Is it my impression, or are there more meetups now than before? Or is it just that meetups are so much easier to organize (think-post-meet)?
What is particularly interesting is that, not only do I see meetup topics mirroring the conversations on the Web, but that these meetups are essential to the conversations on the Web. There’s a different, more interactive conversation that is possible only when chatting over a beer that can’t be achieved through the asynchrony of the blog or email or even the synchrony of the IM chat or phone call.
Meetups have been happening since humans have had something to share – there is extensive archeological data that there were inter-community gatherings in deep pre-historical times. With thousands of years of craving that face to face interaction, we use the Web (and mobile phones) as a complementary tool for our offline conversations. We need to keep that in mind when we design our fancy apps.
Link: Idea Day!.
Today I get to launch one of my many projects in the making for several months… Idea Day.
Idea Day is a free monthly meeting of creative minds here in Seattle. The first one being October 11th. Each month we will address a topic relevant to the creative and marketing community.
But what really bugs me is that there’s always some reason why I miss them – out of town, arriving a day later, schedule change, or what not!
