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08/25/2005 Archived Entry: "P-I Blog Meetup Story"
At last week's weblog meetup a reporter from the Seattle P-I was on hand. Athima Chansanchai has filed her story, and it ran today (with a photo in the online version -- is it in the hard copy also?). The meetup she attended was abnormal in some respects -- a smaller crowd due to August vacations, and I wasn't feeling up to attending -- but I think she got a good sample of our usual attendees and a few new people.
We may have over three hundred members, but most are inactive. I'd say we have a core group of thirty or so regulars with other folks attending now and then. I do like it when visitors from out of town drop by. Seattle is the bloggers mecca, you know!
Always-quotable Jake of 8bit Joystick was quoted the most.
(tags: Blog, Blogs, Post-Intelligencer, SeattleMeetup) Seattle)
Replies: 6 comments
Go Team! To think, I was at one of the first meetings of this now very prestigious group....
Posted by jessamyn @ 08/29/2005 06:33 PM PST
Go team! I'm one of the ones who was away on vacation this month. Liked the article and the balanced approach she took. I also like that people claimed "we're not always this geeky." :)
Posted by Cat @ 08/25/2005 08:15 PM PST
Yes the photo is in the dead tree edition of the PI. There is a blurb on the front page on the lower left but the article and photo is on page A9.
Posted by 8bit Jake @ 08/25/2005 10:01 AM PST
Bollocks is more acceptable in US print to be honest.
Posted by Steven @ 08/25/2005 09:55 AM PST
Yeah, I thought the 'Bollocks' thing was pretty funny too. And I'm willing to bet that Athima *was* aware that was British swearing, even if the P.I. Editors weren't.
Posted by Jack William Bell @ 08/25/2005 08:58 AM PST
Well it would have been a totally different article if more people showed up. It was weird that it was so thin this month. I am going to be buying some copies of the PI to email to my mom.
I like the fact that I am quoted in the PI saying Bollocks.
I guess the editors are not knowledgeable about British swearing.
Posted by 8bit Jake @ 08/25/2005 08:16 AM PST