Martin Wells

Dinner 2.0 is a Sydney event designed to bring together people involved in local ‘next web’ companies.

Another one was held tonight and with some slightly too expensive [but very nice] food, alcohol, VCs, startups, consultants, and a location like the Centennial Hotel, you get a great setting for 3-4 hours of chatter on all things next web. Another great night with some fantastic people.

Thanks to everyone who attended. I was repeatedly told people had a great time, so I’m obliged to believe them! Next one should be late October, bigger and better. Maybe I’ll organize some startup demos (hmm… a Tangler preview perhaps…)

Attendees (which grew rather suddenly on me when everybody called at the last minute to ‘just squeeze in a friend’):

• Peter Crowe (Quotify)
• Marc Woodward (Neo Technology Partners)
• Vivian Stewart (Hall Capital)
• Kerry Pynor (TMD)
• Rhandy Lado (Tangler)
• Yorke Hindes (Zookoda)
• Mike Cannon-Brookes (Atlassian)
• Michael Liubinskas (Zapr)
• Mike Zimmerman (Technology Venture Partners)
• Nick McNaughton (Zookoda)
• Timothy Hughes (netus)
• Paul McCarney (Quotify)
• Jeff Cotter (Simurban)
• Craig Baker (Tangler)
• Alex von Kotze (Tangler)
• Ben Hamey (Simurban)

All the photos are here.

Killed in a freak — “No nobody’s ever died from a Stingray. Wait, Steve! No! Steve! Don’t poke it with a stick…” — accident.

Love him, hate him, he was certainly a character, and probably the most “aussie” bloke on earth. We’ll miss you Steve.

[Update: and now it's front page on CNN.]