Words from Mom, Part 1
March 22nd, 2008
In honor of tonight’s Tweetup, I’d like to share a short SMS exchange I had with my mother last night, out of nowhere:
Mom: Is a twit up like spit up?
Me: LOL no!
Mom: How is it diff
Me: It’s people meeting up in a social place. People who are active on Twitter. You’re ridiculous.
Mom: No suh
My mom is the cutest.
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A tweetup is a meeting of twitter people in a place of their choosing, whether a bar or restaurant.
It’s usually planned at least a week or two in advance and people from various parts of the city or countryside around the meetup congregate to talk about technology and twitter related topics. It’s also about meeting new friends.
It’s an opportunity to get together with the people who you converse with online. Some see it as a way to refresh connections, put a name with a face, etc, but I started organizing a similar thing for the DCPHP group just to make things a little more civil. Some people won’t hesitate to be rude to some random person online… but if you have had drinks with the guy or might sometime soon, most people will hesitate. They don’t want their online rudeness to carry into real life.
I wrote about this one recently – http://caseysoftware.com/blog/howto-civility-on-a-mailing-list
A tweet-up is like a reunion with friends you’ve never met. Most times they’re organized in advance, usually around a conference, or when we get word on Twitter that someone is visiting our city from another place. For example, Todd Jordan (@Tojosan) is driving from St. Louis today to spend a week in Austin, so we have a tweet-up scheduled for Thursday night for anyone who wants the chance to meet him. We’ll probably have about 20 people there.
Sometimes, though, a tweet-up is more spontaneous. A quick Twitter shout-out like “Hey, anybody want to get together tonight for a burger and a beer?” may produce a handful of online acquaintances who want to “take online offline” and get to know each other better through a casual get-together.
P.S. Your mom *is* the cutest.
“How is it diff” and “No suh” are two expressions that my mother would *never* utter. Cool stuff, Mrs. Gravel!
Maybe it’s just me, but that’s awesome that your mom texts :)
Thanks for the comments, everyone! My mom loves the responses and is flattered that people think she’s cool. Nathan, she said to say “Thanks, Snellster.” Maybe she’ll write a guest post sometime!