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I’m going to be in the SF bay area (Mountain View to be specific) from Aug 27th to Sept 7. Email me (justin [at] menuism.com) if:

you know of an event I should check out
want to grab a coffee or lunch
know someone I should meet
have a restaurant recommendation

This is going to be my longest trip [...]

Eric and Frank, you’ve spoiled me with TechCocktail. Now everytime I go to an tech event, I expect everything to be free (most importantly the booze)…

Despite the $25 cover ($20 w/ coupon) and having to pay for 3 beers, I had a good time at Twiistup 2 at the Air Conditioned Supper Club in [...]

Working from home can be mind-numbing, so I usually jump at the opportunity to leave the house and meet new people. I wasn’t exactly jumping this morning to make an early trek into Seattle to check out my first likemind meeting, but afterwards I was really glad I attended.
According to the website, likemind is [...]

On Friday morning, I went to my first LikeMind coffee chat at the Intelligentsia on State/Randolph. There were 4 of us and coffee was paid for by Anomaly. I first heard about LikeMind from Mike Maddaloni’s The Hot Iron. In a nutshell, it’s a chance for like-minded people to get together once [...]

Coming off the fun time we had at Tech Cocktail 4 last week, we’ve been following up with all the great contacts that we made at the event. One of the nicest guys we hooked up with at Tech Cocktail was Mike Carruth, founder of Digital Bootcamp, a Chicago training facility that offers courses [...]