January 18, 2013
A Tweetup is like a roundup, but without the cows and horses
(The panorama app in this shot of the gathering by Chip Oglesby sort of hiccuped when it got to Beth Baldauf. She's not really two-faced. Also pictured are Lauren Fitzhugh, Brad Warthen, Ryal Curtis, Nettie Britts and Jennifer Bailey Bergen, among others.)
Actually, you know what? It’s not really like a roundup at all. It’s more like a Kaffeeklatsch. If you order coffee, that is.
Our own Brad Warthen (@BradWarthen), one of the Free Times‘ “Twitterati,” attended his first Google+/Twitter Lunch Tweetup on Thursday. He went in not knowing what to expect, and was pleased to find several of virtual friends, such as Chip Oglesby (@cophotog), Lauren Fitzhugh (@laurenfitzhugh), Beth Baldauf (@BethBaldauf), Nettie Britts (@nettie_b), Mandi Engram (@mandiengram) and Clare Morris (@claremorris2).
He was informed upon arrival that he was in the presence of “the real Twitterati.”
Perhaps. In any case, it was a good group with whom to exchange social media wisdom. And news, and gossip, and all the other things that people share when they meet the old-fashioned way, in the flesh.
(That's Lauren Fitzhugh with the two thumbs up. Then a thirsty Brad Warthen, and Ryal Curtis.)