Comments on: Mesh Meetup Roundup

By: Joseph Thornley

Joseph Thornley — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:15:26 +0000

Hi Maggie,
The Mesh gathering was packed with people who just seemed to really want to meet one another. I hope that the guys will do it again before the event. It’s a great way to help us through the long wait for Mesh 07.

Cheers!
/Joe

By: Norman Young

Norman Young — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:44:37 +0000

Thank you, Maggie, for bringing The Talking Company into your broader conversation.

Your remarks about the importance of microcommunities at the fantastic Mesh Pub Night (thanks a million, organizers) inspired me to consider that we technologists may have had it backwards for the past ten years.

Engagement, whether it’s personal, social, or even commercial, is about trust. Trust derives from meaningful relationships. Building meaningful relationships is an unstoppable human pursuit. It’s not about hyperlinks. It’s about humanity, both beautiful and revolting. The Web is just starting to recognize that priority explicitly.

For commercial consideration, I highly recommend Larry Weber’s Rise of Unpaid Media, at IT Conversations #998: http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail998.html.

I look forward to continuing the conversation further.

Norm.

By: Mark Sharpe

Mark Sharpe — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:31:39 +0000

Hi Maggie,

I briefly mentioned that we provide a toolkit for podcasters. Thanks for the mention in your post. I have not forgotten that I invited you to meet with us again. I hope that you will entertain the opportunity.

All the Best,

Mark Sharpe

By: Rob Hyndman

Rob Hyndman — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:39:51 +0000

Hi Maggie – Great post! I think is probably Steve Janke from Angry in the Great White North. I realized last night that when I introduced Steve to others I kept saying “This is Steve Janke of Angry in the Great White North – 250,00 pageviews per month during the last election

Oh, and Dave’s wife’s PhD is in Education.

Wish we’d met – maybe at the next (?) mesh meetup.

By: Sheamus

Sheamus — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:35:13 +0000

Maggie, YOU are amazing!

WOW!… Your incredibly magnificent recounting of people and circumstances at that glorious event last evening is breathtaking!!

Three concluding points:

[1] Your blog is now on my daily read list!
[2] I too will be attending Mesh 2007, and
[3] I do hope that we have an opportunity to meet again in the near future (possibly another tech event… do you have any suggestions?).

Very best wishes to you and your social media group colleagues for an awesome day!