. Has New York's Tech Scene Matured?
Tipping Point Parners' Brad Hargreaves seems to think so. In an op-ed piece republished by The Business Insider, he cites the decline of the "fameball" as an example. (For those of our readers who didn't see Gawker's post on this phenomenon, a "fameball" is best described as a "self-declared" Internet celebrity, one with an "unquenchable desire for fame, shamelessness, lack of redeeming talents, and an abundance of non-redeeming talents.")
He notes that Gawker, in particular, has shifted its focus away from such individuals, whom Hargreaves identifies as Web personalities such as NonSociety's and Sony spokesperson Julia Allison, Vimeo founder Jakob Lodwick, and Tumblr founder David Karp.
Hargreaves sees this as indicative of "bigger things" and goes on to discuss how "new media" is no longer synonymous with NY tech. Instead of the "cliquish lecture class" that the NY Tech Meetup has become, there are now "too many tech events to count," another sign of maturity.
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