http://www.bowling20.net web2.0 kickin' it old skool Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:42:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Thursday, ABC 11pm News featured bowling 2.0 as a new way for internet entrepreneurs to 'interact and do business' - I'm glad to see that drinking is officially a part of that ;) http://www.bowling20.net/2006/09/25/bowling-20-featured-on-abc-11pm-news/ The last two nights of Bowling 2.0- T-Shirts and the Final Sweep by Socialtext. We had a great time videoblogging you all. Hopefully we'll have a videoblog team on the league next time! Enjoy! -Ryanne and Jay from RyanIsHungry.com See the Flash Version Here. http://www.bowling20.net/2006/09/02/the-final-days/ bowling 2.0 has had a number of news sources cover the event because it would seem to be pretty indicative of another 'bubble.' Here's NBC's 11pm News on Channel 11 out here in the bay area. I had a nice 'jab' at geeks staying away from the more 'athletic' sports... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/08/30/bowling-20-featured-on-nbc-10pm-news-channel-11/ Monday's night games were a great match up. We had Women 2.0 vs. 3bubbles&stirr dueling it out on lanes with bumpers (since they were in the last two slots ;) The first half of the night was a position round for all the teams. The second half of the ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/08/30/socialtext-steals-1/ Tonight is the freaking night. We finally got our bowling shirts in, the finals are kicking off, everything is looking good. Tonight, ALL teams will play 2 games. Next week, ALL teams will play 1 game at the start of the night, and then the top TWO ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/08/21/entering-the-finals/ Check out the photos section as we have a number of new photos added (thumbnails below from Will) http://www.bowling20.net/2006/08/14/new-photos-added/ So Facebook is still holding tight on #1, Socialtext has inched their way to #2 and Meetro/Flock/and Veeceebo are tied (taking #3, #4, #5 respectively.) http://www.bowling20.net/2006/08/14/socialtext-steps-it-up-a-notch/ They're here... We removed the handicap from the league, so the old rankings are OUTTA here!!! Click the pics below for a larger file.    Rankings as of week 4 [Aug 7, 2006] #1 - facebook.com [7 wins, 1 loss] #2 - meetro.com [5 wins, 3 losses] (currently tied with flock) #3 - flock.com [5 ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/08/07/yummy-stats/ Click here to view the Flash Version. Another fun night at Palo Alto Bowl! Video by Ryanne and Jay from RyanIsHungry.com. Enjoy! http://www.bowling20.net/2006/08/03/new-video-a9-vs-veeceebo/ The question "Why?" gets asked a lot. It's a very good question, other then a shrug of the shoulders and a 'why not' response, bowling 2.0 grew out of a half joke between members of the meetro team. Being that meetro is social software that encourages people to ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/08/03/why/ Our long awaited shirts are approaching completion, here's a sample of what the back of our shirts will look like: http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/25/bowling-shirts-logo/ Many thanks to Ryan Is Hungry who filmed another fun night at Palo Alto Bowl for Bowling 2.0. This is a great video of Team Skype and Team PB Wiki dualing it out on the lanes... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/25/new-video-skype-vs-pb-wiki/ As part of a podcast segment on Tea Time, they asked me a few questions along the lines of "What's happin'" in sunny palo alto, tune in to some details on how bowling 2.0 got started. Or just make fun of my stutter on the segment intro. Download MP3. http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/18/bowling-20-infocast/ a9 takes the lead and veeceebo is trailing in 12th, you would think we ranked the teams alphabetically..... So we had a mention in the Mecury News today where a number of teams were profiled. However, at the time of publishing, they seemed to have made an error with my ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/18/a9-takes-1/ Hey folks, our next game sets of tonight at 7pm at Palo Alto Bowl (4329 El Camino Real) I swung by the alley last Thursday to see if they had scores tallied up yet, but they were having some computer issues (it's that old pre 1.0 technology.) I'll be able ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/game-2-starts-tonight/ http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/mint/ http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/veeceebo/ Team Women 2.0 consists of two members from Linx Dating LLC http://www.linxdating.com and the Mint pages. Amy Andersen is founder and CEO of Linx Dating LLC and Rory Van Nest is one of Linx' matchmaker's. Linx is an exclusive, by-invite-only, Bay Area based dating and social networking society created for the ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/linxdating/ The premier product-review site for beauty and health products, TheMintPages lets users exchange honest reviews, hot tips, and cool trends with the best experts around: real people! From shampoo to eyeshadow, beauty product experiences are unique to every woman. Traditional sources of such information, such as magazines and mass media, are unreliable ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/themintpages/ The Women 2.0 Team consists of Linx Dating & TheMintPages. http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/women20/ http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/socialtext/ http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/skype/ http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/3bubblesstirr/ http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/facebook/ http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/stirr/ http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/3bubbles/ Here's a great little video that our friends at Ryan Is Hungry put together. They did a wonderful job putting the piece together, gotta love the appropriate alley music. Stayed tuned each week for another video featuring at least one of the 12 ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/introduction-to-bowling-20/ Paul may have me beat with DOUBLE STRIKES, but here's a video of meeing hitting close to two strikes: http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/an-oldie-video-of-vinnie-dual-bowling/ Now that I *finally* got video working on this wordpress blog, what better way to christine the blog with a video of Paul Bragiel of meetro bowling a DOUBLE STRIKE!!! http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/17/showing-off-our-bowling-and-video-skills/ We had an amazing turnout last night. Even though one team dropped out in the tenth frame, we picked up that spare and filled in with a full 4 person team. We have a new team addition now, and that will be Aaron Patzer heading up the MINT ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/11/league-kickoff-was-a-strike/ more details soon... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/more/ Web 2.0 has been officially kick'd to the next level. Tonight is the *official* kickoff of bowling 2.0. We have 12 teams represented by over 15 two-dot-ohh companies. (In this web 2.0 space, many companies don't even have 4 folks at them ;) If you're in and around ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/bowling-20-kicks-off-tonight/ Some Favorites Mostly taken by Will, Joanne, Angie, or Vinnie #flickr_badge_source_txt {padding:0; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif; color:#666666;} #flickr_badge_icon {display:block !important; margin:0 !important; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;} #flickr_icon_td {padding:0 5px 0 0 !important;} .flickr_badge_image {text-align:center !important;} .flickr_badge_image img {border: 1px solid black !important;} #flickr_www {display:block; padding:0 10px 0 10px !important; font: 11px Arial, ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/photos/ 12 Teams #1, meetro.com Vinnie Lauria [capt'n] Antonis Proios Kagan Unaldi Paul Bragiel Samuel Stauffer #2, a9.com Matt O'Neill [capt'n] Susan Marisa ? #3, facebook.com Matt Hehman 'He-Man' [capt'n] Nick Heyman 'Nick' Teddy Underwood 'Old Man Teddy' Kevin Colleran 'KevCol' Meagan Marks 'Meagan' Jon Warman 'My Little Pony' Areg Maghakian 'Areg' Yishan Wong 'CraZn' Becca Sawyer 'Spare Slut Sawyer' #4, flock.com Gretchen Curtis 'Gret' [capt'n] Geoffrey Arone 'Fredo' Will Tschumy Cindy Tschumy Lloyd Budd 'foolswisdom' Julia ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/teams/ They're here... We removed the handicap from the league, so the old rankings are OUTTA here!!! Click the pics below for a larger file.    Rankings as of week 4 [Aug 7, 2006] #1 - facebook.com [7 wins, 1 loss] #2 - meetro.com [5 wins, 3 losses] (currently tied with flock) #3 - flock.com [5 ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/stats/ Why: 'Why' is a very good question, other then a shrug of the shoulders and a 'why not' response, bowling 2.0 grew out of a half joke between members of the meetro team. Being that meetro is social software that encourages people to meet in the real world, and we ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/about/ PBwiki is the web's leading wiki host - nearly 100,000 wikis are hosted with us! We believe in simplicity, speed, and profitability. Since we only have three fulltime employees, we've enlisted the help of our part-time support crew and advisors to help us keep the team rounded out. :) http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/pbwiki/ Company page. http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/videoegg/ Flock is a free web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web. Flock Bowling 2.0 Team Members Geoffrey "Fredo" Arone Will T Gret Lloyd (aka Foolswisdom) http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/flock/ Company page. http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/a9/ Meetro is location-aware social messenger, it allows you to meet new people, right now, who are nearby. We're friendly outgoing folks over here and figure we should try to use technology to encourage meeting ppl in the real-world, rather then just continuing down this virtual communications path. While ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/10/meetro/ In light of all the web 2.0 startups out here in the valley, it's only appropriate that we kick this tech space to the next level... We here at Meetro have started bowling 2.0. This will be a no holds bars league of startup pinned against startup. ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/07/04/hello-world/ Bowling 2.0 Welcome interested bowlers. Are you getting pumped to show yourself out there on the lanes? Have you been practicing hitting down that double wood? Are you ready to throw back a few cold ones while playing a nationally accredited 'sport!' What better place to start the ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/06/05/2nd-email/ Is that the smell of bowling shoes and varnished floors I smell in the air? I think so... we're starting a little web2.0/startup bowling league out here in the valley. We looking for some friendly competition, and who knows, maybe some cash prizes to go along with bragging ... http://www.bowling20.net/2006/05/19/is-that-the-smell-of-bowling-shoes-and-varnished-floors-i-smell-in-the-air/