It’s on, baby. The quest to make Atlanta the most Twitter connected town on the map is in full swing after last night’s impressive two-Tweetup duel.
The Tweetup I organized, at Taco Mac Lindbergh, had a respectable 14 people in attendance. Not bad, considering I had no idea how many interested parties there would be when I started planning and, didn’t pick a venue until Monday. By complete and total coincidence, there was a second Tweetup/beer and pool bash going on at the same time, organized by @rustytanton and @shelbinator. The fact that Atlanta can support similtaneous Tweetups without exploding or leaving one Tweetup without any attendees is really impressive. In the end, I think the rivalry helped promote both events. It also led to some fun trash talking between the two groups.
We talked, we laughed, we did what the social web is meant to facilitate; socialize. Then the rivalry hit top gear. I was checking Twitter on my blackberry when I saw this tweet from @shelbinator. The gauntlet had been tossed down, the game was on, the Tweetups would be judged not on the quality of attendees, of conversation, of interconnection. Nay, the real Tweetup battle would play out in the most base rating of human attributes, boobs.
Rate, rank and evaluate in the comments. I think we clearly win but, you make the call. Public commentary, FTW!
Splinter Tweetup Boobs:
Our Tweetup Boobs:
Thanks to everyone who showed up, and to everyone who contacted me to say they’d make it to the next one. We’re definitely doing this again. Also, big thanks to Paul Stamatiou for taking pictures, since I was too lame to bring a decent camera.
Tonight I fixed the comment system on my blog, which has been broken for a shameful period of time. I also updated my aging (and antiquated) blogroll, and re-wrote my about page. Even my press one-sheet has been updated, thanks to my faithful personal assistant Michelle Wolverton.
Holy crap, I almost appear organized. How did that happen?
Update: Turned off that yuckie login to comment requirement. Ah, that feels better.
Just released another Squadcast episode. This one covers GTD email tips, tools and features an interview with productivity consultant Matthew Cornell.
Also in the mix, new graphics I made over the last week. We’re finally getting there. We shot three (three!) episodes worth of content this weekend, and we’re feverishly working on ideas for the next shoot. Before the end of the year we should have a backlog of produced, ready to release episodes. FTW!
Look for Amber Rhea in an upcoming episode called, “So you think you can Podcast”. We also taped interviews with Dalas Verdago from Vimeo, and Kristin Shoemaker (Download Squad’s own Linux Librarian.
If the threats mentioned in this interview don’t scare you, you’re not paying attention. Drive-by downloads? Scanning internal networks via Flash embeds? Jesus, I’m glad I’m not a network admin anymore.
I saw this in the parking lot of Wal-Mart on Howell Mill. It’s a giant crane with a camera and booth on the end. The punchline? It’s clearly labeled “Stealth Video”. I used it as a landmark to find my car in the crowded parking lot.
Clearly someone needs to call the Atlanta Police department and explain the meaning of the term stealth.
Last night, Agent S. took me to the newly opened Cobb Energy Centre for the opening of Puccini’s Turandot. The Atlanta Opera staged an incredible show. Beautiful sets and costumes, a fantastic new venue and angelic voices melted together in 3 hours of operatic bliss.
Hit the Fox last night to see Stomp with the gang. What an amazing show. Not only is it chock full of jaw dropping precision percussion, but whimsical, witty and an amazing testament to non-verbal communication. Nearly two hours, and two standing ovations; completely worth the price of admission.
