Comments on: Showdown at the Seattle Meetup Corral (4/2005) http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:07:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Bruce Wagner http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-738287 Bruce Wagner Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:08:54 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-738287 I am blogger from New York City. I only found this page because I was Googling for: register domain for meetup.com group I am thinking of registering my own domain name for a group, and then just pointing it to (forwarding the domain to) the group's page on meetup.com This would keep everything very low maintenance for me, and yet I could tell people, "Just go to UbuntuUsers.com", or whatever... ANYWAY, my comment to you: It is my opinion that with Meetup.com you are NOT paying for the technical features of the thing. You are paying for the MARKETING that they do. Many groups simply would not exist without it. Or, they might have 3 members instead of 163 members. It belongs in the group's MARKETING budget. ;-) I am blogger from New York City.

I only found this page because I was Googling for: register domain for meetup.com group

I am thinking of registering my own domain name for a group, and then just pointing it to (forwarding the domain to) the group’s page on meetup.com

This would keep everything very low maintenance for me, and yet I could tell people, “Just go to UbuntuUsers.com”, or whatever…

ANYWAY, my comment to you:

It is my opinion that with Meetup.com you are NOT paying for the technical features of the thing.

You are paying for the MARKETING that they do.

Many groups simply would not exist without it.

Or, they might have 3 members instead of 163 members.

It belongs in the group’s MARKETING budget.

;-)

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Second Life to Real Life business intersections http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-248875 Make You Go Hmm: » Second Life to Real Life business intersections Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:48:52 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-248875 [...] I doubted ever using the meetup.com website again after they went off haphazardly on our blogger meetup group last year. The idea to develop something else never went anywhere though (probably more my fault than anybody elses) and I stopped going to meetings pretty much thereafter. Not because we didn’t get something else going but because I got more involved in other things. Retrospectively, it’s strange how one negative situation can impact a positive one. I saw the coordinator, Anita Rowland, of that meetup at Northern Voice 2 in Canada and mentioned that I’d like to start going to the local blogger meetups again. [...] […] I doubted ever using the meetup.com website again after they went off haphazardly on our blogger meetup group last year. The idea to develop something else never went anywhere though (probably more my fault than anybody elses) and I stopped going to meetings pretty much thereafter. Not because we didn’t get something else going but because I got more involved in other things. Retrospectively, it’s strange how one negative situation can impact a positive one. I saw the coordinator, Anita Rowland, of that meetup at Northern Voice 2 in Canada and mentioned that I’d like to start going to the local blogger meetups again. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » eBay and others buy 10% stake in decaying Meetup http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-56785 Make You Go Hmm: » eBay and others buy 10% stake in decaying Meetup Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:35:39 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-56785 [...] I thought after last year’s Meetup subscription debacle, that they were destined to fail and it did impact their number of active groups to the tune of losing about 80%. So why am I talking about them? Because eBay has jumped in with other and bought a 10% stake in them: Founded in 2002, Meetup first gained national attention for launching Howard Dean’s brief Presidential candidacy during the 2004 elections. The site had 54,000 Meetup groups listed last May, when it began charging a small subscription fee of up to $19 monthly to sponsor the groups. Since then the number of groups has dropped to just over 10,000. [...] […] I thought after last year’s Meetup subscription debacle, that they were destined to fail and it did impact their number of active groups to the tune of losing about 80%. So why am I talking about them? Because eBay has jumped in with other and bought a 10% stake in them: Founded in 2002, Meetup first gained national attention for launching Howard Dean’s brief Presidential candidacy during the 2004 elections. The site had 54,000 Meetup groups listed last May, when it began charging a small subscription fee of up to $19 monthly to sponsor the groups. Since then the number of groups has dropped to just over 10,000. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Roasting Seattle bloggers http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5656 Make You Go Hmm: » Roasting Seattle bloggers Thu, 28 Apr 2005 01:02:36 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5656 [...] n” by Myles from Meetup.com (who has since apologized three times) in response to my satirical portrayal of our last meetup and now this Caputa fella is giving his three rusted pennies of [...] […] n” by Myles from Meetup.com (who has since apologized three times) in response to my satirical portrayal of our last meetup and now this Caputa fella is giving his three rusted pennies of […]

