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Seattle Web Logger Meetup July 2k3
Tonight I attended the Seattle Weblog Meetup. Meetup.com is a truly remarkable dotcom. They allow groups of people who have previously not met in real life to get together and organize. The Weblog Meetup is just a group of weblog authors in the Seattle area. The most well know is the Meetup for Dean group. This is a truly grass roots political group and has been a major force in the Dean Presidential campaign. They have organized and been a major part of the fund raising efforts for Howard Dean. The Dean campaign has used Weblogs and Meetup like no one has before and it is going to be studied and copied by campaigns to come. Dean has been attracting disenfranchised non voters and getting them involved in national politics. That is good but I do not think that Dean can get the nomination away from Senator John Kerry. There is nationally 7,000 registered for the Meetup for Kerry but there is over 62,000 registered for Dean. It has been an impressive alternative to having massive expensive fund raising events that the average voter can not afford. But a plethora of small donations can add up to the same amount as a more exclusionary larger fund raiser rallies. But the weblog Meetup is not political but is just a gathering of like minded nerds.
It is a bit strange meeting weblog authors in person because they can either be introverted and use their website as a way of expression. Then there is weblog authors like myself who are the same in person as they are in digital print.
In attendance was.
Jarrett House North.com
Anita
Jacob
Jim Flanagan
VoxBeth
Tyd
John
Beth Goza
Philip
JP
Howard
Clark
Colin
Jeannie
Update: Later on the ferry ride home across the Puget Sound I met a girl names Amanda who just started going to the same art college that I did. She had a really cute Mini-mouse and I must have one for myself.
Jake at July 16, 2003 
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Comments
that is very cool!! there aren't enough bloggers here in SA, but i've thought about going to the Austin one...
Posted by: Lilly at July 16, 2003 8:13 PM
Dude. It is no longer June. :)
Posted by: Beth at July 16, 2003 9:45 PM
add Jeannie also:
http://jeanniecool.blogspot.com/
the pictures came out well!
Posted by: Anita Rowland at July 17, 2003 12:05 AM
it was great to meet everyone.
cheers,
pt
Posted by: pt at July 17, 2003 1:09 AM
I'm jealous of you guys.
I would luv to do something like that. However, the closest meetup is 7 hours drive and it always seems to be cancelled due to lack of numbers.
Posted by: Matt at July 17, 2003 1:49 AM
Amanda is in my program at AIS.
Posted by: tyd at July 17, 2003 8:22 AM
tyd.
Here is what i dont understand. There is NO wirk in Seattle anymore in graphic design for the entry level people. How does the SAI manage to stay open? I mean dont you guys pump out 150 students every 6 months or something like that? How do these young artists end up finding work? Do most of them leave the state or what?
Posted by: pete at July 17, 2003 10:27 AM
Peter it is bad but not impossible. I mean graduated from there five years ago and I have been paying my rent consitantly for the past five years. It has not been easy but it is possible. Amanda and Tyd are going to graduate in two years so hopefully things will be better by then.
Posted by: Jake at July 17, 2003 10:42 AM
Well there is plenty of work in defense contracting but nowhere else in Seattle...I just wonder how these guys do it. Some huge numbers out there. Strange ya know?
Posted by: pete at July 17, 2003 10:55 AM
One L, not two. *smile*
Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2003 3:50 PM
They have those targus mice at the local Target. I saw them at the GigHarbor store, not sure bout the one closer to you Jake.
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