Berkshire Tweetup Successful
Posted: July 23rd, 2009 | Author: Thomas Attila Lewis | Filed under: Twitter | 2 Comments »
Berkshire Tweetup
This Tuesday we hosted the first ever Tweetup for the Berkshires at the Pittsfield Brew Works. We were a compact group but the five people attracted to the event, @ProStylus @GregDonahue @ThreadTech @theCulturedWeb @TippleTalk, all had something to contribute to the conversation about how they use Twitter, what tools they use with Twitter, and problems/issues they have with Twitter.
The number seems like a small number but the Berkshires is an area of wide-flung hamlets with a relatively small population. By contrast, at the same restaurant, the Berkshire Environmental Action Team’s semi-monthly meetup, which has been going on for a few years now, had six attendees, so I think we’re doing pretty good.
Of our group, we had a couple TweetDeck users who generally aren’t happy with the platform and are particularly unhappy with the most recent update. For monitoring services I related Twitter Karma, and specifically Thunder Thimble, which I covered in my http://bostonist.com/2009/07/16/bostonist_0715209_web_innovators_gr.php.
We hope to double our number at the next Berkshire Tweetup #berkshiretu which will be on Tuesday September 15th, location TBA.
Glad to hear the TweetUp was a success by Berkshire standards!
If any of you ever get a chance to come to the Western MA TweetUp, we’re having one each month for the next three months! Check out http://wmtweeps.com.
Thanks Jason! It was a pretty good start for us – I think it will take off this Fall. Considering the Berkshires have about 1/8th the population of the Pioneer Valley and considering there is virtually no technical or new media industries, we have a very different group than what you are getting in the PV. I’d like to make it to one of your tweetups – I’ve had several friends show up to yours and have got the low down.
Am looking forward to meeting you in person!