First Omaha Blog Co. meetup a success
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We talked about blogging software, discussed tweeting versus blogging, shared our favorite blogs, and of course, made mention of own blogs. Not everyone in attendance had a blog or updated it frequently, but that was the great part of it. One of the attendees came inspired to begin blogging, and those of us who had experience in it shared with her our recommendations. I learned quite a bit from the other bloggers, and spilled coffee on one them -- sorry about that, Joshua.
Coffee spill aside, I call it a success! Thanks so much to those of you who made it out this morning, and a big thanks to Nick Allmaker of Programmerman.net for taking pictures. The other attendees were, with a mention of their blog if applicable:
- Gabe Kangas of GabeKangas.com
- Dan Gilbert of NebraskaDan.wordpress.com
- Josh Allen of TechFridge.com
- Joshua Best of JoshuaBest.net
- Dan Holke of PracticalBusinessIntelligence.com (he's one of four authors)
- Pat Lazure of the massive website WikiCity
- Linda Dupree came to learn more about blogging
As I re-wrote that list just now, I remembered the stories behind why everyone started their blog. Those were fun to hear, for example, Dan started the "NebraskaDan" to share stories from his life in Nebraska with his friends in California after he made the move to Omaha.
Where to now and what time? I'm leaning towards an after 5:00 p.m. meetup, likely at a bar. I'm open to suggestions. Hope to see you there -- bloggers, nonbloggers, and pen and paper fans alike.
You can find more information about The Omaha Blog Co. at meetup.com/the-omaha-blog-co.
ARCHIVED COMMENTS
Great 1st event, thx for setting it up. In an effort to attract a larger group, I'd be in favor of a post-5pm start time for the next event.
Glad the meeting went well! I wish I could have been there! I think a happy hour thing is a great idea!
Great first meet up - the one thing that kind of stuck out in my mind is how difficult we all said it was to keep motivated to post to our blogs.
Since we at least have a few people who are interested in blogs enough to come to a meet up about it, I think we should make an effort to support each other a little more. My plan is start reading more local blogs and become more involved in the discussion - comment when I'm inclined, link to their blog if I find it interesting.
The one thing that would help is if there was a centralized list of local Omaha blogs - I couldn't seem to find one.
Pat and Joshua, thanks for coming out. Good thoughts, too, Joshua. A list of Omaha blogs is a great idea. I'll be working on it.
Sarah, hope you can make it next time. It'll be a after 5 p.m. time for sure.