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I arrived a little late at New York Tech Meetup last night (I was busy finishing up my Ugotrade post "Location Becomes Oxygen at Where 2.0 and WhereCamp." - hope you enjoy!). But fortunately I arrived in time to see Bre Pettis (@bre Twitter), founder of Makerbot and NYCResistor, demo Makerbot to a delighted and excited crowd. Bre got mobbed by Makerbot admirers afterwards (see my pic below).  The energy and excitement was at rock concert levels in the auditorium.

I also caught Jason Calacanis (@jasoncalacanis twitter) introduce Mahalo 2.0. Jason worked the crowd brilliantly in what he pointed out was a difficult spot in the program:

"Wow! I have to go on after the guy who created the Holodeck!"

The vibe at NYC TechMeetup, as Jason noted, reflected a level of energy for internet innovation not seen since the early nineties in NYC.  Creativity is booming in NYC after the fall of the bankers (Umm, Jason used much earthier and entertaining language to express this sentiment).

Mahalo 2.0 described succinctly by @mashable in Twitter:  "Mahalo 2.0: Search Result Pages Built on Flickr, YouTube, and Twitter - http://bit.ly/tjBo1"

Mahalo 2.0 also "offers payments to users that can provide the best answers" which may be welcome in tough economic times.

       

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