It’s a ‘Hurricane Party’ Par-tay during SXSW!
Posted on Mar 13, 2011
in Culture, Lifestyle, Mobile by Kathleen Blackwell
Arguably, the coolest new app on the planet this year at SXSW 2011 is Hurricane Party, which deserves a big, “Woot!” For those of us who have ever lived around an area, think South Texas, where hurricane warnings and tropical storms have created an instant need to commune, gather, take refuge, etc., the term ‘hurricane party’ conjures up an image of party-on-the-spot—and that’s exactly what this app does:
“Hurricane Party is a free mobile app that helps friends find, share, and create spontaneous parties. It’s social networking that’s actually social.”
For example, you can login to start a party, find a party, and add friends. Right now in Austin, just around the corner from me, Hurricane Party shows me there is a benefit fundraiser for Japan relief efforts going on at Kenichi from 5 – 7 PM with 173 people attending. That’s cool! I might head over there myself?
Hurricane Party received some nice press this week with a first look interview by Robert Scoble, Tech Crunch, and Business Insider, to name few. I’m sure we’ll be seeing more from founders Rene J. Pinnell (CEO & Co-Founder), Eric Katerman (Software Engineer and Co-Founder), A.T. Fouty (Software Engineer), and Richard McClellan (Software Engineer).
Time to par-tay! Download Hurricane Party now.
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