North Shore Web Geek Meetup: Jan 3 in Newburyport, MA

A quick notice for any web-minded folks in the Newburyport, MA, USA vicinity in early 2008.

My buddy Jeff Watkins (Jeff is an ajax developer at Apple) and I are planning a web geek meetup Jan. 3 in Newburyport, MA. We know quite a few web geeks in and around town, and the North Shore is teeming with them (you). Every week or so I get wind of someone else who I know of online who happens to live in the area. Unfortunately, North Shorers can be up to an hour+ outside of Boston, so it’s not always easy to get to meetups there. In addition, those folks in Portsmouth are even further…we’ll have done well if we get some Portsmouth folks involved.

So come and meet some other like-minded souls to predict what Apple/Facebook/Google is up to next (isn’t that what web geeks do?) over a pint of beer. And, by the way, Jeff is an loyal employee of Apple…I can’t get even the slightest hint of details out of him.

Details:

Date: Thursday, January 3, 2008
Place: Rosie O’Sheas Irish Pub (see map)
Start: ~6-7pm
Ends: ~10-11pm

Travel tips:

By Car: Downtown Newburyport is ~3 miles off of Interstate 95, so it’s very easy to find and fast to get into/out of by car. (this ain’t the city)
Commuter Rail: Newburyport is at the end of the commuter rail…if we have any folks coming on the 5:36 or the 6:15 we’ll do a pick up (the train station is about a mile away from the pub) (commuter rail schedule)

If you have any questions/comments/concerns, feel free to contact me.

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Comments ( 19 Responses so far )

1. Jeff Watkins on December 29th, 2007 (Comment) #

It’s been a year since I moved out West, and boy, I miss it here on the North Shore. Even with the snow. So come hang out at Rosie’s, I’ll buy the first pitcher of beer…

And maybe we’ll have a ~~bribe~~ door prize or two for those of you who make it. There’s guarenteed to be something for whomever traveled the furthest.

2. John Eckman on December 29th, 2007 (Comment) #

Looking forward to meeting everyone - I’ll by second. Luckily I can walk home from Rosies, though I guess that means I lose the “traveled furthest” prize.

3. John Eckman on December 29th, 2007 (Comment) #

Oops. Meant to say “I’ll buy the second pitcher.”

4. tom summit on December 29th, 2007 (Comment) #

If you want we can use this facebook group I started. Im good for the 3rd pitcher. ts

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8254935722

5. Marc Amos on December 30th, 2007 (Comment) #

Count me in

6. mark a on December 30th, 2007 (Comment) #

I will be on board with Marc ‘Famos’ Amos..

7. David Cutler on January 1st, 2008 (Comment) #

I hope to be there for a very dark pint… even if I do have a meeting in the Big Bad City … so maybe a little late.

David Cutler
617-331-7852
dcutler@eatmedia.com

8. Michael Witwicki on January 2nd, 2008 (Comment) #

Hey all - i’m an AJAX developer (with strong leanings towards PHP/MySQL/RedHat Linux) working with and introduced to this by Marc Amos. Looking forward to meeting everyone. I lost track of where the pitcher count is, but i’ll certainly buy one as well.

9. Josh on January 3rd, 2008 (Comment) #

Looking forward to meeting all of you. My phone is 508-954-1896 in case anybody needs directions/pickup, etc.

10. Will on January 3rd, 2008 (Comment) #

A few of us from iMarc will probably be stopping by. It’ll be great to meet everyone!

11. Adam Darowski on January 3rd, 2008 (Comment) #

Count me in. Printing directions now. 182 mile round trip. Woo!

12. Jeff Watkins on January 3rd, 2008 (Comment) #

Sounds like Adam may be the winner of the longest distance prize…

13. Josh Delsman on January 4th, 2008 (Comment) #

Darn. Maybe next time for me

14. Jeff Watkins on January 4th, 2008 (Comment) #

Well it turns out Rosie’s doesn’t sell pitchers - crazy!

Thanks to everyone who braved the bitter cold to talk shop and drink beer, or just drink beer. It was terrific finding such a lively community on the North Shore. I wish I could be here for the next get together, but work and distance make that impossible.

Feel free to get in touch if you’re ever out on the Left coast (tel: 408.768.6644).

15. Dave on January 4th, 2008 (Comment) #

I had a great time! Nice meeting everyone.

Let’s do this again.

16. Jeff L on January 5th, 2008 (Comment) #

Wish I could have made it - hope there might be another one soon.

17. Jay Collier on January 6th, 2008 (Comment) #

Please do this again! (From a former Newburyport resident and current Mainer …)

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