Another day in the Valley, another party. I think if when I move out here, I could reduce my food and beverage budget by eating and drinking at multiple parties per day out here.

Vinnie Lauria of Meetro gave me a great demo of the product. Meetro is an instant messaging client with a location twist. It shows the people that are online in direct relation to how far away from you they are. This has the opportunity to create new ways and opportunities for people to meet IRL (in real life).

The Meetro gang put on a great BBQ. You know a guy from Edmonton has been trafficing the right spots when Matt Mullenweg gives you a nod of recognition. How the heck does Matt get any code done? I’ve seen him at Northern Voice, Under the Radar, the Adaptive Path Party, and last night at the Meetro BBQ.

Steve Chen, CTO and Co-Founder of You Tube was there as well. Steve says the biggest challenge he is currently facinging is getting more bandwidth. You Tube is pushing Petabytes of data and is in a constant race to add more bandwidth. Each new connection they add is instantly consumed. The scary thing, is You Tube has only been in public use for a couple of months and they are already serving up 25 million videos per DAY. I asked Steve the famous question I’ve heard a 25 million times out here “How do you monitize that?” His answer: “Sequoia Capital“. Classic.

I met the infamous Gabe Rivera of Memeorandum. We had a great chat about Memeorandum and a little about where it is heading. I ended up dropping Gabe off at Michael Arrington’s place and finally got to see the infamous Techcruch Party Headquarters. Mike worked me over pretty hard to get an inside peek at Zigtag but I resisted the temptation. Check out what Mike had to say about Zigtag.

Today I return home to Edmonton after a fantastic week.

You are all invited to my July 1st Canada Day Party up in Canada.