Thursday night was the Problogger, New York City event, sponsored by text-link-ads. I got to meet some fun people, including Problogger’s very own Darren Rowse ^[1]. He tells me it’s pronounced like mouse, with an R (go figure). We talked a bit about things that didn’t have anything to do with blogging (who would have thought). I got to meet his lovely wife “V”, I still don’t know what “V” stands for… big mystery.They’re traveling with their 9 month old baby boy Xavier. Do you know what a plane ride from Australia to the states is like with a 9 month old? Darren confirmed that Melbourne is far better than Sydney as far as cultures go. I had a hunch, but now I know the real deal.

I met some other interesting people, including Elaine Vigneault ^[2] and her husband Edward Miller ^[3]. She has a personal blog, about hippy stuff and he is a Poker Guru and author of 3-4 poker books. Thanks for the free book Ed.

I met Keith Levenson, of Vibrator.com ^[4]. I think the title is self explanatory. Very charismatic guy, and he’s doing well for himself in that biz.

Daniel Goldman ^[5], an anti-Firefox, I mean pro-Opera blogger. He actually works for Opera as well. Fan and employee? Nice.

Jeffrey Keefer ^[6] was there, a blogger that’s lived in New York for 20 some odd years. He runs a website called Silence and Voice.

I met Brock Siegel ^[7], of pepperjammanagement.com. An affiliate management team based out of PA. They were definitely having the most fun that night, taking full advantage of the open bar the seven of them were quite something.

I met the founder of Nerd-music.com ^[8]. Talented young guy, web designer and disk jockey. What a combination.

I met Mike Levin, of hittail.com ^[9]. He assures me that their algorithm is superior to 103bees and that they’ll find you the best keyword, garaunteed.

The trip was fun, and well worth it. Connolly’s proved to be a good spot for a meeting, with 60-100 people in our little group. Once again, thanks to text-link-ads ^[10] for sponsoring this event (and covering the bar tab).

I suspect my next blogger meetup may be mid-may in Chicago, with the SobCon ^[11] group. This will be a real event, with great speakers. Hosted by my buddy Liz Strauss from Successful-blog ^[12].

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