The first day of the 140 Twitter conference was loaded! I met a number of people I've known for a while from Twitter: Warren Sukernek from Radian6, another Warren, Warren Whitlock, co-author of Twitter Revolution, and Pat Kitano, an old friend from my Blogging Systems days (and who has a new cool site, BreakingSFNews.com).
I also met some new friends, Diane Michlig, Jen Jantsch (John Jantsch's daughter), Simon Bisson and a few others whose Twitter handles I failed to get. (I'll try to do better tomorrow.)
I got to hang out with Robert Scoble and Brian Solis at the after party, which is always a treat. I have great respect for both of those guys.
One of the best things that happened, I was able to hook up with a friend from NOLA, Jessica Rohloff, who happens to be here for the NetSquared Global Conference being held in San Jose. It was totally serendipitous too. She happened to see my tweet about being here.
Funny that we live a mere two hours from each other, but have to travel across the country to actually get together. Kismet. It's always a treat to hang out with Jessica.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow's sessions. Should be a blast. Steve Broback and his group know how to pull together great events. Even so, the best thing about conferences such as these are not the sessions, as good as they are. It's the networking, the conversations, the "iron sharpening iron" that goes on between and after.
PS: I want to thank Jessica for buying dinner and Warren Whitlock for a ride to the motel. My social media friends are the best!
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