Mike,
Great seeing you last night! Give me a shout soon.
Another Successful TECH cocktail Event
By Mike Maddaloni on Friday, April 13, 2007 at 12:46 PM with 6 comments
Last night was TECH cocktail 4, a quarterly networking event in Chicago that has developed a reputation for being a fun and of high quality. I have personally attended three of them, and I believe this was the best so far. The venue was easily accessible near Wrigley Field and public transportation as well as in its vast size to give plenty of room to move, and the diversity of the attendees, from those deeply immersed in technology to those on the periphery.
It was nice to catch up with colleagues that I don’t see often enough, such as Mike Carruth of Digital Bootcamp, Peter Meyers from Tminus2 and debabblog, David Dalka and Tom Sherman of WindyBits. I also had the opportunity to meet two people in person I have up to then only communicated with online – Jason Jacobsohn of Networking Insight and Joe Piekarz of timeXchange.
Not to forget the stack of business cards from people I met for the first time I will be following up with. My only regret from the night was not meeting the founders of the event, Frank Gruber and Eric Olson. Now I have an agenda item for TECH cocktail 5.
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Comment by Mike,
It was great to finally meet you in person. Eric and Frank did another excellent job with TECH Cocktail. I have been to all 4 and this was probably the best.
Comment by Hi David - Great catching up with you, and I’ll be talking with you soon!
mp/m
Comment by Hi Jason - Likewise… another reason why this was a successful event.
mp/m
Hi Mike,
I’m glad you and Joe Piekarz FINALLY had a chance to meet and talk at TechCocktail. Thanks again for the feedback on timeXchange.net and spreading the word. I haven’t talked to you in a bit so I hope you are doing well. Being from the east coast, are you planning on attending the TechCocktail in DC this May?
Comment by Hey Jim - Sorry I missed you at TECH Cocktail, but it was a busy night for the tech community in Chicago and we sometimes have to cover it all!
All is good and busy. And I am from Boston, not DC, so I won’t be making it out for TC DC.
Hope all is good on your end, and it was nice to meet Joe and talk in person!
mp/m
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