And the site is still up. :) For that, I can only thank WebFaction for the hosting and the implementers of all the excellent software I’m using, especially PostgreSQL, Python, Django and of course Linux.
The King 5 segment about Noonhat ran during the 5pm news today. For two and a half minutes! Wow.
Here is the video:
http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=167050
And the article which goes with it (pretty much a transcript of the video):
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081507WAB_noonhat_lunch_website_TP.39c42c56.html
They did a great job explaining the core idea. Huge thanks to Ray Lane and everyone else at King 5 who worked on the story.
I should also mention Monica Guzman at the Seattle PI’s Big Blog. She was the first person from mainstream media to write about Noonhat. And as far as I know, she’s still the only one who has actually been on a lunch. ;)
The best thing about all this publicity is that a LOT of people are signing up for lunches. I think we’ll also get a wider variety of people (i.e. not just tech folks) which should make for more interesting lunches for everyone.
