Santa Cruz, CA Gathering - Join the SMMU, September 18, 2010

[GlutaraldehydeCH2CHO]

I walked from florida to canada

[TooLooseLeTrek]

You certainly live in a lovely part of the world.

I hope it doesn't slide into the ocean.

[kenrg]

@TooLooseLeTrek I hope not as well. At least, not before the 18th...

[exit32calibratingsnd]

I'll be there in spirit lol

[kenrg]

@exit32calibratingsnd Excellent. We'll have a large poster of you on the wall.

[Zublime75]

Urgh!!!! I can't goooooo, we will be leaving for Mexico just a few days after that so no can do... SO Sad!!!!!

[kenrg]

@Zublime75 Santa Cruz is on the way to Mexico, really ;^)

[Rikotistic]

Hmmmm.....Sounds interesting. I gotta start talking to my wife to see if I can make an escape to the coast! Beautiful area. 

[kenrg]

@Rikotistic Enlist the help of the robots, they can cause some sort of scene facilitating your escape.

[xyzllii]

cool

[kenrg]

@xyzllii Absolutely will be cool - You coming?

[xyzllii]

@kenrg Haha...I wish....but just got back from Oslo...!!

[CrappyCartoons]

my plane from chicago will be flying toward tokyo on the 18th. I"ll try to look down and see if i can see you folks.

[kenrg]

@CrappyCartoons Just have them stop over for a few minutes - The other passengers won't mind, really!

[KevyNova]

I'm gonna try to be there if I don't have a gig that day. I'd love to finally meet some of you!

[kenrg]

@KevyNova Well, you just better consider this to be your gig for the day - We're promoting it to everybody else as "Meet Kevy Nova Day."

[KevyNova]

@kenrg Cool! What's it pay?

[kenrg]

@KevyNova You like fish & chips? If you're really good, I'll let you get the shrimp.

[periurban]

I'll need to get my old canoe out and start paddling.

[kenrg]

@periurban Well, if you do get all the way here on the canoe, I know some good places to go paddling.

[twister7boy]

if i had a way i would.

peace. gregg

[kenrg]

@twister7boy Well, maybe some other time.

[blackturtleshow]

Never heard of a couple of those sites before (12seconds, TokBox, FourSquare). Hmmmm... so many social networking choices and so little time!

[kenrg]

@blackturtleshow That's only a very partial list. I keep remembering more sites that I've joined over the years. 12seconds (dot-tv) is cool because it doesn't take much time: only 12 seconds. It is to YouTube what twitter is to blogging.

[captainfury2007]

I will be in Seattle for a wedding. I will be on the correct side of America, just not close enough.

[kenrg]

@captainfury2007 Come on, weddings are sooooo boring... just slip down the coast for a few minutes...

[OhCurt]

W00T!

Can't wait - gonna be fun.

:-D

[kenrg]

@OhCurt More fun than anybody has ever imagined. Or, at least, a very pleasant afternoon.

[OhCurt]

@kenrg I suspect there will be LOL'ing.

[theloathlydaddy]

I may be in California sometime in the next 2 or 3 months, it'd be cool if the timing was right to attend. Anyway, sounds pretty darn excellent, and I hope the wind stops blowing so hard by then lol Best of luck! :)

[kenrg]

@theloathlydaddy LOL - It didn't really seem that windy, either, it was just at the right angle to hit the mike on my cheap little camera. If you're planning your CA trip, Santa Cruz is only a bit over an hour from San Francisco, and 1/2 hour from San Jose. An easy day trip if you're visiting anywhere in the Bay Area. That would be extremely cool if you could make it!

[marcsiegel1]

ok, i can help spread the word. but a 5 hour meetup is unusual. Is there more of plan on what the word is?

[kenrg]

@marcsiegel1 For a YouTube meet-up 5 hours is really not much; some go on for days! But, yes, we'll come up with more specific activities as we get closer, and some people only come for a few hours here or there within that 5 hour window, that's cool too.

[marcsiegel1]

Hello KenRG, I'm open to coming Sept 18. I'm a Community Manager/ Web Product Mgr, using soical medcia and the rest. I'm in SanHo and come to the pier to surf with my daughter, so I could perhaps help you plan. Yours, Marc

[kenrg]

@marcsiegel1 Excellent - Anything you can do to help get the word out is very much appreciated - See you there!

[bohogirl1]

@DogWalkingTall has fredericton gone to the dogs as well?

[bohogirl1]

@DogWalkingTall my husband is from new brunswick and he talks as if it's paradise.

[kenrg]

@DogWalkingTall I've heard of New Brunswick, but not Fucking New Brunswick. Is that one of the northern suburbs? I guess that's a bit off the path of the 17 Express bus.

[eJeremyTV]

This is a hoax. Don't go. Kenrg is just pulling your leg. There is no "Santa Cruz gathering".

[kenrg]

@eJeremyTV You've discovered my evil plan! Drats, now how will I ever be able to gather all of YouTube in one place so that I can take over the site for my own evil ends? How about if I allow you to survive? Then will you tell people it's not a hoax, and that the gathering is for real?

[timido66]

Darn it, I can't make it then, but I will be in Santa Cruz next week. I have Curt's phone number. Maybe you could meet up with us then.

[kenrg]

@timido66 Excellent - Curt knows how to get a hold of me - We'll have our own private pre-meet-up gathering!

[PaintedRavensong]

Sounds great...wish I could be there. Have a GREAT time!!!

[kenrg]

@PaintedRavensong You've got two months to figure out a way to get here...

[PaintedRavensong]

@kenrg heheh...yeah, except I'm getting married a few weeks later so that is kind of taking first priority...heheh

[andymooseman]

I see we both had wind problems today then? ;)

[kenrg]

@andymooseman Mine was from the bowl of chili - how about you?