Jeremiah Owyang discusses how web tools and social media enable companies to connect with customers

GigaOm and The Ladders at SF (Video walk through using Viddler)

May 11th, 2007 | Category: Events

A six figure salary is pretty common for any median (700-800k) homeowner in the SF bay area. But for many, a six figure salary is still a benchmark into management, and into the “big” time.

That’s why The Ladders (a premiere recruiting site) helps employers and job seekers connect for a small fee. With the launch of Om’s recent entrepreneur webzine powered by PublicSquare has launched, I can see the need to connect with the highly qualified.

Last night’s event was great, the usual bloggerati was present, great hors’ dourves, and a wonderful bay setting in San Francisco.

I saw Kevin Tailrank, Team Bubble, Dr Pepper, Scoble, Justin TV, LaughingSquid, Irina, and many others. Thanks to Joanne Wan, and Om for being great hosts.

Update: Lane Hartwell’s photos turned out really great on Flickr, all the photos look so rich! Wired blogs have Lane’s photos up.

Video of the party: I did a complete walk through, which is fun because you can see so many people. I used viddler to tag them.


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9 Comments so far

  1. Jeremy Pepper May 11th, 2007 5:48 pm

    LOL - I had no clue that was a vidcam. Got the big cheesy smile in there, though.

    Great seeing you, as always.

  2. Tom Newman May 11th, 2007 7:42 pm

    Good party video. I like the tags feature in Viddler.

  3. jeremiah_owyang May 11th, 2007 8:41 pm

    Viddler is fun, adds another layer of interaction on top of just posting or watching.

  4. Yulia May 12th, 2007 11:23 am

    Jeremiah, you are getting better at it. I like recorded videos, it brings more reality into the post. Thanks!

  5. Allen Stern May 12th, 2007 5:32 pm

    I disagree about TheLadders. First, I still have never received an answer from them about how they are able to charge for users to view listings. Second, I have never found anything of value on their site.

    But it does appear they can draw in all the big names for a party.

    I do agree though that the six-figure mark still means something to most people. It’s a mark of achievement for many and a good one at that.

  6. jeremiah_owyang May 12th, 2007 6:57 pm

    Allen

    I joined ladders for a short period of time, then asked for a refund and left.

  7. Allen Stern May 13th, 2007 5:23 pm

    oh - gotcha.

    I guess someone is paying so they can throw a party :)

  8. Colin Devroe May 14th, 2007 5:51 am

    Good photos, great video, and even better use of Viddler! Glad you had a good time, kudos on the coverage.

  9. Brian Solis May 14th, 2007 9:08 am

    Jeremiah, it was awesome to see you there. Here are a few more pics from the night:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/sets/72157600204541661/

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