I was thinking of arranging a meetup here in San Francisco sometime before the holidays. Someplace with Wifi and beverages where we can say hi, share tips, and whatnot.
I'm torn between preparing something officious and "useful" featuring short presentations and lightning tutorials vs, I dunno, just drinking beer and eating fries. Maybe there's room for a little of both. It _is_ San Francisco, after all. :)
My schedule--like yours, I'm sure--is a little frantic from here through January, but, I thought I'd at least float the idea and let you kids mull it over.
I'm thinking somewhere in late October or early November. Maybe a Friday night so you can make it a night on the town if you like.
Feel free to float opinions, locations, topics, and what have you. I'll probably make a decision one way or an other in the next week or two. I'd love the chance to shake hands and talk shop with you.
As much as I loathe to go into The City again this year (two weekends in a row just about maxed me out for the next few months), I think it would be great to drop in and meet the others. I'm new to this whole GTD thing, so getting hints and advice from people that are actually using it sounds like A Good Thing.
Friday night or Saturday works the best for me, but I can probably manage it on other days, too.
Late in October is OSXcon, which many people on the list will (hopefully) be at. It's October 25-28. If people are sticking around, maybe Friday the 29th would work, you might pull in some out-of-towners staying after the conference.
Sadly, I have no direct involvement with the conference. Maybe you should mail Tim O'Reilly and try to get in as a speaker. You can talk about GTD on OSX and the 43folders site. :)
> Sadly, I have no direct involvement with the conference. Maybe you
> should mail Tim O'Reilly and try to get in as a speaker. You can talk
> about GTD on OSX and the 43folders site. :)
Merlin Mann wrote: > Maybe I'll just show up, stand outside, and make Monty Python jokes > until someone lets me in.
Well, my house is just around the corner from the usual OXCon convention hotel. And we often have parties to co-incide with Santa Clara O'Reilly fests (http://www.ambiguous.org/gallery/album01 for instance). Let's have it at my house.
(Especially as I am on a mission to lure Merlin from the city. Woohoo.)
> > Sadly, I have no direct involvement with the conference. Maybe you > > should mail Tim O'Reilly and try to get in as a speaker. You can talk > > about GTD on OSX and the 43folders site. :)
_"Find Origami Groups Near You" was the result for a quick search for 43folders on meetup.com._
Heh. Yeah, regrettably, Meetup is apparently only useful when you want to *announce* a decided-upon location and time. I'd personally find it a lot more useful if you could first just post the idea, and take suggestions from possible attendants.
FWIW, it's looking like it will be somewhere near Santa Clara (valley/peninsula) at the time of OSXCon (Oct. 25-28). Danny had gallantly nominated his home, but exact location is up in the air. Good ping. I'll work on nailing this down. Tx.
Heh... fwiw, I'm an old college pal of Meetup's CEO... i've already dinged him to get a "GTD" or "43folders" meetup group started (and he replied saying it was scheduled for doin')...
...looking forward to sharing beer and GTD tips with people here in NYC...
Merlin Mann wrote: > _"Find Origami Groups Near You" was the result for a quick search for > 43folders on meetup.com._
> Heh. Yeah, regrettably, Meetup is apparently only useful when you want > to *announce* a decided-upon location and time. I'd personally find it > a lot more useful if you could first just post the idea, and take > suggestions from possible attendants.
> FWIW, it's looking like it will be somewhere near Santa Clara > (valley/peninsula) at the time of OSXCon (Oct. 25-28). Danny had > gallantly nominated his home, but exact location is up in the air. > Good ping. I'll work on nailing this down. Tx.
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