Another night of engaging intelligent and interesting people that love what they do! Tonight we had guest speakers from The Halifax Hub getting the message out about who they are and what they do in the community. I found tonight had a bit different of a feel for me. The first Halifax Social Media Meet Up was the first time many of us had met outside the virtual world. It was a time for introductions and getting to talk to as many people as quickly as possible in the time given. With the introductions primarily finished at the first meet up this time around the core group spoke more openly and in more depth to each other - more as friends than acquaintances. There were definitely some news faces out tonight which was great to see. But we have a core group of goers who will continue to support these meet ups and ensure it’s future success.
Meet Up Points of Interest / Website Links
We have a home on the web at Halifax Social Wiki courtesy of Greebie. Join up and be an member of the wiki to stay posted on the most up to date Social Media happenings.
Help support the great folks over at The Halifax Hub by taking their survey. This information helps them gauge the community allowing them to impact the community in the most positive way possible.
Take a look at Ted’s site HalifaxInfoMonkey to connect with local Halifax bloggers and see what’s going on in the HRM area. You can list your blog on his site to allow others in Halifax to find and connect with you!
Tonight I spoke a lot about the online video streaming services at YouStream and Stickam. Both of these sites allow an audio/visual level of interactivity/intimacy not experienced before as per e-mail or instant messaging. I primarily spoke of it to engage and connect people in an easy to use flash web interface with no software to install or firewalls to configure. Other applications of these services we discussed tonight were a more open/free alternative to Go To Meeting video conferencing. A neat experiment I may try for Halifax Social Media Meet Up 3 is having a notebook computer with webcam using the Aliant Wifi hotspot to broadcast the meet up online for those who couldn’t otherwise physically be there with us. They would be able to see hear everything going on and also chat/video conference back with everyone at the meet up.
Lastly, check out the photos from tonight. Thanks to all who came out and hope to see everyone at Halifax Social Media Meet Up 3!
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:04 am
Great job with the pics Justin!
You are absolutely right, there was a more comfortable feel to this meet-up (understandably) as many of us have continued with online dialogues from the last one, yet all the new-comers I think felt welcomed and fit in nicely.
You are brilliant in your understanding of video streaming services. Looking forward to what you might introduce us to at the next meet-up!
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 am
Oh my gash, I look coked out or something in that picture. Was it just me or was it getting uncomfortably warm there yesterday evening? Oh, it was just me? Damn…
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
David: I consider myself a keen observer of what’s going on in the internet streaming video “underground”. I’ve been following it for a number of years and it’s interesting to see how far we’ve came, where we are, and where we are going. It fits in well with your “evolution” of traditional print media to web media. The internet is changing all things in all traditional mediums - print, audio, and video.
Josh: I think that’s a great shot of you and Lauren! I had to laugh because Lauren puts on her “photo” pose. You two are both photogenic - it’s like you went to acting school or something.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:02 am
I want to keep these events going if for no other reason than to see more of Oostveen’s facial poses. She’s the Tyra Banks of NS.