So earlier in the evening there was a sort of pre-Mesh get together that was organized by Thonley Fallis, a PR firm here in Canada. They, in fact, do a thing every month called “Third Tuesday“, where PR folks get together to discuss social media and its implications with public relations.
[aside: next month I will be guy on the proverbial hotseat, answering questions and yaking about social media and tools like Digg]
This month, because the third tuesday falls right before Mesh, they decided to get the five musketeer’s up on stage for an interesting night of questions and answers.
Anyway, I got to meet some interesting folks who I really never got a chance to meet before — or was meeting for the first time — including
- Jeremy Wright, who I never seemed to sit for 5 minutes before — and got the chance to chat for 10 minutes
- Aaron Brazell, who I missed the last time he was in TO
- Fred Ngo, of StandOut Jobs, who I may be separated by a single degree of separation, funnily enough
- Bargainista, part of the local fashion blogger scene who seems to also juggle family responsibilities and “real” work ;)
- Michael O’Connor Clark, who did a great job of MC’ing the evening
- Ed Lee, who I finally met in person!
Furthermore, in a shmooze thing for people going to Mesh, I also met Loren Feldman of 1938 media, who was suprisingly
- was wearing a t-shirt (and jean jacket) rendering him almost unrecognizable to me (and others)
- a genuinely funny guy
- a genuinely nice guy
In a mildly abrasive, yet oddly endearing, New Yorker kind of way (hey — is there any other?) ;)
Anyway, Mesh, the Canadian Conference for social media, technology and much more, launches tomorrow. I will be liveblogging throughout if I can find a wi-fi connection, so stay tuned!
May 30th, 2007 at 7:39 am | Permalink
great to (finally) meet you too Tony!
really upset I can’t make it to the next TTT but, well, life sometimes gets in the way of social media…
Ed
May 30th, 2007 at 7:50 am | Permalink
When are you getting married again? :)
May 30th, 2007 at 9:30 am | Permalink
Jean jackets are so mid-90’s. That makes it awesome.
Also, you credited Fred Ngo with ShoutOut Jobs, but it’s StandOut Jobs (you got the link right at least :)
PS. I’m jealous. Awesome networking.
May 30th, 2007 at 9:38 am | Permalink
Corrected! :)
I must have been looking at their logo when I typed that (its a guy shouting)
cheers
t @ dji
May 30th, 2007 at 11:02 am | Permalink
Don’t sound so surprised Tony. It was a pleasure meeting you.
May 30th, 2007 at 11:03 am | Permalink
It might help if I got your name right. Long night ;-)
May 30th, 2007 at 11:09 am | Permalink
Hah, great to actually talk a bit Tony :-D
May 30th, 2007 at 10:16 pm | Permalink
Tony, it was great meeting you too. I had a duh! moment though because I didn’t connect you to your blogs at the time. Regardless, I think you could probably teach me a thing or two about juggling. ; )
June 3rd, 2007 at 12:46 pm | Permalink
You didn’t miss me the last time, per se. More like, we did a drive by hello as you were heading over to l’hôpital! Nice spending more time this time around. :)
June 3rd, 2007 at 9:52 pm | Permalink
Aaron — well, it was so quick we might as well have missed each other. Still … nice to hang around a little longer this time — and maybe in the future, if things work out, a little more frequently. ;)
June 3rd, 2007 at 9:53 pm | Permalink
Eden,
Always a real pleasure to meet a local blogger.
Keep up the great work at bargainista!
June 3rd, 2007 at 9:58 pm | Permalink
Jeremy — likewise!
Loren — I’ve heard just about every variation in the book; also, having gone to an all boys school, I’ve heard about every insult/joke/’funny’ related to my last name as well. ;)