Archive for September, 2007
Kingston’s first meetup - Small, but wonderful
So this past Monday I made my way down to the Kingston Brewing Company for Kingston’s first local new media meetup!
Originally I sent emails to 3 people and posted it here and on Twitter. It looked for the longest time that all 3 invitees were attending… But life happened and the meetup consisted of Francis [...]
So this past Monday I made my way down to the Kingston Brewing Company for Kingston’s first local new media meetup!
Originally I sent emails to 3 people and posted it here and on Twitter. It looked for the longest time that all 3 invitees were attending… But life happened and the meetup consisted of Francis and I hanging out and talking. Was great to get to know another new media type in town. I’ve only got one left to my knowledge
Some stats of the night:
- We switched tables no less then three times.
- 3 add-ons joined us, all awesome people… None in the new media space. Meant for even more fun.
- 1 pizza and 1 poutine were consumed.
- 2 meals (Before the post-drink snacks) were eaten
Overall, the night was a great success. I’m working on the next one. Tentative date is October 22nd. Feedback and ideas wecome and encouraged.
Hold the Quechup, please!
So… It’s shortly after midnight. I wanted to be going to bed right now… But I just got an email that has me livid. Again. Over the same topic as the last time… But this Time I’m posting about it.
The subject line of said email read: Invite from John Doe*… And the body contained John [...]
So… It’s shortly after midnight. I wanted to be going to bed right now… But I just got an email that has me livid. Again. Over the same topic as the last time… But this Time I’m posting about it.
The subject line of said email read: Invite from John Doe*… And the body contained John Doe (…@gmail.com) has invited you as a friend on Quechup… …the social networking platform sweeping the globe*
My jaw hit the floor. Not because it was yet another social networking site… Not because I got an invite to it… But because of which site it was, and who got bitten.
Quechup has been called everything from a spam network, to a menace to a trust virus. If you haven’t heard of it, let me give you the rundown. Essentially, you sign up just like any other network… You give it your name, your email and the like. It then asks for your gmail details to check to see if any of your gmail contacts are using Quechup. Fine, sure… Lots of services do that. I just did that with Twitter the other day. This is where it goes too far. Instead of simply CHECKING for friends, it takes EVERYONE you have EVER corresponded with via gmail and invites them to join you on Quechup. Yep, all of them. Pretty bad, eh?
I don’t believe they’re the first to pull of this kind of slimeball-like move, but they certainly gathered a lot of press for it. What floored me so much tonight though, like I mentioned, is not the invite itself, but who it came from. I’m not naming names, to protect the innocently duped, but they’re someone I consider to be pretty well connected. Had it been a few weeks ago, when everyone else in the new media space was being hit, I would have let it slide. But it’s just happening now. And with all of the bad publicity throughout a quick search… It surprised me.
Next week’s busy schedule (Meetup details!)
So I have a really busy schedule outside of the office next week - and I want you to be a part of it! If you’re in the Kingston or toronto areas, and want to get together, I’d love to meet up! I’m looking for other social media folk, bloggers, podcasters or TalkShoe users. Hope [...]
So I have a really busy schedule outside of the office next week - and I want you to be a part of it! If you’re in the Kingston or toronto areas, and want to get together, I’d love to meet up! I’m looking for other social media folk, bloggers, podcasters or TalkShoe users. Hope to see you!
Monday, September 24th: Kingston’s first new media meetup is taking place at 7:00pm at the Kingston Brewing company at 34 Clarence st. We get started around 7, look for the bright tie-dye frog shirt. I’ll be noticeable. I promise. We’ve got a few confirmed to this already, so it’s shaping up to be a pretty good event. No runtime planed, but expect a couple of hours.
Tuesday, September 25th: I’ll be waiting in the Atrium on Bay’s food court around 4:30 to gather folk and find food. We can stick around the food court (lots of selection, easy to add people to the group) or will be wandering off to the decided food source around 4:50. If you work in the 9-to-5 world and still want to meet, get in touch and I’ll make sue you’re updated on where we end up. No planned runtime on this, but I’d like to wrap it around 7:30 if it runs that long.
Wednesday, September 26th: I’ll be attending Adobe’s On AIR stop in Toronto ALL day. No time to meet people on this leg, but if you’re going to be at the event, look for me and say hi!