If you thought the technology and social media scene in Boston could be a bit clique-ish and insular, you haven’t been in New Hampshire. New Hampshire runs into two main issues: a) there is a large number of people here completely uninterested in or untrusting of technology in general and b) what tech types there are tend to run in closed, clique-ish packs, unwilling to add new blood to the group.
This combination has been extremely frustrating for me as a social media maven and technology junkie who makes a living writing about my passions, working from home on the internet. Enter today’s inaugural NH Media Makers meeting. I tend to run on an 11AM to 4AM schedule, so a 10AM meeting is a bit early for me, but I felt it was worth it to try meeting some people who “get” me and understand what I do.
It was definitely worth it! I got the chance to meet a variety of interesting people, from behind the scenes web developers to in your face interactive television web casters, fellow writers, vloggers and bloggers, movie junkies, internet political revolutionaries and more. I had a blast, and I can’t wait to see who comes to the next meeting. We packed Crackskulls – it was a refreshing way to spend a Sunday morning (and a lot more productive than my usual Sunday morning activity – sleeping).
I took terrible notes and misspelled everyone’s name horribly, which is why I’m being so vague about who was there. John Herman spearheaded the meeting and was in attendance, along with Phil Kliger from UnclePhilms, Bryan White from Cinema Suicide, Georgene Nunn from Random Kitty, Dan Freund, Chris Clarke from GeekForceFive, John Wellington of upcoming film Fox Burnham: Town Vigilante, Jack Herman, Mike Mooney from What Is Joppa, Jason Ruths of RevNH, Roger Goun from Moxy, John Briggs of GravityLand, Nick Plante web developer and Ruby on Rails guru, Andy Fling from BuzzGate, and a few more who were in the back of the room, hiding.
It was definitely a few hours of excellent conversation and some great connections. I’ll be posting here any projects that are born from this, as well as listing the next meeting so that you all can join us. We’re trying to break the insular mold of NH media and technology groups. This definitely means a “more the merrier” approach to things.
so glad it was a fun and productive Sunday for you … will look forward to future posts about things happening in NH % )
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Thanks for the link. Looking forward to future meetings and to talking about how to take this novel of mine and “blow it up” in this age of new/social media and such.
I took terrible notes and misspelled everyone’s name horribly, which is why I’m being so vague about who was there
THAT IS CRACKING ME UP