sarah hoye steps into blogville
tommyYou’ll remember a bunch of us blogger types met at Hawks last week. Tribune reporter Sarah Hoye stopped by to chat with a few of us and find out why we would meet in person. Jim Johnson provided the answer:
“We’ve built a blog community online but don’t know each other off-line,” said Johnson, a public relations specialist who ran for state representative in 2002. “It’s more of a curiosity factor, and you have a better understanding of why they post what they do when you meet.”
The bottom of the story includes a small list of those websites run by those with whom she chatted, such as Jim Johnson’s The State of Sunshine, Sticks of Fire, and Matt’s Florida Food Hound. Also quoted in the article was Tim Fasano of Tampa Taxi Shots).
There were plenty of others there that night, and I hope to include them all. However, going by my memory is a bad idea, so I apologize in advance if I leave anyone out. Feel free to leave your info in the comments. Folks I had never met include Ryan from Creative Florida (hey -where’s that podcast?), and Clark from as did Clark who writes a ridiculously inconsistent trickle of consciousness. Chuck Welch made it from Lakeland Local. Both LittleJoe Litton and Wayne of Pearce’s Paradise made it. In addition to Jim and Matt quoted in the article, other Sticks contributers made appearances too. Delightful DC Dave, Left Field Kate, Lisa of books and film fame, Theoretical Joel, Jason / editengine, Food Dude Matt, and Journeyman Tim.
The chronicler of Tampa Weekly Options, Eric Sturm also showed up at the get-together (read bits of his interview with Dave Simanoff in a Trib story about Tampa Bay’s young networking professionals).
Other posts on the meetup:
Tampa Taxi Shots: Blogger meeting a huge success
Out in Left Field: A blogging event
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March 5th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
when’s the next one? I’m so sad I missed them all…
March 5th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
I’m thinking May
March 5th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
May it is.
March 5th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
I enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new ones. April, May, June - just let me know and I’ll be there.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:53 am
I had a great time, even though I’m more comfortable behind a computer than actually talking to real people in real life. (Being able to only hear about every other word in a noisy restaurant was sometimes fun. I had a totally separate conversation than the person I was talking to!)
FL Food Hound’s wife was there, too. She’s not a blogger (so she’s got sense) and was very nice.
There was also a local filmmaker there who has just recently started a blog. I can’t for the life of me remember the URL right now.
I had a wondeful time meeting and getting to know everyone. I’ll be at the next one, for sure.