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April 11, 2008

CrunchNetwork May 1 Meet-up in NYC Update: More room, pending venue change

John Biggs

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With the excitement brewing about our Meet-Up on May 1 in New York, we’ve decided to slowly open up RSVPs to about 200 more people in the expectation that we’ll have a bigger venue picked by the middle of next week. Sponsorships are lining up quite nicely and we look forward to some amazing giveaways and a bunch of cool demos at the show. That said, pop over to Eventbrite to RSVP.

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  1. free(wasker);

    April 11th, 2008 at 6:09 pm

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  1. Maksim Khrapov

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:20 am

    Have you guys tried to translate Crunch Gear into Russian? Using an automated service? You know, it sounds incredibly funny. I just can’t quite explain why. ;-)

  2. John Biggs

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:33 am

    what does that say, maksim? zesternya krutst?

  3. Alex

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:34 am

    Shesternya hrusta… Taking into account all the idiosincracies of lexicon and pronunciation I figure that’s sort of Russian for Mr.Khroost’s gofer :)

  4. wasker

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:42 am

    My God, the russian translation is hillarious! :)

  5. Alex

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:47 am

    The Russian translation is literally “crunch’s gear”. What’s funny is that “crunch” was translated as “shesternya” which, in addition to actual grinding noise, is also slang for “someone’s bitch” (a variation of ’shesterka’)

  6. Alex

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:51 am

    disregard the above post. correction:

    The Russian translation is literally “crunch’s gear”. What’s funny is that “gear” was translated as “shesternya” which, in addition to actual piece of equipment, is also slang for “someone’s bitch” (a variation of ’shesterka’)

  7. Ilya the russian

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:57 am

    HA HA HA :)) Even being a native speaker I didn’t get it right away :)) I thought it’s just another “wanna look like russian” writing like in “Borat” movie.

    1st word stands for Gear
    2nd stands for Crunch

    but the grammar is wrong. It should say something like:”ХРУСТ ШЕСТЕРНИ” or “ХРУСТЯЩАЯ ШЕСТЕРНЯ” implying that “Crunch” in used as noun in “Crunch Gear” sentence.

    Made me smile :))

  8. Erick Schonfeld

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:06 am

    I’ll be there.

  9. Jesus H Christ

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Erick wanna be my date? i’ll be there.

  10. Alex P

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    LOL .. it took me a while to get what the “shesternja hrusta” was about :)

    This is really neat actually. It’s a thinker. Don’t mind other people saying it’s a variation of a “bitch” - this strictly depends on the circles one revolves in. I am a native speaker and this interpretation didn’t occur to me. The most common meaning of “shesternja” is a spur gear.

  11. polaris

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:37 am

    glad to come here,thanks for sharing!
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    http://www.discovery5000.com

  12. Sebastian

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:39 am

    Great move! I am there as well! Thanks for listening to your readers and opening up more.

  13. Verizon Guy

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:41 am

    Dang, I just tried to register but to no avail–the 200 added spots are already gone? That’s what I get for reading this an hour after posting…

  14. mojiva

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:44 am

    not much mobile going on at the LA meetup last night, but it was a great time.

    see you in ny!

  15. Maksim Khrapov

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    I would translate “шестерня хруста” back into English as “Crunchy’s Gear”. The grammar technically is not wrong, but it changes the meaning completely. Thank you for a laugh!

  16. Dan Rastor

    April 11th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    In my head full “шестерня хруста”

  17. Bryan Migliorisi

    April 11th, 2008 at 11:34 am

    Anyone else from TechCrunch going (not including other *Crunch sites)? I would like to discuss the current state of the TC Forums.

  18. Ric

    April 11th, 2008 at 11:55 am

    Looks like sold out
    When is the next batch?

  19. elvirs

    April 11th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    will there be good russian vodka? if yes i may drop by:)

  20. Ilya the russian

    April 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    yes, there will be and it will have “шестерня хруста” on it’s label :D

  21. Jeff Crites

    April 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    First post mentioned some Nokia N95s being loaned to attendees to take video of the event. Suggestion: set up some channels on Kyte.TV or Qik.com … and let folks who can’t make the event send messages to video shooters (the N95 can accept real time text messages while streaming live video, at least via Qik). This will up the fun anty, as those who can’t attend can send messages to people shooting mobile video, telling them “go left”, “check out that booth”, “see what Schonfeld’s eating”, etc.

  22. John Biggs

    April 11th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    Next batch once we get a venue.

  23. kevin

    April 11th, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    any chance of additional rsvp spots opening up? eventbrite says sold out…

  24. katrin

    April 11th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    we are coming too - btw-who is going to this one http://www.marketing2conference.com got an invitation today from our Paris colleagues - and where is marketing genious michael? :-)

  25. Chush.net

    April 11th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Mm…. yeah, ШЕСТЕРНЯ ХРУСТА just does not make any sense in Russian.

  26. Lenin

    April 11th, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    Comrades, do not let mean-spirited capitalists to insult the mighty Russian language and poke fun at the struggle of the working class!

  27. Trotsky

    April 11th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    The II Bolshevik’s Conference unanimously condemned the pathetic attempts of anarchists from Шестерня Хруста on hijacking our day of freedom and protest against exploitation of proletariat and oppressed geeks.

  28. Marx

    April 11th, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    The development of Modern IT Industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the Venture Capital produces and appropriates products. What the Venture Capital therefore produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the bootstrapped start-up are equally inevitable.

  29. Mike Rundle

    April 11th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Whoever thought up the idea of doing a palladium sponsor is awesome. My wedding band is palladium and I love seeing the look on people’s faces when I tell them it’s not white gold or platinum. Go Samsung!

  30. watch tv

    April 11th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    CrunchNetwork digg is no see

  31. http://www.metalglassfurniture.com

    April 11th, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    CrunchNetwork ШЕСТЕРНЯ ХРУСТА just makes any sense in Russian

  32. Yuri Ammosov

    April 13th, 2008 at 11:52 am

    Шестерня хруста — oh Ye the Mighty Gear of Crunch, ye made my day!

  33. Yuri Ammosov

    April 13th, 2008 at 11:58 am

    Just to nitpick: May 1 is actuallly originally a Chicago event.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_Riot

  34. Sasha Morgendorfer

    April 14th, 2008 at 12:30 am

    Guys, i’d suggest you write “МЕХАНИЗМ ХРУСТА” - would make much more sense in Russian. If you don’t want to turn the meetup into linguistics debates ;)

  35. WorldBeta

    April 18th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    Any more invites? Will be traveling in NYC and would like to stop by.

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