I suppose no one knows whats happening unless I get in here and mention some of the details. I have reached out to a lot of different St. Louis folk who all agree that there is a lot of cool stuff happening around here, but there isn’t a lot of awareness and/or communication about it.
I see our chapter of Beer and Blog as one avenue for the important cross pollination between technology people, business folk, journalists, activists, teachers, students, artists and anybody else that is using this crazy virtual world stuff. Since we are using blogs, twitter, the web, and other emerging tools for a myriad of things, it only makes sense to create a space for information sharing and collaboration to help folks accomplish what they want, gain exposure to a cross section of people, and build some additional momentum. Other groups exist, but they are often segmented, I see value in striving for diversity and cross-pollination. Though fun is always important I heard a lot of people say that they didn’t just want another pointless happy hour, and I agree. I want to pick the brains of folks who know a lot more than me (it isn’t hard to know more than me) and I want to introduce people I know to other people that can help them do even cooler stuff. I’m just like that, and I bet some of you are too.
We can learn from each other, leverage experience, avoid reinventing the wheel, and have some fun while we do it. I’d love to hear some input about times, but the consensus is the Royale is a great spot. I hope to see a whole lot of you there once we settle on a date and time. What do you guys think of a Friday post work gathering? Is there a better time? Thoughts? Can I buy you a beverage? (Doesn’t have to be beer, I like hot tea in this weather). Lets get together, I’m thirsty.
Justin Kistner
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I like your cross pollination approach, Lisa. We just had the best workshop today full of new bloggers from more parts of the community than just the tech scene. The tech folks were the helpers today and helped the rest of the people get their blogs up and running. It was nice to get the contributions from the artists, creatives, activists, et al. and see everyone helping and learning from each other. Can’t wait to see the St. Louis scene!!
Count me in!
Count me in. As for Friday evenings, I wonder if that favors the younger, unmarried set? I know during the week is a lot easier for me to sneak out to a meeting, rather than dealing with Friday night kids’ activities.
Of course, kids activities can, and inevitably, do come up, but I think weekdays are going to be better for at least me.
– bab
I’m hearing a reasonable amount of pushback on Friday night meetings. What do people think about Tuesday or Wednesday? I’d like to get our first meet on the books in the first few weeks of February. Opinions?
This Friday (1/16) is definitely not good for me for a number of reasons.
I’m usually there on Monday nights with friends after 8pm, I could push that up & be there by 6 or 7pm. Tues or Wed could work unless I have a work event conflict, but I think those are less & less for the next couple of months.
I can do pretty much any night except Thursdays.
My schedule’s wild and varied, so I could be up for anything!
Count me in! Weeknights are better for me, too, but with a week notice I can make just about any night work.
Very much interested. I’ll be watching this feed for details. I prefer Tuesdays or Thursdays when possible.
I’d be sounds like an interesting idea. Keep me in the loop please.