In no certain order...
1. This wasn't a MeetUp (tm). It was more of a "get together and meet up". At least to the degree that it keeps me out of trouble with you-know-who's trademark lawyers.
2. Finding a bunch of really cool, thoughtful and insightful people that love Tex-mex, getting them all together in the same place at the same time, and coercing them into talking about podcasting, tech and life in general, is much easier than I first expected.
3. Smirnoff Ice and Tequila. Yum. But only in very small quantities.
4. The only place in town where you could find photographers, professional media producers, fireman, hospital workers, TV personalities, accordion players, egotistical 'murcuns, tech strategists and software developers all sitting at the same table.
5. Yeah I get it. Texas Long Horn Grill. Tu**COWS**. Hah. That's funny. No really. Hysterical.
6. Ten years later and still going strong. Squishy cows are still a great conversation piece.
7. Audio is way sicker than text.
8. Video is way sicker than audio.
9a. Portable mic amplifiers work waaaayyyy better when they are turned on. 9b. 120 minute MP3 recordings of absolute silence compress *extremely* well. (Yah, the chip bowl may well have been mic'ed, but it was all for naught.)
10. Leo and James are total geeks.
11. The Parkdale Hookers might possibly be the world's first pay per click band. Even if they aren't, they rock.
12. Putting the prairie boy at the table with the guys from the rock will always lead to trouble.
Suffice to say, the event was a smashing success. I had a blast and I think everyone else did too. Good food, great conversation and a bunch of really cool people always make for an amazing time.
I've still got a ton of pictures to process and upload - I'll try and get to them quickly. Sorry for the delay...today was a write-off for anything but the barest essentials...and plotting world domination over lunch with Eric, Kim and Colin. :)
A warm thanks to the staff at the restaurant for the great service and endless patience, to Adam who hooked everyone up with some great Tucows t-shirts and the lovable squishy cows and a huge thanks to Mark for putting Parkdale Hookers promo CDs into everyone's hands - very cool stuff and totally appreciated by everyone!
Excellent Ross! You are embedding a bigger picture with your text. Try playing around with the browser viewing area as in 1,024 versus 1,280 etc... because with my regular browser view, your picture of the party is causing havoc with your text. It makes your text beside your picture unreadable. At 1,280 resolution, it is fine. I thought I let you know. Great to hear everyone had a funtime!
Fixed the pic - I live in a 1600 resolution world and sometimes forget that most people live in a much more primitive environment :)
How about coming up with a dynamic formatting function that can intelligently figured out browser specs and than reconfigure it accordingly ;-) Yes yes yes - good idea - No?
I am running out to get the BIG Apple LCD dude!
Ross and Friends
Great Job organizing Ross
What a blast , can we do it every week ,, lol
Honestly , I throughly enjoyed the Meetup ,
Hope we dont have to wait 6 months for another one
Your baseball cap is on its way Ross
JP ( Backdraft)
Ross, you’ve got Margaret looking forward to my finding her a squishy cow or two; is there an online Tucows gift shoppe somewhere?