March 23, 2009 7:00 PM - 151 attended
Boston's First Official Google Meetup
Hello,
Welcome to Boston's first Official Google Meetup! We're excited to announce Google Search Evangelist, Adam Lasnik, and others will be on hand to answer questions, mingle and talk about all things Google.
Plan is to start with a few question from you. So please visit our Moderator page (http://bit.ly/3UArKt...) to submit questions and vote on them in advance of the meeting.
First round's on us. Thanks, and look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Nate Tyler | Google
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Alexis Nicole Karlin
Very Very excited to attend this. Going to be there early since I'm coming from work.
Posted March 18, 2009 at 11:03 AM -
Tom Lewis
I have some high expectations, I'm driving in from Springfield
Posted March 18, 2009 at 11:12 AM -
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Adam Lasnik
Hey Josh, re: your question about inexpensive hotels: I've found Priceline to be quite helpful! I got a $259/night room at the Hyatt Regency (in Boston, not Cambridge) for $66/night.
Posted March 18, 2009 at 6:04 PM -
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JoselinMane
Can't wait for this event. It's very timely and the format looks very good!
Posted March 20, 2009 at 9:36 PM -
Greg
Will this be a one-time thing, or should we except this to a weekly meet-up?
Posted March 23, 2009 at 10:55 AM -
John Connolly
Hi everyone, can't wait to meet all of you from the Twitter-sphere. Feel free to follow me: @johncon966.
Posted March 23, 2009 at 12:18 PM -
Colin Brauns
Greatly looking forward to this event tonight... see you all there :-)
Posted March 23, 2009 at 1:35 PM -
Mark Eldridge
Great questions submitted, looking forward to seeing everyone there, @eldridge2m
Posted March 23, 2009 at 2:10 PM -
Jennifer C
Looking forward to meeting you all tonight.
Feel free to follow me, @Jenny2229Posted March 23, 2009 at 2:25 PM -
Mark L Palmer
Hey it will be nice to meet more locals. Is anyone else interested in the issue of transparency wrt goog penalties and appealing them? Currently businesses that rely on search can be killed with no recourse and no explanation, possibly by mistake - posted a question on it:
http://moderator.appspot.com/#15/e=2c894&t=2feea&...
Posted March 23, 2009 at 5:35 PM -
Helen
did anyone actually see @bostontweetup?? lol, that's how I heard about it...and glad I did :) -@helenstravels
Posted March 23, 2009 at 10:09 PM -
Stu Morris
Adam great job. I was pretty happy to get to talk to you personally and look forward to future google meet ups. We came from NH and felt it was well worth the trip. Please please have another soon.
Stu MorrisPosted March 24, 2009 at 12:21 AM -
Hugh Guiney
Nice meeting with you all tonight. Very informative! Let's do it again soon. @LordPancreas
BTW, anyone know the account of "the Twitter guy" who won the mug? I think he deserves a follow!
Posted March 24, 2009 at 1:14 AM -
Andrew Mazzarella
Was definitely a fun night with fun people, all around. Let's start a Google usergroup and meet every few months. Hit me up @myimedia
Posted March 24, 2009 at 8:05 AM -
Kristian Jones
It was fun meeting so many like minded people last night. It was worth the drive from Portland, Maine. I wish I could have stayed longer. The format was perfect. Thanks for a great evening Google. - @kristianjones
Posted March 24, 2009 at 9:18 AM -
Jenny Mackintosh
Had a great time meeting some new people. Wish I could have spent more time talking with the Google peeps themselves, but it was nice catching up with other Boston techies. Really appreciated the Q&A; wish we could have spent more time getting into specifics but it might not have been the best place for that. Perhaps another location with the opportunity for a "break-out" group to go and talk further. All in all, a great event. Tell me where the next one is and I'll be there!
Posted March 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM
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Sean Carlsonreally enjoyed meeting all the google users and webmasters who attended. a wonderful time.
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Tom LewisIt was unbelievable - I can't believe it happened and I only hope that Google can keep these so informal and accessible and _real_ Mega-kudos for doing this, it was such a great opportunity and so unique and improbable in today's overprotective, suspicious, and navel-gazing corporate culture.
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Dan K.It was just what I thought it would be - face time with Googlers, answers to questions, and free drinks!
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Jim SpencerGreat idea to have Q&A available from the web. It provided some focus and content that most wanted to hear. Appreciate opportunity to meet a few Googlers and ask questions directly. Also, great to meet new folks and other folks for the first time in real life. More useful SEO content would be welcome, but this was a meetup and not a presentation. The room was busy, but not too small. Interesting to see the trivia method of giving away the swag. Still looking for the ideal venue, one where you don't have to yell all night.
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Jennie WhiteI had a lot of fun! I learned a lot and it was great for networking. I can't wait for the next one. Job well done.
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Stu MorrisAdam did a great job answering questions and spending time talking to everyone personally after. I hope Google steps up the game and has more. We were from NH and the drive to Boston was good. Please have more, I think it is great for the company and those who support Google, thanks Adam.
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HelenLoved hearing all about Google! I'd just change the location to somewhere that has better light and acoustics so you can hear and see everyone you're talking with. Enormous room aside, great content and people!
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Jenny MackintoshHad a fun time meeting some new Boston techies and catching up with old acquaintances. I agree with the other attendees; Google should schedule these more often! And we won't mind having to pay for our own drinks either =)
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Laura LittleThe venue was small, dark, and difficult to meet people because of the bottlenecks and difficulty getting around low tables/people. Other than that, a great and interesting group of people. Definitely made some good contacts.
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Jason GerdomEveryone from Google was great. For not being sure of the best format, the Q&A seemed to work quite well. I'm not in the tech industry, so some of the content was unfamiliar to me. However, I'm sure it was applicable to most of the folks in attendance. Overall, I thought the 30 minutes questions was about right, as some folks were starting to shift their attention away from the speakers.
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jeff seliganytime someone is willing to buy me a beer, I'm good to go BostonMediaDomain.com :-) Liked when you had the Catherine Wheel by David Byrne playing, I could at least rate with my age group
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Looks like the link to the Moderator page didn't come through in the email so here it is again: http://bit.ly/3UArKt
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Thanks, Nate