I am now migrating west* from the Blip.tv moving party. Mike Hudack and his team sure know how to pick an office space and throw a party.
You enter the office and it’s comfy chairs, brick walls, screen projection, make your way past a large floor of production desks (which were shielded for the party by big taut colored fabric dividers), then to the far side where there is a big space. Music was spun by YouTube DJ, George (I didn’t get his card so don’t have his last name), playing an awesome mix of electronic and nostalgia, and everyone I talked to agreed with me that the music was right on. I wanted to hook in my laptop and download it, it was that good. Moving on: then there’s a Scandinavian-style kitchen, with a beer tap, which was flowing with microbrew provided by Six Points Brewery. Then you move further beyond the kitchen and there’s an elevated stage, with windows that look north up Lafayette. Perfect for preparing product presentations, perfect for embarrassing karaoke, or anything else toward which a stage lends life.
What’s more, Blip is doing great business, and all the best in video were there to celebrate and network. I met guys from Boxee and TubeMogul and a new group called Branded Evolution. Hundreds of folks I didn’t meet. Well done on the office move, Blip! And thanks for the party!
* “migrating west” is a newly-coined vanity expression for commuting home on NJ transit to New Jersey.