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Nick Gray
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Nick Gray's personal blog at nickgray.net covers culture and career. Since 2018, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Go on an Amazon Fulfillment Center Warehouse Tour”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-10, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts are about hosting parties, cocktail parties versus dinner parties, making new friends, and trends in socializing. The only comment is a self-promotional note tied to the author's book, "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party."
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I'm Nick Gray, founder of Museum Hack and author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party. Join my newsletter for tips, hacks, and hosting advice.
Most-linked posts?
- Go on an Amazon Fulfillment Center Warehouse Tour2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-10-31
What Hacker News says?
In this comment: I'll tell you why you should never host a dinner party, how to make new friends, why "cocktail parties" are better than dinner parties (even if you don't drink alcohol), and discuss the macro trends in parties and relationships. Hi! I wrote a book called "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party" that people seem to really like on Amazon and Audible. I've hosted hundreds of parties myself and personally coached 17…
Comment linking /about/
on “Ask HN: Where Are All the Parties?”Submitted How Cloudflare Helped X Improve Network Performance and Reliability as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Go on an Amazon Fulfillment Center Warehouse Tour as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted My NYC Treehouse Apartment as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I met the founder of the Pizza Hut BOOK-IT program (2023) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Searching for New Friends with Flyers in NYC as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Amazon Warehouse Tour Review: Fulfillment Center as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Finally Bought a Tesla and These Things Surprised Me as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Introduce Two People via Email: Sample Scripts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sally Hogshead Is a Good Keynote Speaker as a story · 1 points
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