Tag Archives: TechCrunch Disrupt

Tumblr evangelist, SEO rulebreaker and coffee connoisseur

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Meg

I wrote about the sameness in tech hipster pitches when I was at TechCrunch Disrupt a few years ago, so I found this auto-generator for tech hipster Twitter bios hilarious. Have you noticed that there’s a certain sameness to tech … Continue reading →

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Dickwolves, Still

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Meg

After Dickwolves, I decided not to attend PAX. This is not an idle decision, or a ragequitting of a fairly underwhelming webcomic. I’m a freelance games writer who regularly covers E3, SXSW, GDC, Casual Connect, IndieCade, TechCrunch Disrupt, East Coast … Continue reading →

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Default Settings, Again

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Meg

My baseline feeling in Chapel Hill is that it’s not too bad, if I make a constant effort  to look for things I can enjoy, and to not think too much about the drawbacks. Sometimes living in North Carolina makes … Continue reading →

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Human Innovation

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Meg

I spent the last few days at TechCrunch Disrupt, checking out amazing cyberpunk tech to improve every possible aspect of our lives, like BitPonics, to automatic hydroponic gardening,  InBetweenJobs, to gameify job hunting, and Magisto, an artificial intelligence for automatically editing videos. … Continue reading →

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Dateini

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Meg

I have a new piece on Dateini from TechCrunch Disrupt for Yahoo! Shine: Dateini, one of the startups displayed at TechCrunch Disrupt, promises to help users “plan dates like Houdini”. Users select their location, cuisine type, budget, and theme, and … Continue reading →

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Satisfied: Whit.li at TechCrunch Disrupt

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Meg

TechCrunch Disrupt NYC is a showcase for tech startups, which seems to almost universally mean apps. But Whit.li, one of the standouts from the show in the Pier 94 industrial warehouse, is an API, not an app. Whit.li uses social … Continue reading →

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Origami Rocketship

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Meg

The Whit.li API was one of the standouts from last week’s TechCrunch Disrupt. Whit.li uses social media telepathy, like public Facebook updates and shared links, to extrapolate the user’s personality and mood.  There are endless applications for this — from … Continue reading →

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Fireside Chat

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Meg

I’m at TechCrunch Disrupt, towards the back of a industrial hall during an informal panel of successful angel tech investors. It’s quite an interesting look at what makes a startup succeed. The interviewer’s gotten Ron Conway to admit to attending … Continue reading →

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From TechCrunch Disrupt

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Meg

Spent today over at TechCrunch Disrupt, looking at new startup apps in Startup Alley, listening to the tech fireside chats, and, overall, just seeing trends in social media apps. After a couple pitches, I couldn’t help it. Updatr Updatr uses … Continue reading →

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Hockey Stick Growth

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Meg

One of the speakers at TechCrunch Disrupt was David Karp from Tumblr, who was talking about “hockey stick growth”, massive increases in the users and site traffic. I thought it would be hilariously meta to take a picture from the … Continue reading →

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