If brevity was the soul of wit last year, this year the continuing encapsulating keyword is: meh.
In the midst of the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show — and more importantly, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo — TechCrunch decided to host the Crunchies. Settling once and for all questions such as which web company has the best design, is the best time sink, or had the best startup CEO. Cooliris, Tap Tap Range [sic], Mark Zuckerberg — apparently the best startup CEO of a 700 employee startup with hundreds of millions in VC money. All important things for sure, however, this time without a solid team of bloggers — I heard most of the geeks at CES got busy in enthralling parties setup by porn companies — to reblog it, does it matter?
At least the 2008 Crunchies after party was held at the prestigious San Francisco City Hall, and in the rotunda that Gary Newsom graces, TechCrunch tried its best to entertain those unfortunate enough to end up at Vegas with finger food, alcohol that quickly ran dry, and even poker and roulette tables. Sadly, this time the after-afterparty at the W Hotel didn’t include Jason Calacanis buying shots.
Relive the night via iPhone’s fuzzy shot feature:
Mark Zuckerberg winning his second Crunchies of the night. The load must be tough since he checked his Crunchies at the coat check for the after party.
Close of the ceremony at the grand Herbst Theatre.
The line to get into the afterparty stretched around the block of the San Francisco City Hall. SFPD’s finest made sure the geeks didn’t sneak in weapons.
Phoenix’s DJ Z-Trip spun records to fill the cavernous city hall rotunda with tunes.
Drinking and faux gambling? That’s just how you do it up big.
Mark Zuckerberg and his handler making an appearance.
The after-afterparty was by all means quite tame.
(Banner Photo by TehDik)