]]> By: andrewteman.org » Blog Archive » Meetup Says: “STOP WHINING” http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5651 andrewteman.org » Blog Archive » Meetup Says: “STOP WHINING” Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:09:46 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5651 [...] ot shared by others, as there was immediate (and predictable) backlash from groups such as these Seattle bloggers who were appalled that they had to pay upwards of 8 quarters a piece to organiz [...] […] ot shared by others, as there was immediate (and predictable) backlash from groups such as these Seattle bloggers who were appalled that they had to pay upwards of 8 quarters a piece to organiz […]

]]> By: kathy http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5593 kathy Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:13:43 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5593 I've got two domains: seattleblogs.us and seattleblogs.net I'm a member but never make meetings due to conflicts! I’ve got two domains: seattleblogs.us and seattleblogs.net

I’m a member but never make meetings due to conflicts!

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5476 TDavid Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:05:52 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5476 Excellent dw, thanks. Please watch your email. You should be hearing from me at some point in the next week. Same goes for everybody else that responded to this thread with interest in being part of this project. Excellent dw, thanks. Please watch your email. You should be hearing from me at some point in the next week. Same goes for everybody else that responded to this thread with interest in being part of this project.

]]> By: dw http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5452 dw Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:42:27 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5452 TDavid -- I'm responding over here to get this off Anita's site. :) I'm still up for helping, though my time is still pretty crunched with a one-year-old daughter underfoot. It's hard to get an hour of coding time in when it's in 45 second snatches continually interrupted with "ANNABEL GET OUT OF THERE ANNABEL PUT THAT DOWN ANNABEL STOP TRYING TO BUILD A CYCLOTRON IN THE LIVING ROOM!" Also, I work at a place that, well, I could be fired for posting here right now. So I'm kind of hard to get hold of. But drop me an e-mail. My main skills are with XHTML/CSS/ASP/PHP, user interface design, and a bunch of other web stuff. I'm also a PM and consultant, so I can help organize as well. TDavid — I’m responding over here to get this off Anita’s site. :)

I’m still up for helping, though my time is still pretty crunched with a one-year-old daughter underfoot. It’s hard to get an hour of coding time in when it’s in 45 second snatches continually interrupted with “ANNABEL GET OUT OF THERE ANNABEL PUT THAT DOWN ANNABEL STOP TRYING TO BUILD A CYCLOTRON IN THE LIVING ROOM!”

Also, I work at a place that, well, I could be fired for posting here right now. So I’m kind of hard to get hold of. But drop me an e-mail.

My main skills are with XHTML/CSS/ASP/PHP, user interface design, and a bunch of other web stuff. I’m also a PM and consultant, so I can help organize as well.

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5440 TDavid Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:09:49 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5440 Hi Teri :) Welcome to the group! if you are serious then please contact me at our office when you get a chance: (253) 321-7367. Just ask for, me, TDavid :) Thank you. Hi Teri :) Welcome to the group! if you are serious then please contact me at our office when you get a chance: (253) 321-7367. Just ask for, me, TDavid :)

Thank you.

]]> By: Teri http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5435 Teri Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:43:03 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050421/1742/#comment-5435 I have a hosting co. and can donate the space and bandwidth discussed above without any problem. I am a new member and didn't get to come to last weeks meeting since I was whale watching in Puget Sound... Pretty awesome pics to be shared later :) I just need to know what domain name to set up for the account and who to give access / send usernames and passwords to. :) I think it is the right thing for the newest member to do. :) You can contact me easier through my site at http://treefreepublishing.com than the hosting site. just use teri at the treefree domain email address and I will see any messages the quickest. :) Happy to help... "techie" teri I have a hosting co. and can donate the space and bandwidth discussed above without any problem. I am a new member and didn’t get to come to last weeks meeting since I was whale watching in Puget Sound… Pretty awesome pics to be shared later :)

I just need to know what domain name to set up for the account and who to give access / send usernames and passwords to. :)

I think it is the right thing for the newest member to do. :)

You can contact me easier through my site at http://treefreepublishing.com than the hosting site. just use teri at the treefree domain email address and I will see any messages the quickest. :)

Happy to help…
“techie” teri

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