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so just some quick scribbles about tonight, which, i’m super excited about and pleased with the response.

location: perfect pint

first, be aware that the perfect pint may not be the “perfect location” and we may move. location updates will be posted to twitter. stay tuned.

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logistics

next, i want to talk about what this is, and what it isn’t. my expectations and yours. hopefully it can be informal yet informative. think about what should come out of this. simpler stuff too, like do we want a hashtag for this? how frequently do people want to meet in person, and who decides? (anytime and anyone, in my opinion)

more topics

lastly, a couple more things we might discuss:

• jason pryslak is giving a social media presentation to a client soon. let’s help him think about that
• exxon mobil is on twitter, thoughts?
• ruth kaufman is using tweetdeck. i’m curious as to all the different ways, times, and purposes each of you has for twitter
• related to tweetdeck, what would the ultimate micro-blogging client look like? particularly pc-based. think about a bloomberg terminal type thing for monitoring real-time conversations. what additional meta-data would we need to do that? what other technologies? now, how do you make that mobile?

as always, leave thoughts in the comments.

i had a few ideas about things to talk about at the tweetup if people are interested. if we record the discussion each could make for a decent blog post for someone on their respective blogs or elsewhere. here they are:

do different communication channels need specific topics?

luis suarez declared on twitter this morning that he would start posting to identi.ca, which at first blush i cast as a mistake, and after deliberating a bit can justify if each account has a specific purpose. i think people use specific social networks differently: linkedin, facebook, twitter, aim, email, etc. and this is why some people get so upset when certain types of messages sully their stream. what do others think of this notion?

is rss dying? more to the point, what is rss’ future role?

with the emergence of friendfeed and twitter as content discovery platforms, many have abandoned their rss reader as a primary source for information gathering. what do you think about this? they’ve done this primarily because their rss signal-to-noise has decreased and twitter/friendfeed, as well as filtering systems – aiderss/postrank, toluu – have emerged to help people increase their signal. some maintain that rss plays an important role in the unadulterated distribution of content. without it, the secondary/filtered sources dry up because fewer people are seeding them. others argue that distributing content into the filtered sytems first, for immediate ranking by the community will weed out weaker content and the group will benefit through posts of higher value. where do you stand?

new facebook design and mobile apps

facebook has recently released a fantastic app for the iphone and is also redesigning it’s profile pages and the role that apps play on the site. as i’ve used my iphone i’ve noticed that all the mobile communication apps are generally the same – a list of updates with the ability to add content through a small textbox and a keyboard interface. as more mobile apps are released, what does their agnostic quality augur for social networks? does this refute my first point? if all apps start to look the same on the emerging platform will they start to be used in similar ways? what role do the full websites then play in creating/establishing an identity for their communities?

what’s on your mind? post ideas – topics and location – in the comments or to twitter. hope this can happen.