Stirr Soiree Blends Entrepreneurs, VCs, Press

At Stirr's second annual holiday party, bright-eyed new entrepreneurs mingled with jaded veterans of the Silicon Valley scene. Nametags and business cards abounded.
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First Round Capital's Christine Herron, her husband, Nickel Tour producer Shannon Newton (left), and Mike Sigal from Guidewire Group protect a blonde friend from the evil camera.Photo: Lane Hartwell

The last Wired party picture of Valleywag editor Owen Thomas shot by photographer Lane Hartwell ended up the center of a controversy over copyrights and fair use. Here’s hoping this one causes less strife but gets just as much attention.

Photo: Lane Hartwell

One of Lane’s harshest critics in the past two weeks has been blogger Robert Scoble, pictured here. When Lane went up to snap his picture, the prolific self-publisher, who, days before, had written a nasty screed against her copyright defense, never even noticed the person behind the lens, and just smiled for the camera before him.

Photo: Lane Hartwell

Citizen Agency marketing consultancy founders Tara Hunt and Chris Messina put their heads together with Mohr Davidow Ventures partner Katherine Barr.

Photo: Lane Hartwell

Stirr founder Sanford Barr collected enough business cards to fill two giant cognac glasses.

Photo: Lane Hartwell

WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg chats with Laughing Squid head Scott Beale.

Photo: Lane Hartwell

PBWiki CEO David Weekly decided that collecting nametags was better than collecting business cards.

Photo: Lane Hartwell

The future is bright for Splunk executive Christina Noren and her husband, Valleywag Very Special Correspondent Paul Boutin.

Photo: Lane Hartwell

Some guests could only interact with each other through some sort of machine. A Nintendo Wii was provided for these people.

Photo: Lane Hartwell
Photo: Lane Hartwell
Photo: Lane Hartwell
Photo: Lane Hartwell
Photo: Lane Hartwell