Adaptive Path's Fourth Anniversary Party
Last night SFist was invited to join the revellers at Adaptive Path's offices on Brannan between second and third. Not having been known to turn down free beer and food, we showed up promptly at six. We were especially excited about the prospects of the rented taco truck doing the catering. If you doubted the genius of Lane Becker, Janice Fraser, Jeff Veen, Peter Merholtz, Jesse James Garrett and Indi Young, the catering decision alone should dispell many of your doubts.
It had certainly been a while since we made the walk from Market to Brannan. Why, it seemed like just yesterday we were working at Wineshopper.com on their brand-new website and eating lunch in South Park, and had not one but two contract positions to choose from. We would like to say though that if the economy is on the rebound, can we please put the the Razor scooters away for good? They weren't cool then, they aren't cool now. And don't even think about getting a Segway -- as we joked at the party, "There's a special place in Hell for people who put sound on their homepage and people who buy Segways." Get a skateboard or some rollerskates if you want to zoom around the office, please.
While somebody recently said, "It's not a party unless SFist shows up," we'd actually rather defer to Mr. Merlin Mann, who was busy tagging as many attendees as he could get enough context to process. Lifehacking is so the new hacking.
The neologisms were flying thick and fast last night, and Jeff got tagged with his own new word, "Graphterbation." Hott.
Chris Messina and Min Jung Kim share a laugh -- probably over people who just don't get RSS.
Scott Beale and Matt Mullenweg order root beers. Even SFist feels a bit pickled after two weeks of drinking with nerds.
SFist's favorite commenter Jamison from Six Apart, who smiles in front of a whiteboard loaded with sarcasm.
Ginevra Kirkland and Lane Becker share a private moment. Or it would have been private if SFist hadn't been standing right there.
While Lane says Peter Merholtz first said "blog" while drunk at a bar, Peter says he coined the term when he jokingly changed "weblog" to "we blog" on his site. And Eddie Codel? Where isn't that guy?