Simon Willison's Weblog: nyc

What are the most "New Yorkers" experiences you can do in London?

2013-10-27T11:43:00+00:00

My answer to What are the most "New Yorkers" experiences you can do in London? on Quora

There's a Shake Shack (legendary NY burger chain) in Covent Garden now.

Is it worth it for an aspiring web developer in NYC to attend the San Francisco Startup Jobs Fair in November? What I mean is what are my chances that a company would be interested in me, allowing that my code skills are up to snuff, if I don't live ...

2013-10-13T10:51:00+00:00

My answer to Is it worth it for an aspiring web developer in NYC to attend the San Francisco Startup Jobs Fair in November? What I mean is what are my chances that a company would be interested in me, allowing that my code skills are up to snuff, if I don't live out in SF yet? on Quora

Not being in SF already is no problem at all - demand for talented developers is crazy high, so provided you are a great developer the fact you would need to relocate won't be a barrier.

If you do travel to SF for the job fair, make sure you get as much out of the trip as possible - try to line up some in-person interviews with companies that look interesting to you in the days before and after the event itself.

Tags: rails, san-francisco, web-development, quora, nyc

What things can you find in London but not in New York City?

2013-07-22T15:20:00+00:00

My answer to What things can you find in London but not in New York City? on Quora

A train that will take you directly to Paris.

Tags: london, quora, nyc

What Social Media, marketing events or conferences are taking place between December 24 and December 31 in New York City?

2011-12-17T18:31:00+00:00

My answer to What Social Media, marketing events or conferences are taking place between December 24 and December 31 in New York City? on Quora

The #140conf holiday party is on the 27th of December and is likely to attract a bunch of social media / marketing / entrepreneur types: http://www.meetup.com/140conf/ev...

Tags: conferences, quora, nyc, conference

What Social Media events or conferences are taking place in November 2011 in San Francisco or New York?

2011-08-26T16:31:00+00:00

My answer to What Social Media events or conferences are taking place in November 2011 in San Francisco or New York? on Quora

There don't seem to be many "social media" events happening in November - September and October are peak season.

GigaOm have a new event called RoadMap (in SF) - they haven't published much information about it, but it might fit your criteria: http://event.gigaom.com/gigaomro...

#140conf BrandsConf is on in New York in November - again, not much information posted about it yet: http://2011.brandsconf.com/

ad:tech New York is in November: http://www.ad-tech.com/ny/

We have lists of upcoming conferences in both NY and SF - you might find one of these useful: http://lanyrd.com/places/new-york/ and http://lanyrd.com/places/san-fra...

Tags: conferences, events, san-francisco, social-media, quora, nyc