Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 : Events

First, I want to mention, the meet-up (3/25) was great. Matt Brown and Jennifer Van Grove did an excellent job with venue and event planning, and a big thanks to those of you that are spreading the word and gathering more & more attendees.

[Update] Here’s the list of those of you who attended, as posted on InsideTheRabbitHole.com

• tonybalsamo.com [Future Blogger, Real-Estate]
• whisperbuzz [Luke Pilon, Photography & Glass Blowing]
• sneakeracademy.com [Jessica McKimmie, Marketing]
• thesandiegotraveler.com [Carol Lane, Travel]
• obraq.org [Patty Jones, Ocean Beach News & Commentary]
• revolutionarymayor.com [Eric Bidwell, San Diego Mayoral Candidate]
• www.higherpassages.com [John
• shycloud.com [David Matt Green, Photography]
• msdigital.smugmug.com [Linda. Photography]
• sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com [Walter Davis, San Diego Community/Groups]
• enrique-gutierrez.com [this blog]
• gwaveconsulting.com [Melanie Gordon, Marketing Consulting]
• www.sandiegogaslampandnightlife.com [Richie Edquid, San Diego Nightlife]
• edward.oconnor.cx [Edward O’Connor, Web Developer/Django]
• erin.oconnor.cx & snowclones.org [Erin O’Connor, Art/Linguistics]
• www.thaumatocracy.com [Dan Tentler, Photography/Hacks]
• blogworldexpo.com [Rick Calvert & Dave Cynkin, Co-Founders - group discount potential!]
• ducksnorts.com & www.knucklecurve.com [Geoff Young, Padres/Baseball]
• www.declan.net & eringoblog.declan.net [Declan Fleming & his daughter Erin, Family/Photography/Tech/San Diego]
• www.barcampsandiego.org [Dan Tentler, Patrick Crowley - Barcamp San Diego Unconference]
• www.jefferygordon.com [Jeff “Flash” Gordon, Photography/Books]
• binarywolf.com [Steve, Personal Interest]
• jacobbijani.com [Jacob Bijani]
• friarfaithful.com [Dominic Damian, Padres]
• grokz.com [Peter, blog coming soon]

Secondly, I wanted to take this post as an opportunity to share a conversation from the meet-up, that most of you probably weren’t even in ear shot of, since you were all mingling! Which is awesome. I think it’s really great that only a year after we started BarCamp in San Diego (@hober, @viss, @mokolabs, @declan), we’re really seeing community form around that mentality with the help of awesome folks like @mattsurfs, @dtelethapy, @saracarr84 and @jbruin. I know I’m missing a few people, but follow one of them & you’ll find the rest… Or just follow me, I’m a groupie.

So, hats off to you folks for putting San Diego’s blip onto a radar screen somewhere in the blogosphere. We still have our work cut out for us to really tie this all in together, but, in due time we’ll be a cornerstone for a few awesomes of “contributions to technology” ourselves, I’m sure. Perhaps by pulling together the crap load of developers, designers, and all around enthusiasts going to these things, we can combine our talents and resources to achieve great things, muster up some new ideas, and be a nice staple in the west coast’s already awesome Tech/Conf/Social Networking/Twitterholic clan…