The first couple paragraphs caught me by surprise. The guy who created Meet-up felt very much like I do.
I was the kind of person who thought local community doesn’t matter much if we’ve got the internet and tv. The only time I thought about my neighbors was when I hoped they wouldn’t bother me.
I received this article from Scott Heiferman, co-founder of Meet-up.com. I have never received any sort of newsletter from meet-up before. Ever. In this time of over-information, that alone is reason for curiosity. Plus it was yesterday – the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. And the title of the article piqued my interest: 9/11 and us
Let me see if I can get you interested enough to read the article. It starts like this:
I don’t write to our whole community often, but this week is special because it’s the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and many people don’t know that Meetup is a 9/11 baby.
Let me tell you the Meetup story. I was living a couple miles from the Twin Towers and…
Read the rest here.
So what did you think? Most of our DSWP community have this in common – we spend a huge portion of our days in front of a computer. Do you make it out of your home office and into the real world? Just curious.
