September 1st, 2007 is shaping up to be quite a day. Colin, of Viddlerfame, asked Marisa and myself, of Fork You fame, if we would be up for doing some contest judging for Viddler. Since we are like BFF’s with Viddler (like, totally) we said sure! Soon we learned that the man, the myth, the guy who is shorter than I thought he was: Gary Vaynerchuck of Wine Library TV would be judging with use. He’s been on TV, and profiled in lots of magazines (even John Gruber watches Wine Library TV, something tells me Grubs doesn’t watch Fork You), so we were pretty excited.
We then found out that not only would we be judging the MealToday Contest (best video wins an iPhone or a camera) but we would be doing it live at Indy Hall‘s grand opening on September 1st. If you aren’t familiar with Indy Hall it is Philly’s hot new coworking space and it is super cool (or so I have heard, I haven’t actually had a chance to check it out myself, but watch Alex’s tour).
I know what you’re thinking, “How can I get in on all this fun?!” Head on over to Upcoming.org and RSVP (by the way, Upcoming.org sent me a tshirt many moons ago. When I got it, it didn’t fit because it was a XXL and I was a XXXL kind guy. I now wear that shirt to the gym… yeah, I’m all kinds of awesome).
One final note, Colin asked Marisa and I if we would be up to filming some video for a promo for the event. Being the media whores that we are, we said sure! After the Philly Blogger meetup we set the camera up, sat on the stoop outside my building, and did whatever it is we do. Above you’ll see the 1:40 minute highlight reel that I put together for Colin. Originally it was just meant for Colin’s eye, but it would seem I can’t hide anything from Alex and before I knew it the video was on Twitter. Luckily Marisa was OK with it, and so it is available for everyone to watch! We did many variations of this same promo over 30 minutes with no prep, because that’s the kind of podcasters we are. It has been viewed 1113 times at the time of this writing. What is wrong with people?
Anyway, hope to see you on September 1st!
5 responses to “Where will you be on September 1st?”
Dude, I’m so glad that I found that video before you had a chance to cut it down any more, as is it was by far one of the funniest things I’ve watched. Everyone loves it, everyone loves you guys, and we’re so proud to be hosting this event and having you involved!
Catch you on the 1st!
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Alex! We should get Marisa to drink more often. 😉
“What’s that? I should feature it so that a few thousand more people see this masterpiece? OK!”
I vote that we try to get Indy Hall to let us have our blogger meetup meetings there.
Oh man, I was following along nicely getting a good giggle, only to hear that last little gem and nearly fall out of my chair, just as my boss walks by. That was hilarious.