Just Back From Dublin Tweetup
I?m going to write a full length post tomorrow, but here?s my just-in-the-door-Charlie-Bird-impression. Tonight?s Dublin Tweetup was a huge success. What started as a ?what if? conversation just two weeks ago with Olivier at the Open Coffee Club Dublin turned into a reality tonight, our pumpkin Irish Twitter collective turned into a horse-drawn carriage. It was fantastic.
To be honest, to start with, I was a little nervous. Sending sub-140 character Tweets with complete strangers is a different ball game to sitting around a table with a couple of bottles of wine swapping Winerisms. After a couple of glasses, everyone relaxed. Twitter users there included @ellybabes, @maryrose, @eoghanmccabe, @ozone, @eamonleonard, @dbspin (with a non-Twitter friend), (with two non-Twitter friends) @bfitzsimons (newly joined Twitter friend) and @me. Did I miss anyone? Shout now or forever hold your peace.
We had some bread, cheese, reconstituted salami-type meat products and a good few glasses of wine. Even a bottle of oil was knocked over. And I played with my knive.:) Lots of chatter over Irish internet community, Dave Winer (spam or Twitterhoea), today?s OCC Dublin, kids and jobs. The normal run-of-mill chatter to accompany a bright and breezy August eve.
Limerick (my home city) may hold it?s head high with the first Irish OCC UStream broadcast, Cork with it?s frequent tech talks but Dublin should be incredibly proud that it was the first Irish Twitter community to hold a social meet.?