For the past few weeks, TechCrunchIT editor Steve Gillmor and I have been pulling together speakesr and demos for our Real-Time Stream CrunchUp this Friday. What started as a roundtable and a few demos, quickly grew into a full-fledged mini-conference with 45 speakers, including nearly 20 startup and product demos. Other than TechCrunch 50, I’ve never seen so many CEOs and companies begging to be present at a conference before.
It barely fits into one day, but we’re gonna pack it in. The CrunchUp is nearly sold out, with nearly 400 attendees signed up so far. There are about 20 tickets left. (You can buy one here for $295, and is also the only way left to get into our annual August Capital Summer party). Some people in Silicon Valley are already complaining about the name Real-Time Stream, so we’ll give away a ticket to whoever can come up with the best alternative name in comments.
I like Real-Time Stream because it captures two important trends which are hitting critical mass right now on the Web: the increasing emphasis on instantaneous information and