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August 18, 2009

texas tweetups, stormhoek-style

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[Follow my #evil­plans on Twit­ter.…]
Three years ago, Stormhoek, the South Afri­can wine I’ve been asso­cia­ted with for the last four years, spon­so­red some geek din­ners. They were a huge suc­cess.
We’re ready to get back at it, as part of my EVIL PLANS etc.
This time, howe­ver, we’re going to spon­sor Twee­tups. If you’re one of the peo­ple follo­wing me on Twit­ter, are based in TEXAS and are plan­ning on having a Twee­tup in the next wee while, drop me an e-mail, and let’s see if we can’t get some wine sent there for the eve­ning.
Even bet­ter, if you have one near to where I’m hea­ding on my Evil Pans road trip, I’ll try to attend. Rock on.
LESS IS MORE: One of the points I’m trying to make with this exer­cise in futi­lity is that yes, you can do inte­res­ting stuff on a tiny, tiny scale and still make a big impact. So the sma­ller the event, the bet­ter. I’d rather attend a dozen twee­tups with five to ten peo­ple, than one twee­tup with a hun­dred peo­ple. I’d rather attend a twee­tup in somebody’s back yard, than a twee­tup in a fancy, big-city res­tau­rant.
Sure, a fancy, big event every now and then is fun, but that’s not the main point of this…

[For those of you outside the loop, a “Twee­tup” is a spon­ta­neous, self-organizing social gathe­ring of fellow Twit­ter users, usually orga­ni­zed on Twit­ter itself. Usually food and drink are part of the equa­tion etc.]

[Backs­tory: About Hugh. Twit­ter. News­let­ter. Book. Inter­view One. Inter­view Two. EVIL PLANS. Limi­ted Edi­tion Prints. Pri­vate Com­mis­sions. Cube Gre­na­des.]

Tags: Evil Plans, Stormhoek Winery, Texas, Tweetups

2 Responses to “texas tweetups, stormhoek-style”

1. J.R. Cohen says:

   August 18, 2009 at 1:09 PM

   We are ready when you are!
2. Molly Block (@mollyblock) says:

   August 18, 2009 at 1:39 PM

   Do you have a few dates in mind for when you’ll likely — or when you’d pre­fer to — visit Houston?