Has it been a month already? It’s that time again- The third (official) monthly Harrisburg Area Blogger/Twitterers Meetup- this Thursday July 17 from 7-9PM- this time we’re meeting on the deck at The Abbey Bar at Appalachian Brewing Company. (We’re meeting on the deck because Harrisburg Young Professional Kickballers invade The Abbey post-kickball matches for the next seven [...]

This Thursday, July 17, is our monthly blogHarrisburg meetup / Harrisburg Twitter meetup.  As always, we’ll be at The Abbey Bar (upstairs at ABC Brewery) in Harrisburg.  Weather permitting we’ll even be outside on the deck!  The meetup is open to everyone in Central PA who has a blog or a Twitter account, regardless of what you blog or tweet about.  Things get started around 7, and wrap up around 9.  Feel free to hang for the full two hours, show up for 15 minutes, or anywhere in-between!   We have these meetups on the third Thursday of every month.  If you’ve never been to one before, by all means, stop by and say hi!  Part social gathering, part social networking, and part excuse to partake in ABC’s excellent food & drink menus, the meetups are always very laid back and informal.  We’re just as likely to sit around discussing the finer aspects of local politics as we are the latest WordPress patch.  From time to time we’ll even delve into serious topics like advertising and SEO.  Above all else, it’s a great chance to come out and meet the faces behind the domains (and Twitter accounts) you all know and love. The Abbey Bar has plenty of free WiFi to go around, so bring your laptop, iToy, or other gizmo.  Also, ABC’s food menu is awesome, and their house drafts must not be missed (be aware; a bit stronger than you’re used to).  ABC has been really cool about letting us gather there at absolutely no cost, so feel free to tell them “thanks” by buying a draft or dinner. There’s no need to register or let anyone know you’re coming.  Depending on the weather and group size, we’ll either be between the bar and the stage, or outside on the deck.  Just walk up and introduce yourself!  Since we don’t know a whole lot of real names, it might be a good idea to let us know your Twitter name or your domain name.  And feel free to bring some friends!

In case you missed the announcements on several other sites, there’s an informal get-together happening tonight (Thursday 5/22) at Appalachian Brewing Company in Harrisburg. We’ll be upstairs in The Abbey Bar from about 6 to about 9. This will be more of an informal meet-and-greet than anything else, so there’s no need to worry about coming “prepared” or sitting through some dull presentation. This is a chance to come our and share some food and drink with your fellow new media authors.

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This Thursday, 05/22/08, a handful of us local bloggers & Twitterers (is that the right word for Twitter users?) are getting together at Appalachian Brewing Company on Cameron Street for food, suds, and general camaraderie. We’ll be upstairs at the Abbey Bar, which means plenty of free WiFi and smoke-free air. The meetup is open [...]

This Thursday, 05/22/08, a handful of us local bloggers & Twitterers (is that the right word for Twitter users?) are getting together at Appalachian Brewing Company on Cameron Street for food, suds, and general camaraderie. We’ll be upstairs at the Abbey Bar, which means plenty of free WiFi and smoke-free air. The meetup is open to anyone from Central PA who partakes in any form of new media — blogs, podcasts, and what have you — along with all of our new-found local friends on Twitter. Things will get started at 6pm, and we’ll probably wrap up around 9. We’ve had a few of these meetups before, and they’ve always been a lot of fun. More of a friendly get-together than a formal presentation, this is a great chance to come out and meet your fellow bloggers / Twitter users. Put some faces to the templates, if you will. Since this will be the first meeting for (hopefully) a lot of us, we’re going to keep things lightweight. In the future, we’ll cover topics like promotion, advertising & revenue, SEO, publishing platforms, and more. But for right now, the plan is to make this more of a meet-and-greet than anything else. One thing we’ll definitely be discussing is the demand for (and frequency of) future meetings, so if you have any interest whatsoever in helping to shape the Central PA blogging community, you’ll definitely want to be here. We’ll also be talking about how we can incorporate more of the local blogging community on blogHarrisburg. So grab a friend and come join us! If you have any questions, use the “contact” link above or visit blogharrisburg.com/contact.

I’m never really sure whether I’m Twittering or Tweeting and I’m kind of concerned about the past-tense implications of whichever the correct word is (the English major in me knows that the conjugation would make it either twittered or tweeted but… still). These issues aside, Spotobe is now on Twitter. I have to admit that even after everyone in the office starting using Twitter and giggling about little inside jokes that I was clueless on, I resisted getting sucked in. It’s somewhat frightening that I’m 24 and I already occasionally feel like I don’t “get” new technology. After a few weeks of Twitter action, I have to admit that I’m starting to enjoy it. When I was a freshman at Penn State, it was extremely important that you always had the perfect AIM away message. Obviously people had to know exactly what you were doing and how you felt at all times. You got extra points if you could communicate the second part of that through easily recognizable college-friendly song lyrics. I posted a lot of O.A.R. lyrics on Friday nights that year. I guess I spent a lot of time feeling kind of funky, kind of fine. Anyway, Twitter takes me back to those halcyon days. As one of my co-workers said, “Twitter is for people who want to feel like the Internet cares about them,” and honestly, who doesn’t? The plan is for me to update it constantly with more quick-hitting stuff, and text in updates when I’m out and about. Really, it’s a pretty cool tool, and I encourage everyone who is not already registered to get hooked up at http://www.twitter.com. Once you have, follow me at http://twitter.com/spotobe… Please?