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Event software company Cvent acquires video content platform Goldcast; source: Cvent paid just under $300M to acquire Goldcast, which had raised around $38M (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/merger-deals/2025/12/15/cvent-300m-goldcast-buy

Scoop: Cvent paid nearly $300M for Goldcast
Boston-based Goldcast had raised around $38 million in venture capital.

Ok so Meetup and Eventbrite are both owned by the same PE firm now.
As I have been saying for many years now … both of those platforms are no go any more.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/bending-spoons-agrees-to-buy-eventbri…

For people who like to follow along with tech conferences I’m posting a thread on LinkedIn while I’m at #QConSF https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adriancoc…

I’m spending the next few days at QCon Software Development Conferences San Francisco and I will post reactions and comments as threads on this post. My own talk is at 5pm today. Starting off with an… | Adrian Cockcroft
I’m spending the next few days at QCon Software Development Conferences San Francisco and I will post reactions and comments as threads on this post. My own talk is at 5pm today. Starting off with an opening keynote by Nicole Forsgren who I just said hi to and found out recently moved back from Microsoft to Google. The event is well attended and has many first time attendees going by the audience at the keynote. It’s their 19th year and it’s very well run at at an iconic location. The Hy…

Event software company Cvent acquires video content platform Goldcast; source: Cvent paid just under $300M to acquire Goldcast, which had raised around $38M (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/merger-deals/2025/12/15/cvent-300m-goldcast-buy

Scoop: Cvent paid nearly $300M for Goldcast
Boston-based Goldcast had raised around $38 million in venture capital.

Sign up for the Convention Zero games and events are open ... And so it's the sign up for my 'lil seminar about keeping backups for creative folks:
https://warhorn.net/events/conzero-fall-2025
It will be held this Saturday at 8 am EST, 1 pm GMT, 2 pm CET.

from my link log —
ROCkN: Providing GPS-quality timing accuracy with portable optical atomic clocks.
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-01-20
saved 2023-10-05

I like that my cat sleeps next to me but I do not like that she figured out she can stomp on me at 6am to feed her and, worse, that it will in fact eventually work
I am so tired lmao

TALKS > Online Buddhist Studies Events (Dec 16 - Jan 21) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20135341/talks-online-buddhist-studies-events-dec-16-jan-21

I have become so used to not owning anything (beyond my electronics) that I feel anxious at the idea of buying big things like a car or even a house. When I used to have my own bike I was always going to check on it whenever I heard a noise outside. Eventually I moved on to those shared bikes and that's much more relaxing..
How do you all deal with owning things? If you own a car, or a flat / house, are you actually more happy than if you were renting it? If it got stolen or damaged in…

I'm off to yet another Christmas Comedy event in Canberra tonight. Dinner with a friend first and then the show. This should be my last major outing to Civic before Christmas.
#Canberra #Comedy #Christmas…