Like Dave, I watched Techmeme light up with all things TechCrunch40. Here is what he had to say to kick off his piece:
The TC40 conference, which (important caveat) I did not attend, had a big impact on the space I occupy. Sometimes I think we put too much emphasis on Techmeme, but it is important, and for the two days of TC40, most of the top articles had something to do with the conference. Yet most of the people in the TechMeme loop were not there. This makes me wonder if we can do better with these conferences that become the cursor for a few days. And the answer is of course we can. But it may mean reconfiguring the conference to take the emphasis off the people in the room and put it on the people on the net.
On the other side, ValleyWag delivers more of a smackdown on the event:
I'm drunk. But that's okay, because my editor spiked my TechCrunch piece. "This isn't what we expected at all," he said of the show, having been lured by the big-brain judges and the presumption that Arrington's top-secret reveal would be another iPhone. I suspect the next such blind event will have trouble getting reporters to show up, except the sort such as Wired who make themselves part of the story. These effectively worked for Arrington this week, publishing what he wanted when he wanted. Given the endless EMBARGO EMBARGO EMBARGO rules I couldn't keep straight, it was a relief to have no actual news to break. I forget my point, but see you somewhere else next year.
I just wondered about the relevance of the event compared to the space it ate up in my RSS feeds. Just sayin'.
Finally, I think the uncov guys said all they should about the winner of the competition...