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12/15/2004 Entry: "December Seattle Weblog Meetup Report"

We had a great time tonight at the Seattle Weblog Meetup! Jack was tired after a day of interviews, and it was past our grandson's bedtime, but we had fun anyway. Ralph's Grocery was looking seasonally festive with poinsettias scattered about. I'd asked folks to bring their white elephants, and most people got something odd or cool out of the grab bag. My favorite was when Jeannie handed me a package and told me to just give it to someone. I presented it to Jake: a book called How to Satisfy any Woman on Five Dollars a Day and a country Christmas CD, plus some cookie cutters tied to the package. I took home a tiny garden gnome, and R------ took home the clock radio with cassette player that I brought to the meetup! Jacqueline got the tablet advice she needed from Robert Scoble, TDavid, and Andyed, plus other guys with tablets.

Other kids there beside R-----: Annabel with Dylan, and Jon's two children. The list of those present:

• TDavid -- his report
• Jowl -- his report
• Andrew Ferguson dot NET -- his report
• Robert Scoble -- his report
• samantha
• Matt May (podcast)
• chasblog2 and
  chasblog -- Chas's report
• flipdingo
• Orcmid's Lair
• Jerry Kindall.com
• Scott Koon (Lazycoder)
• Ben Klausner
• Walt -- his report
• Addy Santo -- his report. I love the title: "Seattle is a Bloggers Mecca"
• Jacqueline Passey -- she made up her mind on which Tablet she'll buy.
• Kent Tegels posted during the meetup.
• Andy Edmonds
• J. Lasser -- his report
• Maurice Prather
• Ryan Anderson
• Jeff
• dreams of jeannie
• Harry Love
• Anita Rowland
• burning paper
• Dylan and Annabel
• Jake of 8bitjoystick was late. He played Gameboy DS with Jowl, which was cool to see demo'd.
• smart to the brizo. Jon took some great pictures!
• Jay of the iCite net (his report) and Wrong Notes. I sympathize with the difficulty new folks might have in joining in with the group. Next time I'll try to avoid the tables all in one long row; I know I dislike that arrangement.
• Anastasia of Anastasia's View
• Jack William Bell
• Kris
• Robert Raketty (SEABlogger)

Posted by Chris Pirillo @ 12/20/2004 05:35 PM PST

TDavid, thanks for picking up R----'s toy. We'll get it from you next time. It'll be like a whole new toy to him!

Posted by Anita @ 12/17/2004 06:35 AM PST

Did Jack's grandson leave his toy train behind? We picked it up and will bring the train to the next meetup that we attend (or it can be available at our office if somebody wants to stop by and pick it up during business hours).

Posted by TDavid @ 12/16/2004 06:41 AM PST

Thanks again for hosting! yes definitely was late for your grandson!

pictures i took of the gathering...

let me know if any of you want your pics taken down :)

j.

Posted by jon @ 12/15/2004 09:22 PM PST