| 1. | I have some business to do with Mr. or Ms. SoAndSo from ThisAndThat Corp. It'll take about 20 minutes. Too little to do for dinner or lunch. Let's do a few drinks. Where to go? Hmmm. |
| 2. | If we were at an industry conference, the answer is simple. Meet at the pool, after dinner. Do our business, then go back to the bar and schmooze til dawn. |
| 3. | Where is the Silicon Valley watering hole? Where to go to see and be seen? Steal ideas. Spread rumors. Telegraph your needs. |
| 4. | I hear that Hollywood has countless watering holes. Where the stars and producers, directors, studio execs, screen writers and agents all mingle. |
| 5. | Silicon Valley has Il Fornaio in Palo Alto and Siam Garden in Menlo Park. But neither spot has really reached critical mass yet. |
| 6. | The ideal: I want to go to the spot alone on a Wednesday night, do a bunch of good business, get some ideas, flirt a little, matchmake, stir up some trouble, have fun! |
| 7. | Agenda 95 this year was a great experience for me, and I gather, for quite a few other people. So much nice business to do! The question -- why can't we have that kind of schmoozing opportunity more often than 3 nights out of 365? And why do we have to go to all the way to Phoenix to gossip about the software biz? |
| 8. | Proposal: let's actually have a party season this party season. I'll throw an industry party. You do one too. Let's talk. Let's find the social pulse of Silicon Valley! (Please don't say there isn't one, I don't want to move to Berkeley yet.) |
| 9. | Part 2 -- coming soon -- what kind of software does the software bar run? |
| 10. | Dave Winer |