High-brow, web 2.0 atmosphere? Um. You must be talking about a considerably more glamorous project than the one I work on -- perhaps one that features Aeron chairs in the lobby, swank cocktail parties held at local museums and late lunches with venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. You know, the project where celebrities swoon when you mention it and the red carpet is rolled out so old-media moguls can kowtow to us as we kick back with with a freshly squeezed guava juice protein shake, put our adidas up on the desk, and write checks for millions to employees with vague job descriptions.
Oh wait, that last bit does happen. Except for the checks for millions part.
At any rate, we have tried lots of different venues around the city looking for a good fit, and I say giving the library a try sounds like a good plan. It's central, easy to get to, and surely we can find somewhere to go for drinks afterwards. If it doesn't work out, we'll try somewhere else. We've had a few offers of space hosting, and there's always outdoors when it warms up a bit. All meetups do not have to be all things to all people, especially since we now seem to be on a bit of a roll with them.
-- phoebe (who is *cough* a librarian)
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Jason Dusek jsnx@lolcatbible.com wrote:
This is not at all the high-brow, web 2.0 atmosphere that I had in mind for a Wikipedia event. To quote a recently topical talk page...where is the WIKIPEDIA?
Admittedly, the public library is easier to get to for me, as a Missionite. I'll probably come to this one. All I'm saying is, I've seen it tried before.
Maybe things are better now -- I never go to the public library any more.
-- _jsn