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Last week was really an eventful week. I went for 2 Tweetups and also dropped by for GeekCamp.

KL Tweetup 1
This was held at Chilli’s restaurant at Mid Valley. The organizers managed to book a room so that we can have a private get together without disturbing other patrons. Yes, I think we can actually scare a lot of people away if we were to hold it outside..haha! Anyway, the theme of the meet was “Gadget Fest” where everyone brought a gadget and talk about it. I must say, there were some really interesting/nostalgic gadgets. Among them are world’s first MPEG camera, the Nokia “Matrix” phone, a portable battery pack, a gadget that swears at a touch of a button and the coolest gadget that left everyone going “wooooo”…the Amazon Kindle.

The Amazon Kindle reading device

Me at the KL Tweetup

KL Tweetup 2
This second Tweetup was on the very next day and it was held in TwentyOne Kitchen+Bar. This event was organized by @BrandConsultant, @LimyH and @CreativPromoter. Unlike the previous night, there wasn’t a theme to this meet. It was an entirely different group of people as none of them came for the previous night. The group is also somewhat different. The night before, the group of people I met were young and techie, on this night, the group consists of more serious business + marketing oriented people. Honestly, I enjoyed both events equally, but more knowledge gained from this night than the previous one.

from left: @CreativPromoter, @melvinchanwh, @demonick and @ZakirJaafar

not in pic: @BlogJunkie, @LimyH, @MarketingEds, @BrandConsultant, @PeterPek, @NileshBabu

GeekCamp
Well..the title says it all doesn’t it? GeekCamp is a un-conference that was held at my office where programmers and technical specialist come together to give technical presentations and demos. The talks mainly revolve around coding, programming frameworks, tip & tricks..etc. Initially, I didn’t plan to attend it as I thought the sessions were a wee bit too technical even for me. I dropped by for 2 sessions just to see what’s it all about and also to give support (for being the host).

a scene from GeekCamp

Believe it or not, these 3 events were all co-ordinated with the use of Twitter. It only goes to show that Twitter is not just a “simple status updater” as many non-users might have assumed. It shows that it can also bring people together to be able to share and learn. So, have you “tweeted” today?

Photo credits: @rohant and @NileshBabu