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Last night, I attended the DC-area Tweetup at Jimmy’s Tavern. As the name implies, it’s an opportunity for DC-area folks who’ve chatted on Twitter to actually meet up in the real world. This was the second time I’ve attended one of these, which I helped make the evening even more interesting — I got to see some folks I’d already met, meet some folks I only knew through Twitter, and meet people I hadn’t previously known.

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.

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