Posts Tagged 'Tweet up'
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It was the first 27 Dinner of the year, and it was held in Melrose Arch this time at JB’s Corner. What a stunning venue… the food was excellent and the mojitos that we got were sublime 
The speaker was Fred Baumhardt (Specialist Sales Director and Chief Technology officer for Microsoft South Africa). His talk was very interesting… I did in fact listen as I was close to the front 
I was especially interested to hear his take on subscription software and outsourcing vs insourcing.
The host of the event… Mike Stopforth
The guest speaker… Fred Baumhardt
I can’t not take some photos of the geeky stuff, it was after all a geek event
First, how cool are the stamps?!! “27 Dinner the geek shall inherit the earth”
Then, check out the phones at the table I was sitting at… my poor little pink Blackberry was seriously the odd man out Just after I took the shot, a guy came up to the table and commented about all the Apple geeks there, and when I said I had a BB, his retort was “I guess you work for a real company then… one that uses like email and that” LOL!!
During the evening, the iPad was announced and the guys were going ballistic on Twitter…
Ooh and check out this rad t-shirt! Jessica and I voted it t-shirt of the night.
And other random photos from the evening…
Hey Craig, you’re supposed to be listening not tweeting!
There are a few more photos in my Flickr set too. It was a good evening again, pity I didn’t get to talk to more people though, but that tends to happen when I hide behind my lens
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A whole bunch of bloggers and tweeters met up this morning for a brunch/lunch at the River Cafe in Sandton this morning. It was organised by Wenchy and it was great to see great to see everyone again, and to meet a few new faces.
And of course I had my camera, as did most other people so there are umpteen numbers of photos flying around the interwebs with proof of the happenings of the day
Gina’s Aaron was quite comfortable with the camera, and the opposite photo is on her blog
Meea’s Michael was such a chatterbox and kept Bradley company. It was great to see him make a new friend today.
Sally‘s Rachel and Sharon‘s Josh kept each other company for 5 minutes on the swings
The moms nattering
I really liked Jessica‘s new t-shirt
And then we had to leave, because Connor started getting “attacked” by bees, and he was petrified and yelling the place down. He had a close call when he squished a bee between his arm and his eye, and thankfully didn’t get stung! But that was enough excitement for me for the day, so I called it quits and headed home with 2 tired boys
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The 27 dinner was held at Primi in the Design Quarter in Fourways this month… and the venue was perfect this month! It was more social occasion this month without a speaker, but I met a whole host of people I’ve never met before… and I finally found other people with Pokens!
The newly engaged couple, Jessica and Gary, showing off the ring
And Jessica again, this time she was probably tweeting
And again with the phones, this time it’s Mike Stopforth
At least Heidi is using her camera… and not the phone
Rubyletters was trying to desperately hide from my camera while Angel tried very hard to get her to show her face
Singlesyllable and Nafisa trying to decide on supper
Monica with Don Packett and Anna
Bergen and ?
Walter Pike chatting to Sally
All in all, it was a good evening! Thanks to Mike and Melody for organising again
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I took photos at The Kid’s first birthday party last year, and it was really cool to be invited again and to take some photos again.
My kids had a ball, and Connor is now fast asleep, and Bradley relaxing on the couch downstairs moaning that his back is sore from sliding down the water slide.
How gorgeous is this 3D Dinosaur cake made by @meeaparkins ?
The STUNNING cupcakes made by our local cupcake queen Angel
Mischief makers
Some fun on the water slide
Dave and Rebecca
Flavid, Shauncusters and Snowgoose
And finally, one of Shaun… I don’t think he thought I was serious about this photo … yes I was taking this photo while sitting watching the kids on the slide
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I attended the 27 Dinner this evening that was held at FTV Village Walk. It was fabulous seeing all the tweeters again, and meeting new people, and finally putting faces to some of the names that I’ve been chatting to over the last few months on Twitter.
The speakers tonight were Ronnie Apteker (founder of Internet Solutions)
and Benjamin Marais (CIO of eBucks).
I got told 2 things this evening that I thought was very funny. The one guy I met (cannot remember his name) told me that he didn’t think I looked like someone that worked for a bank! LOL! I like that!
Then, later on, I was rocking on my feet a bit while I was standing chatting, and Sheena said that she can see I’m a mother… and the reason… only mothers sway from side to side LOL!
Anyhoo, now for some of the photos that I took…
Sally with the guy who doesn’t think I look like I work in a bank…
Angel armed…
Neels trying very hard to hide behind the pillar, with Angel, Cheryl, Shaun, Exmi, and Snowgoose
Not sure what Sheena was saying to Bergen here
Vincent Hofmann with Justin Spratt and Don Packett
Jackie Scala with Justin Spratt and Aki Anastasiou
Walter Pike and EveD
It was a fun evening and I’m definitely going to try and make the next one in 2 months time.
There are also a few more photos on Flickr, and I’ll post a few more tomorrow evening.