Wow! Tonights inaugaral Geek Dinner was FANTASTIC! I hope everyone had as good of a time as I did! It seemed that everybody was well engaged and enjoying themselves. I have no idea how many people we had there, but it was well over 60! Considering that we announced it less than a week ago, I’m very impressed with the way word spread so quickly.
Whether you were able to go or not – if you would like to be on our email list for future events, please sign up on our registration page.. I’ve added a few areas to the wiki for conversation about DevUtah’s Plans, please join in the discussion!
A special thanks to Dr. Windley for taking the time to give us a great keynote!
Scott Lemon, Brent Davis and I had a good chat after the dinner and came up with what we think is a great idea for the next Dinner – Speed Networking! We’ll arrange it so that we have several tables setup, we’ll have some lists of things to have prepared for discussion and we’ll spend 15 minutes or so at the table, introducing ourselves and talking for a bit about problems, solutions, whatever. Then we’ll mix it up by having a rotation plan and everyone will move to a new table and new set of people to talk to. The idea is to introduced to as many people as possible in a very short amount of time. I think this is a great idea and would be a lot of fun! What do you think?
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Dan Hanks
December 1, 2005 at 10:45 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I love the ideas in your post. I very much enjoyed the geek dinner last night and being able to meet and interact with new people. The “who’s looking for work” and “who’s hiring” portions of the dinner should be a standard feature. I think the “Speed Networking” ideas are great. Looking forward to the next one.
Chris Sandberg
December 1, 2005 at 11:22 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I agree that the dinner was a big success. I am glad I was able to go. I can’t wait for the next one. I will be there for sure. The “Speed Networking” sounds like a good idea.
jordy
December 1, 2005 at 11:50 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It was a lot of fun. Thanks for throwing it.
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December 1, 2005 at 7:02 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
[...] In my opinion, last night’s geek dinner was a lot of fun. I’m very excited about what is happening in technology businesses in Utah right now. I know there are amazing things you’re all working on. Thank you for innovating! [...]
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December 1, 2005 at 9:35 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
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I attended the Utah Geek Dinner last night and it was really a great event. Dr. Windley’s presentation was food for thought and I got a chance to meet a few geeks in person. I sat across from Pete Ashdown the head honcho at Xmission (and who is r…