Welcome to the Delicious Generation...

Update: If any of you readers are SF residents are know the city well / want to help out planning the party, feel free to hit me up on AIM. (VCard to your right.)

"The "Delicious Generation" is a breed of young developers who embrace interface experimentation and brash marketing. The term "Delicious Generation" was meant as an insult, but they wear it as a badge of honor." - Leander Kahney, Scott Gilbertson, Wired.com

I think it's fair to say that this is the most substantial article so far about, well, "us". The Delicious Generation. And the cool news is, it's super positive. Oh, and Wired apparently thinks it's a pretty big story. (Edit: Apparently digg users think so too.) Sorry Apple.

I've kinda kept quiet for months, through a lot of public shitting on us by certain individuals. I feel that, as a 19 year old student, I handled this pretty maturely, keeping my cool. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you might want to check this Wired.com article out as a refresher course on the "Heist controversy", and this lovely post by Paul Kafasis that sparked the Delicious Generation controversy. In it, he talks about making positive steps for fixing the schism in the Mac community, while simultaneously making grandiose, vicious statements like this one: "Disco's smoke effect is now infamous for being a sign of the fall of the Mac." (Oh really Paul? And who exactly said that... BEFORE your post?) What makes it worse, is that, from a marketing perspective, I can make a real case that the controversy was designed to boost sales for his apps. (I mean, he IS marketing for Rogue Amoeba.) If you don't believe me, check out his next post put up a few days later. Yeah, it's just a list of his apps. Great blogging material there.

So anyway, we've actually been working on an amazing Delicious Generation party over the past couple weeks. And we're actually trying to, well, piece together the schisms in the community, repair burned bridges, that sort of deal. There are Apple people showing up. Reps from Yahoo. Youtube. For Digg fans, Kevin Rose will be chilling. And of course, the best of the best in Mac indie software development, showcasing their latest and greatest, and demoing some awesome, upcoming stuff. The generation's Godfather, Wil Shipley of Delicious Library fame, will of course be making an appearance as well. We're working hard to make this an unbelievable party (no cover fee!) for you guys, and that's with an open bar, great food, free t-shirts and live jazz. Yeah, we're just ballers like that. (Just kidding. Thank the sponsors.)

It's going to be awesome. And now, to take my five minutes of vindication here. Paul Kafasis, I assume you will be at the conference. In which case, if you have the balls to RSVP and show up, I'll offer up the microphone for a few minutes, to say whatever you please. Look, you left a flaming bag of shit at our door, and here I am, tossing toilet paper at your house. I am offering an opportunity here for you to say a few words, crack a few jokes, and make peace. You do that, and I will once again have respect for you.

So I hope to see everyone there. Aaaand, I'm out for the night. Good times indeed.

A note: Please don't take any offense if you, well, can't get in. The venue is small, and honestly, I'm expecting a lot of RSVP's. So apologies in advance to those who will get kinda shafted on this. Lesson learned: get a bigger venue next time.