So the ice cream at Webstock has Been. A. Thing. each year. Honestly, the first Webstock, in the feedback we received, the fact we had ice cream available (yummy and free) was mentioned the most times! We learned from that that the little things matter more than you might first think.
It’s time to up our game though!
With the help of our friends at Wooden Spoon we present three delicious flavours for your culinary pleasure at Webstock:
Webstock Blueberries and Cream
Webstock Blueberries and Cream is our homage to long summer days, hanging out with friends and all-around good times and, of course, Webstock! This flavor combines a sweet cream-y base with a delicious summer blueberry swirl.
Chocolate + Sea Salt
One of Wooden Spoon’s signature flavors, Chocolate + Sea Salt has a little bit of everything in each bite: rich smooth dark chocolate and a hint of sea salt at the finish. It’s complex. It’s addictive. It’ll be gone before you know it!
Pineapple Sorbet
When we made a test batch of this sorbet we couldn’t stop ourselves from “testing” it. It’s a light, ultra-refreshing, perfect-for-summer flavour. If you’re a fan of sorbets or pineapples or thirst quenching goodness, this one’s for you.
These will be available in cute lil tubs throughout your Webstock experience. Yum!
This is the second year we’ve run Start-Up Alley in conjunction with the BNZ. One of the joys of it is seeing the range and variety of start-ups that enter. It’s inspiring and humbling to see so many people putting it on the line.
There were 28 entries. We’d love to showcase them all, but there’s only room for the eight finalists. Here they are!
PaperKut
PAPERKUT are making everyday paper receipts, paperless. We’re really looking forward to attending Webstock as part of the BNZ Start-Up Alley. We are very pleased to be selected and wish good luck to all of the finalists!
Nick Harley – Paperkut
PledgeMe
Thanks for giving us the opportunity to put the fun and the ding! back into funding. The PledgeMe team is super stoked.
Anna Guenther – PledgeMe
Made on Jupiter
Made on Jupiter – We’re pretty stoked to be part of Webstock and finalists for the BNZ Start-Up Alley. To boot, it’s the first public showing of Spoke Creator, our software for customising 3D products online. You can imagine how excited we are!
Tom and Ross – Made on Jupiter
Stay Today
Stay Today is a hotel booking app that offers significantly better prices than the web. You can book premium hotels in all major CBD’s across New Zealand and Australia. Roll on Webstock – we’re thrilled and excited to be a finalist in BNZ start-up Alley.
Matthew Mayne – Stay Today
ThunderMaps
I heard that ThunderMaps was invited to Webstock and my eyes started leaking this strange salty fluid.
Clint Van Marrewijk – ThunderMaps
Timely
Being selected as a finalist for BNZ Start-up Alley at Webstock and having the opportunity to raise awareness of what we’re doing with our start-up is an amazing opportunity for Timely. The feedback that we expect from attendees and judges will be invaluable. We can’t wait!
Ryan Baker – Timely
Waitlist
WAITLIST revolutionizes the way busy restaurants engage with their customers to provide the ultimate customer experience. Combining mobile apps, social networks, QR codes, SMS and NFC, this all-in-one solution is a marketer’s dream.
Josh Wong – Waitlist
WIP
WIP is a collaboration tool for the screen industry filling the gap between work-in-progress and delivery. We are very excited to be able to tell you all about our company at Webstock 2013. Come and find us in the startup ally for a demo.
Rollo Wenlock – WIP
Thank you to everyone who entered. And well done to these eight finalists! We look forward to seeing them at Webstock.
Here at Webstock HQ we totally get APIs. What’s important to us is sharing — data, information, thoughts, laughs, words and love. And we see an API as a conduit for this sharing. So there’s certain… parameters; certain… constraints; certain… things that need to be in place, when developing our API.
Among these are:
The recognition of alcohol as a ‘social lubricant’ *
Actually. That’s it really.
So we asked our developers at Garage Project to hack something together for us.
We’re delighted to introduce the Webstock API, debuting at Webstock ’13 for your enjoyment.
Beer – the perfect communication interface – brewed especially for Webstock 2013.
Here’s the technical details from the Project Garage guys:
“How do you brew a reverse IPA? In conventional brewing high alpha acid hops are added at the beginning of the boil for bitterness, while low alpha aroma varieties tend to hog the spotlight at the end giving aroma and flavour. For this API we’ve turned the tables, it’s time for the bittering hops to shine. It’s an all kiwi affair with low alpha Kohatu relegated to the beginning of the boil and alpha heavy Southern Cross and Super Alpha (AKA Dr Rudi) coming in at the end.”
The essence of programming a good API is considered thought about how to proceed.
It’s vital that the API has a large enough capacity to handle demand
API, just like IPA only backwards.
The Webstock API. Or as we like to say, Cheers!
* Webstock is a place for good times and responsible drinking. While we doubt this would occur, anyone found to be excessively intoxicated and a bit of a douche, will be told off and may be removed from the premises.
It wouldn’t be a Webstock without some late-breaking news about the need to, very sadly, replace a speaker. Or two.
We’re very sorry to say that due to unforseen personal circumstances both Whitney Hess and Paul Irish will be unable to join us at Webstock. Both were very much looking forward to Webstock and it’s with regret that they’ve had to pull out.
The one bright side of these situations is that it does give us a chance to bring someone equally awesome in to speak though! We’re delighted to welcome Kitt Hodsden and Artur Bergman to the Webstock ’13 lineup!
