NICK DENTON — If it ever seems that my loathing of the bubble is pathological, there's a simple explanation: it is. I was traumatized, in my entrepreneurial childhood. One Tuesday in 1998, with some friends, I threw a cocktail party for other people on London's nascent internet scene. The first few events, dubbed First Tuesday after the monthly schedule, were fun, exciting even — until the true believers were displaced by carpetbaggers, opportunists, lawyers and consultants; the cocktail party morphed into a ramshackle business spanning dozens of cities, embodying the worst of Europe's boomtime greed, which we raced to sell before the bubble, and First Tuesday, burst. Now the internet is back, and the nightmare with it. I was just passed an email trailing a launch event later this year, sent to the old mailing list. The pitch is ominous. "Remember us?" asks First Tuesday's Christer Holloman. "We certainly remember you."

Mm, it is a Tuesday evening. Feels like something is missing.

Remember us? We certainly remember you.

Are you in?
. . . as a former highly valued patron we would like to invite
you to our secret launching event in London after the summer
but first we would like to ask you to please reply a blank
email to this address to confirm that you are still interested
in hearing from us. If you prefer us to send information to
another email address, just write that in your reply.

Win 1 of 7 annual memberships in daily raffle!
Over the next 7 days we will be giving away 1 annual
membership per day (worth £440-£740) among those of you that
re-register with us. If you are one of the winners, we will
send you an email to notify you within 24h of your reply.

Look forward meeting you in person later.

Happy Tuesday,
Christer

Christer Holloman
Chief Executive

Email: christer.holloman@firsttuesday.org.uk
Direct: 44 (0)78 3024 1019

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