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Nick Sergeant

Rochester, NY

Front-end dev at PCF on @AmaraSubs. Builder of @Snipt, @RochesterMade, @SidePros, @AFeedApart, @Photoblurr and other stuff. Half of @LionBurger. Daddy of 1.

  1. on February 10
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    Nick Sergeant
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    Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions

    An adventure game from Tim Schafer, Double Fine, and YOU!

    • 834% funded $3,336,371 pledged
    • 87,142 backers
    • Funded Mar 13, 2012
  2. on February 8
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    Elevation Dock: The Best Dock For iPhone by Casey Hopkins

    Undocking's a breeze and it works with cases. Built at a whole new level of quality with a beautifully minimal design.

    • 1,952% funded $1,464,706 pledged
    • 12,521 backers
    • Funded Feb 11, 2012
  3. on October 18, 2010
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    Refresh Rochester Fall 2010 by Nick Sergeant

    This project is focused on raising funding to hold our next event. If you were at the first one, you'll remember how delicious the free beer, soda and

    • 108% funded $3,265 pledged
    • 13 backers
    • Funded Oct 18, 2010
  4. on September 7, 2010
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    Nick Sergeant
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    Big congrats to @e_olsen for grabbing the first AEA+ADA ticket!
  5. on September 3, 2010
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    Nick Sergeant
    Posted project update #1

    A Day Apart also included in the AEA ticket!

    Sponsors of over $800 that receive the AEA ticket will ALSO receive a pass to the accompanying A Day Apart (total value around $1,200).

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        Nick Sergeant on September 7, 2010

        Big congrats to @e_olsen for grabbing the first AEA+ADA ticket!


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  6. on September 3, 2010
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    Nick Sergeant launched a project

    Refresh Rochester Fall 2010 by Nick Sergeant

    This project is focused on raising funding to hold our next event. If you were at the first one, you'll remember how delicious the free beer, soda and

    • $3,000 funding goal
    • 10/18/2010 Funding Ended
  7. on August 30, 2010
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    Nick Sergeant
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    Damnit, line breaks. Come on, Kickstarter!
  8. on August 30, 2010
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    Nick Sergeant
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    You're definitely right. We ruled our RIT because of the atmosphere and the no-alcohol-thing. We want RR not only to be a mini-conf, but also to encourage a bar-like atmosphere, eliminating boundaries between speaker vs. audience. Refresh Boston does that with the after-conf bar excursion, while we try to provide that throughout the whole night. Neither one is wrong, our way just costs a bunch more. We have a funding opportunity that will make Refresh Roc happen at least once every year, at this style. We're not sure we want to host it monthly, as we just don't have the time, and we're not sure we can attract folks with that much frequency. If RR can become an attraction for folks from the northeast region once a year and have a kickass time with awesome web personalities, we've succeeded.
  9. on August 30, 2010
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    Another problem we originally had with finding a place was somewhere that would allow us to bring our own food in. Every place we looked at required us to use them for any sort of catering.
  10. on August 30, 2010
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    Nick Sergeant
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    Well! How about that, Kickstarter. Never emailed me about these comments, so I'm just seeing them now, months later :) We totally agree. We want folks to have a good time (beer), but it's tough to stay within budget, mostly because of the logistics of serving beer. The beer itself is cheap (we only spent about $250 and had enough for 80+ people). The bartender, security, license, etc, of course is not cheap. We've looked all over for better places, but simply haven't found something we've been happy with. The folks at Artisan are awesome, and they even have a bigger room that allows more appropriate seating for a conference, which we'd push for next time. We've got some big things planned for Refresh Roc, it just takes time. We're all busy, and we want to put together kickass events. We'll get there. Thanks guys for commenting!