iMo
– Control any PC game using your iPhone
– Accelerometer in the iPhone could allow for Wii style control
– I wonder if we could create a cool Wii style flash game where you can use the iPhone as your controller?
– More info:
o http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/14/tc50-control-any-pc-game-with-your-iphone-with-imo/
Aardvark iPhone app
– Simply post a question and Aardvark will find the right person to answer it for you
– Uses push notification to tell you as soon as your question has been answered
– Integrates with FB Connect to push your question out to a wider audience (and hence more likely to be answered quickly)
– More info:
o http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/15/aardvarks-iphone-app-is-the-best-way-to-use-the-service-yet/
TC50 Drinking Game
– I just thought this was a funny concept, every conference should have a drinking game like this!
– I wonder what the marketing equivalent would be? “Take a sip every time someone uses the term ‘audience engagement’, take a swig every time someone says their service is designed to be ‘viral’ ”
– http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/14/wittc50-the-techcrunch-50-day-two-drinking-game/
– Take a sip when…
– Someone uses the word “freemium” or describes something as a “chicken-egg problem”.
– Someone makes a borderline misogynistic remark to the only female judge: (e.g. “That fashion company really made Marissa perk up”)
– Someone claims that their aim is to change the world.
– Someone claims that their aim isn’t to change the world.
– Someone says “that’s a great question” in response to a judge, when they clearly want to say “go fuck yourself”.
– Take a swig when…
– Someone actually tells a judge to go fuck themself.
– The wifi works so well that it breaks someone’s pitch.
– Yossi Vardi forces everyone to give an awkward round of applause for absolutely no reason.
– Someone makes a joke about Michael Arrington in their pitch. (And take a second swig when that joke inevitably falls flat)
– It becomes clear to everyone that the success of a particular company
would result in the world becoming a terrible, terrible place.
– Drain your whole drink when…
– Two founders walk on to the stage wearing identical shirts.
– Someone sings during their pitch, or a lady starts to dance.
– Jason Calacanis alludes to his personal wealth, mentions Tesla or quotes a Disney movie when giving advice to a startup.
– Someone tries to bribe the entire room with cupcakes.
– Drain your drink and chug an entire fresh one when…
– Someone tries to bribe the entire room with a car.
