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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1. Jeff Watkins 1:13pm, Sat 29th, 2007
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
bribedoor prize or two for those of you who make it. There’s guarenteed to be something for whomever traveled the furthest.2. John Eckman 2:45pm, Sat 29th, 2007
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 2:47pm, Sat 29th, 2007
Oops. Meant to say “I’ll buy the second pitcher.”
4. tom summit 6:49pm, Sat 29th, 2007
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 12:35am, Sun 30th, 2007
Count me in
6. mark a 8:23pm, Sun 30th, 2007
I will be on board with Marc ‘Famos’ Amos..
7. David Cutler 11:05am, Tue 1st, 2008
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 3:44pm, Wed 2nd, 2008
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 8:57am, Thu 3rd, 2008
Looking forward to meeting all of you. My phone is 508-954-1896 in case anybody needs directions/pickup, etc.
10. Will 11:28am, Thu 3rd, 2008
A few of us from iMarc will probably be stopping by. It’ll be great to meet everyone!
11. Adam Darowski 1:46pm, Thu 3rd, 2008
Count me in. Printing directions now. 182 mile round trip. Woo!
12. Jeff Watkins 5:20pm, Thu 3rd, 2008
Sounds like Adam may be the winner of the longest distance prize…
13. Josh Delsman 12:28am, Fri 4th, 2008
Darn. Maybe next time for me
14. Jeff Watkins 1:33pm, Fri 4th, 2008
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 1:37pm, Fri 4th, 2008
I had a great time! Nice meeting everyone.
Let’s do this again.
16. Jeff L 12:11am, Sat 5th, 2008
Wish I could have made it – hope there might be another one soon.
17. Jay Collier 9:12pm, Sun 6th, 2008
Please do this again! (From a former Newburyport resident and current Mainer …)