture
The volcano beats funconf :(
Dear Story-tellers & Funconfers,
It’s with a very heavy heart and a nose full of volcano ash that we announce that we’ve decided to postpone Funconf.
We were optimistic at first, but the Irish airspace closures keep getting pushed back. While we could remain optimistic and just forge ahead, we’re facing the following risks:
* There’s huge uncertainty about flights...
funconf & the volcano
Once upon a time, there was a volcano…
The Eyjafjallajokull volcano, spewing ash over most of Europe, poses a difficulty for both funconf speakers and attendees in time for Saturday.
We’re currently checking with everyone we booked things with, such as accommodation, venues and the busses themselves, to try and figure out what the best thing to do is.
Look at our Sponsors, Our Sponsors are Amazing!
There is no way that funconf could happen without amazing sponsors.
Today I’m glad to announce that Github are joining ELC Technologies and Microsoft as funconf sponsors.
There’s just no way that funconf would happen without the support of Jonathan Siegel, founder of ELC. He’s been behind us from day one. We’re huge fans of this guy; we’re his entourage. Jonathan...
Cloud Kings Werner Vogels and Blake Mizerany Join...
Back when “The Cloud” was still called “The Internet” there were folks who were busy working hard firmly looking skywards. Two of them will be joining us at funconf.
Few would argue that Amazon are at the forefront of the cloud computing movement. Amazon Web Services’s line of products have the humble goal of commoditizing the infrastructure that makes the web...
February 2010
3 posts
What the Speakers are Saying
Today, I booked Joe Hewitt’s flight, meaning the flights for all the funconf speakers (so far…!) are now booked. It’s game on. Woohoo!
It’s been really overwhelming to hear the enthusiasm of the speakers for funconf. It makes me feel really good about creating not just another conference, or tech event, or whatever, but something that people will really feel a part of....
Tom Preston-Werner and Amy Hoy Join the Funconf...
With great pleasure, I’m announcing two additions to our funconf lineup.
Tom Preston-Werner is one of the founders of Github. The Github story is one of the most inspiring successes of recent times. Tom’s post, “How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time on GitHub” is essential reading for anyone bootstrapping their own web startup. Tom walks the walk, talks...
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