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Thursday is shaping up to be a big -- a very big -- night for Seattle tech events. So big in fact, that we're still not sure how were going to cover all of the activity. We'll have to choose between Michael Arrington, LOLcats and the iPhone.
First, there's the blockbuster lineup at The Naked Truth, which includes TechCrunch's Michael Arrington; The New York Times' Damon Darlin; Picnik's Jonathan Sposato; Urbanspoon's Ethan Lowry and others talking about revenue models for consumer Internet business.
The free event at Seattle's Sculpture Park is already booked solid, so you might be better off checking out the planned video stream at the Redfin blog. In fact, Redfin -- which is hosting The Naked Truth -- said that more than 700 people tried to sign up for the party, but only 500 will get in. (Hopefully, they hired some big, burly bouncers.)
There's also a massive turnout expected for the first ever I Can Has Cheezburger night at Safeco Field, one of the more unusual events of the summer tech event season.
Fans of LOLcats and the Seattle Mariners are expected to turn out in droves, with I Can Has Cheezburger founder Ben Huh saying they've already sold more than 1,000 tickets for the game.
(We're just hoping the Mariners will show some funny cat photos and captions on the big screen).
If those two events aren't your style, there's also TiE Seattle's panel: "Making money in the mobile ecosystem." Ontela's Dan Shapiro, Zumobi's John SanGiovanni, T-Mobile's Sajal Sahay and others will be chatting about mobile applications, the iPhone and other trends in the wireless business.
I am just getting exhausted thinking about the various news angles. But there's one event we won't have to worry about Thursday night.
Seattle entrepreneur Dave Schappell -- who co-hosts the weekly Hops and Chops happy hour at Linda's Tavern on Thursday -- decided to cancel this week's meetup
"Hops and Chops cancelled this week - we'll all be at Naked Truth, at Olympic Sculpture Park!," read a recent message on Twitter.
I asked Redfin's Glenn Kelman -- who has spent time in both the Seattle and Silicon Valley tech communities -- what he makes of Seattle's tech social scene.
"It used to be a little lonelier here, at least for me," he said. "What really struck me when I first got to Seattle at the end of 2005 was how few events there were for entrepreneurs, maybe because the digerati already ran into one another twice a week at the Madison Park Starbucks. Now there’s an event almost every week of the summer, most open to all comers; I hope that greases the skids for a new generation of folks to make their move."
If you cant make it out to any of the events this week, there's another wave of activity later this month, including the TechFlash Summer BBQ & Ping Pong Tournament on July 23rd. Stay tuned for more details.
And, as always, stay in touch with Seattle area tech events with the TechFlash event calendar.
John Cook is the co-founder of TechFlash. Follow him on Twitter @johnhcook.
John Cook is co-founder and executive editor of TechFlash. He has been covering the technology beat for nearly a decade, writing about startups, entrepreneurs and venture capital, most recently serving as a reporter/blogger at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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