The recent Examiner Happy Hour at Opal's Marina was a rousing success partially due to my own efforts but largely due to the support of my Twitterfriends who tweeted about the event relentlessly for me in the week leading up to last Tuesday's event. Thank you to each of you for taking the time to spread the word.Opal's are great people to work with for a happy hour because they have Carol Hickey handling all those arrangements and their Twitter account. I simply rang her up, told her what I needed and she took care of speaking to the manager, booking the room in the back and so on.
The primary reason for this post is to highlight all the support I received trying to spread the word about the event to folks. To do this, I decided to try Keepstream (beta version) created by Jim England who describes the application like this on his blog:
Hashtags on Twitter are AWESOME; they can organize tweets around a particular topic. However, the value of a hashtag lies in the "here and now". If I search for #sllconf during or right after the event, I get tons of sweet content. However, searching for #sxsw in June gives you a wasteland of useless tweets... all the cool stuff was from March, when the event was happening.
Enter Keep Stream: A collection of tweets that can be "kept together" to tell a story. I imagine this will be used for real-life events, news stories, and twitter conversations. Think of it as a way to preserve and organize the best of the real-time web.
Check out the collection. I'm curious what y'all think of it and Jim's product.
- howardbagan Bummed that I didn't get to see my friends & mentors @g_ack @justthisguy @Mikedatx at last nights #ATXexamHH. Hope to see y'all again soon.
- justthisguy Great to see you, too, Ray! @Tao_of_Ray @simplyv @JacquelinesLife @ChadBuckheister @tommy_landry thanks @g_ack for #atxexamhh
- Tao_of_Ray @marissaely it was great! @g_ack did a great #atxexamhh ...so how is the land down under?
- tommy_landry Great to see @g_ack @simplyv @germanfrancie @justthisguy @Tao_of_Ray @jacquelineslife @chadbuckheister and @dsenyard at the Examiner HH Tues
- germanfrancie Agreed. 3 cheers for Greg RT @marissaely @g_ack From reading all the tweets 2day looks like my good friend Mr Ackerman did very well tonight
- ChadBuckheister Ditto! Good times.:) RT @justthisguy: Also great to see @piperjo @Tao_Of_Ray. And thanks 2 @g_ack for organizing a great event! #examineratx
- ChadBuckheister Gd 2C and meet u guys. RT @g_ack @JacquelinesLife @Tao_of_Ray @piperjo @bryankemp @candidcourtney @Jeff_mansfield Thx G #atxexamhh
- piperjo Thx @g_ack 4 organizing #atxexamhh grt 2 C see @jacquelineslife @justthisguy @candidcourtney @tao_of_ray @jeff_mansfield @keepaustinwierd
- dsenyard In addition to the new faces, it's always great to see @jacquelineslife @germanfrancie and @g_ack
- JacquelinesLife Also good seeing @Tao_of_Ray @piperjo @bryankemp @candidcourtney @chadbuckheister & meeting @Jeff_mansfield. Thx @g_ack 4 hosting #atxexamhh
- germanfrancie Fun Examiner HH Opal's North http://twitpic.com/299pde
- germanfrancie Ray and I at Examiner HH http://twitpic.com/299ord
- germanfrancie Today's plan: snuggle with Baby cat, finish convention article, list on ebay, post office, Examiner HH.
- g_ack @jenkcunningham No worries. We'll hold the next Examiner Happy Hour further south for your convenience. Btw, saw your note about print. Thx!
- germanfrancie Help make Edison from Examiner happy hour a TWITTER addict by following him. @edison_carter
- germanfrancie You know what? I had a blast at the Examiner happy hour today. It was more fun than I expected, and I thought it would be fun. Thank U!
- g_ack @piperjo Thank you for bringing @KohanaCoffee to the Examiner Happy Hour. Always a pleasure to hang with you. :) cc: @kohananate
- TexBetsy Examiner happy hour (@ Opal Divine's Marina w/ @g_ack @jacquelineslife) http://4sq.com/2amOH
- BigMikeInAustin I really can't decide if this Examiner Happy Hour is for me. But I won't be drinking if I go.
- Tao_of_Ray RT @BigMikeInAustin: Maybe join me at "Examiner Happy Hour" on Jul 27th. RSVP at http://twvt.us/atxaminerHH #ATXexamHH #twvtTweetvite :: Examiner Happy Hour WHO: ANYONE in Austin who blogs, writes or would like to learn about writing for an online publication. WHAT: Two hours of fun with Austin Examiners at Austin's Best Happy Hour! $3 Margaritas & Half Price Bar Appetizers BONUS! Tuesday is Pint Night. Select import & craft-brewed Draft Pints from...
- BigMikeInAustin Maybe join me at "Examiner Happy Hour" on Jul 27th. RSVP at http://twvt.us/atxaminerHH #ATXexamHH #twvtTweetvite :: Examiner Happy Hour WHO: ANYONE in Austin who blogs, writes or would like to learn about writing for an online publication. WHAT: Two hours of fun with Austin Examiners at Austin's Best Happy Hour! $3 Margaritas & Half Price Bar Appetizers BONUS! Tuesday is Pint Night. Select import & craft-brewed Draft Pints from...
- macromental Facebook | Examiner Happy Hour: http://bit.ly/cW7U35 via @addthisLogin | Facebook Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, post links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
- dsenyard "you're all washed up, baldy" RT @germanfrancie: I heard Greg Ackerman is going to re-enact Space Jam at the Examiner happy hour tonight...
- germanfrancie I heard Greg Ackerman is going to re-enact Space Jam at the Examiner happy hour tonight...
- candidcourtney Driving across town..to the darkside...to Check Out "Examiner Happy Hour" Tonight! RSVP at http://twvt.us/atxaminerHH #ATXexamHH #twvtTweetvite :: Examiner Happy Hour WHO: ANYONE in Austin who blogs, writes or would like to learn about writing for an online publication. WHAT: Two hours of fun with Austin Examiners at Austin's Best Happy Hour! $3 Margaritas & Half Price Bar Appetizers BONUS! Tuesday is Pint Night. Select import & craft-brewed Draft Pints from...
Great happy hour and very interesting product. Thanks for your hard work Greg.
ReplyDeleteThanks Daniel,
ReplyDeleteWe need to get together for some hoops. Let me know when is a good time. I'll come south this time.
~Greg