Events like the tweetups bring together some of my favorite aspects of both being on Twitter and living in DC. DC has a decent technology and entrepreneurship community, though its often overshadowed locally by the political community and nationally by places like Silicon Valley and New York. Twitter’s made it easier to find out about the interesting work that local folks are doing and the tweetups (along with other tech-oriented events) help us extend the relationships started on Twitter.

Last night, I was comparing the experience of meeting 20+ people at the tweetup with occasionally meeting the folks I’ve worked with at ATPM. Due to the geography of ATPM, I’ve only met a handful of (past and present) staffers over the years. Some, like Chris, I’ve met by traveling to Macworld (sadly, not this year). Others, like Evan and Michael, I’ve met socially, and Tom and I actually live near each other. As much as I’ve enjoyed meeting them, large-scale gatherings are rarely, if ever, possible, which is too bad.

Like I said, he had about 20 folks last night. If I’ve missed anybody, I apologize:

• Steve Fisher
• George Brett
• Jill Foster
• Susan Reynolds
• Kate Reynolds
• Bill Reynolds
• Jeff Royce
• Jeff Hibbard
• Shashi Bellamkonda
• Bob Mertz
• Maria Norton
• Nahum Gershon
• Jonny Goldstein
• Aaron Brazell
• Nicole Brazell
• Jimmy Gardner
• Joe Loung
• Andrew Wright
• Sujay Roa
• and geoduckie, who could become Twitter’s answer to Flat Stanley.

There are random pictures from the event floating around folks Twitter streams, including George’s photos and Nahum’s mug-shots.

Total volume of music files on my computer

15.71 GB

The last CD I bought was

Crossfade’s self-titled album

Song playing right now

Nothing at the moment, but the last thing on the iPod was a live version of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb.

Five songs I listen to a lot, or mean a lot to me

Right now, I don’t really have any songs that mean a lot to me. However, there are a few that that’ve stuck with me over the years and a few that I’m rather into right now.

• Lightning Crashes by Live
• Inside Out by Eve 6
• The Dirty Glass by the Dropkick Murphys
• December by Collective Soul
• Want You Bad by The Offspring

Five people to whom I’m passing the baton

You know, I’m not even sure if half these people know about this blog I think that means I need better advertising.

A quick note for Michael, Chris, and Lee — thanks for claiming the pretty much the whole ATPM staff!

• Larry Lansing
• Garrett Rooney
• Stoddard Panall
• Rob Colonna
• JJ Johns

Certain other people in my life need to get weblogs, simply because I’d really like to see how they’d respond to this.

Barely a week on the job and he’s already pulled an all-nighter.

Congratulations, Chris.

So potential employers, I’m a Mac geek with a decade of experience in computer support, with a little HTML knowledge I’d like to expand on. I need to stay in the Dallas area, and I’m open to contract, contract-to-hire, or, best of all, permanent positions.

If you’re looking for a Mac guy in the Dallas area, give Chris a look. I’ve known and worked with him through ATPM for several years now. He’s both very talented and very cool.