[SiliconBeach] Re: Intro

2011-11-07 Thread David Gillespie
Tony's Estate are about to open their first US spot in NYC (Williamsburg, North 6th St for those interested). San Francisco seems like an obvious next step, ready made market too. On Nov 3, 5:59 pm, Stephen Young wrote: > +2 > > Some friends in Berkeley introduced me to a local cheap and cheerfu

[SiliconBeach] Re: FYI: Upcoming gamification workshop

2011-08-24 Thread David Gillespie
Gamification Expert? 5 years ago they were "Social Media Gurus". I can't wait to see what names people give themselves next. On Aug 23, 7:01 am, Aileen wrote: > I love seeing that the "games way of thinking" is being eagerly > accepted by start ups. =) > > As a games industry professional myself

[SiliconBeach] Re: Music Venture

2011-02-19 Thread David Gillespie
It's also worth looking at Soundcloud.com - these guys just hit 3 million users, raised a round from Union Square and Index, and are basically kicking ass and taking names. The pitch is Flickr for music, but you imagine the service scaling and becoming the piping that powers a much broader range of

[SiliconBeach] Re: Music + Location Services

2011-02-14 Thread David Gillespie
Hi all, I think there's some good thought starters here! I've had a few emails with folk, and think we would all be better served by the chance to chat face to face. If you're able to attend this week's Silicon Beach drinks, let's agree to meet up and talk some more about this. I think we will cov

[SiliconBeach] Music + Location Services

2011-02-08 Thread David Gillespie
Hi all, Cardinal sin - longtime lurker. I'm a planner at Profero Sydney, a digital advertising agency, but started my life as a game designer and producer at Krome Studios (went out of business last year) and Auran (went out of business 2008) in Brisbane. I'd like to point out them going out of bu