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Drew Houston of Dropbox (YC S07) speaks at UC Berkeley (startup.berkeley.edu)
41 points by krtl 5980 days ago
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Initially, a great insight into what geeks and pizza look like at Berkley. The first 2.14 is Drew's background - Dropbox gets a mention and discussion (with stable camera) from there on.
This is just the start of many more videos we'll be posting... sorry for the shakiness, this was our first!

- Current CSUA Pres

Any chance of getting mp3s of the videos? I don't really have time to watch video, but could listen to these while I'm doing manual labor.
Here's a more direct talk by Drew at Startup Bootcamp last fall.

http://www.youtube.com/startupbootcamp#p/u/1/eaJKPCdimLA

Great cinematography there. Really. I mean, just point that fucker at random shit. Maybe the wall. Maybe your pants legs. Maybe the desk. Maybe some people who are focused on their diet sodas. Maybe just shake it around a bit. No, wait. Shake it around the whole time. Whatever you do, don't do this: Focus the camera steadily on the person who is speaking. Cripe.
If you want to complain, I'd advise you to email us and say so, or volunteer to do the camera work. The CSUA doesn't have to film this, but does. This is strictly extra, using (last I checked) a flipcam, and an unpaid student who's mainly watching. As far as I know, we have $0 budgeted to recording.

--CSUA member and former president

P.S. Sorry if I came off as rude, I was really only trying to make a suggestion.
Agreed. I couldn't even keep watching it, though I might try to listen.
The camera man is definitely a bit shaky in the beginning, but he stabilizes eventually and the content is valuable.