MinneBar 2008 – Recap
I was at MinneBar 2008 on Saturday and had another great experience. Good people talking about Web2 development & design. Peter Fleck and I also were able to present a session on “This Think Called Twitter” where we got the group talking about some of the social web. Lots of great new Twitter friends to talk and work with in my hometown of Minneapolis!
For all the great organizational efforts of everyone at MinneBar, the U of M did a money grab and kept the WiFi closed. It was the only negative of the entire unconference. Too bad – I could have done more live-blogging of the sessions and the great vibe of the people attending.
Still, I came away very enthused because of the interest and excitement everyone seemed to have. I’m looking forward to continuing to connect and build relationships in the social web with these folks. We have a lot of great talent here in the Minneapolis & St. Paul area, so I know there is some great potential.
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Comment by Rick Mahn Hi Ed! It seems we’re always one step out of sync for meeting up. Hopefully soon! If you can’t make our SMB next Friday (5/16/2008), let me know if you want to meet up for coffee or lunch.
Yeah, I could’ve thrown down for the $5 WiFi – guess it was the combination that mobile signal (for T-Mobile anyway) was weak on top of that. Oh well, next time eh?
Still, it didn’t detract from the people, sessions, and the information presented. Good stuff!
Hey Rick, sorry I missed you today. Not having free WiFi is kind of a bummer, but it sounds like WiFi was available for $5, which seems pretty darn reasonable for a day’s access. Personally, I was running on a Sprint card which worked better in the back of the building than the front (opposite of what I would have expected).