The Los Angeles Blogging community has never been one to get together in meatspace. For some reason, other cities llike New York and Seattle can draw hundreds to blogger get-togethers, but LA hasn’t done as well.
Meetups are lightly attended and even the blogging.la get-togethers draw small groups. The last big gathering of LA bloggers was the Live from the Blogosphere back in February 2003. I thought a little bit of how to get the bloggers together, but finding a place with cheap parking, cheap drinks, space and wifi is no easy task.
Then it hit me, I’ll take a page from Bruce Sterling’s book. Every SXSW, Bruce invites everyone to his house for beers. The party goes off without a hitch and everyone has a great time.
My backyard has plenty of wifi, parking is free, and I can cover some drinks and food…
So… LA Bloggers, you are cordially invited to Blog My Backyard. Tell your friends, blog it, gmail it to others, google me to see if I’m a freak, convince your significant other, and mark your calendar. I’m giving you plenty of notice.
Yep, on Saturday, August 21st feel free to stop by, have a drink and meet other LA Bloggers.
Just a couple of guidelines:
1) You need to be a blogger, or at least arrive with a bonafide blogger.
2) You must agree to wear a nametag. People want to know who you are and nametags let that happen. All the cool kids are wearing them.
3) You must not be stupid. This is my home and my wife is graciously letting me get away with a yet another kooky scheme.
I’ll provide some basic food and drinks, but feel free to bring something along with you to share. My daughters will be there, so if you want to bring your children, that would be great.
Details:
Date: Saturday, August 21st
Time: 2PM – 6PM
Location: [removed after event]
If you are fairly sure you are coming, let me know so I get a rough count of how many will be here.
in L.A.? blog mike’s backyard
http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/001008.html…
Blog My Backyard
Well, not really my backyard but Michael’s. However I get along with him pretty well so I’m sure if I showed up homeless and destitute someday he’d let me set up a cardboard box or some kind of pup-tent back…
Cruft: Blog My Backyard
I think I am going to be out of town during this, but it’s worth passing along from Michael:
Yep, on Saturday, August 21st feel free to stop by, have a drink and meet other LA Bloggers.
(although I don’t agree with the claim that the last big blo…
Jill and I are so there. Perfect weekend to do it too, we have nothing going on, and that’s a rarity. This sounds like great fun.
Count me in. I will bring Sangria and my laptop.
If i was in LA I would come. I would even take a mirror shot in your bathroom.
This must scare the hell out of your mother…
Backyard Blogging
I do like to blog, read blogs, and compute in my backyard even though it is a bit difficult to see the laptop screen if the sun is at the wrong angle. Most afternoons the big elm nicely shades the…
might be worth moving to LA just so i can attend
i’m tentatively in.
Hope you will have another one which we can attend.
Of course, if this isn’t just for you youngsters!
But then, maybe thats the point of having it on the 21st. 🙂
Take lots of pictures!
great idea!! i am going to be out of town that weekend or i definitely would come. can’t wait to hear how it goes.
i’m game. I’ll come and bring some wine. Thanks for your generosity. I need to visit my folks in Pasadena, anyway.
You either have the coolest or craziest wife evar to let you do this sort of thing.
Bummer. I can’t make it. That happens to be the day that JPL is having their Dodger day; game starts at 1. Have a wonderful time, all of yous! 🙂
Susan
Blog my backyard
LA Blogger goes mad and invites entire city to his backyard. News at 11
Cruft: Blog My Backyard
Actually, this looks like a nice laid-back get-together that’s worth attending. Not sure if I can make it, but it looks like fun.
I’m around so I’ll swing by. It’s a good excuse to check out the good motocycle roads near pasadena.
We will be there
2 kids
2 semi-adults
🙂
We will be there…….will you ?????
Backyard Bloggin – will you be there?…
argh… I was really planning to come, but here it’s almost 4 and I just finished my laundry and watching the sargasso manuscript and I have 2 other movies to watch before I have to return them to vidiots tonight and I haven’t cleaned my motorcycle and I feel so freaking lame because I want to meet some fellow bloggers and here I have gone and screwed up my first chance. Argh. So, obviously I’m not making it over there. But please let me know about next time and maybe I won’t be so … whatever.