It’s been a whole half year since my last post. And things have been busy. But I don’t want to bore you with those details. The one major highlight that I have that happened to me was going to the 140 Characters Conference back in June. That was awesome! I met and reconnected with so many fellow Twitterati. It was pure awesomeness (to be completely techie). I hung out with Sarah Evans, also known as @PRsarahevans on Twitter. She even let me moderate #JournChat while she mingled at our VIP reception. (Yes, look forward to a lot of name-dropping in this post…I wouldn’t have it any other way 
). I also met a new brand Twitter @macala who is totally rockin’ in the fashion world. If you’re a fashion brand trying to get active in social media and don’t know who she is, well, who are you anyway. 
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Macala and I at #140conf
I was able to catch up and have dinner with Chris Brogan (his book Trust Agents with @julien just launched…cop it!), Steve Garfield, and Sarah Evans. Such a nice dinner. I am still envious of Sarah’s mach-and-cheese that she ordered. Nom nom nom….so cheesy. Anyway, the conference was amazing. My favorite panel by far was the media panel. Ann Curry stole the show. She showed her passion and dedication to journalism and proved that another panelist (nameless) was a complete and total douchebag.
I have to say that meeting the New York City tech scene was definitely one of the best treats of the trip. @db and @mizcity, you two were awesome! (I really want to make it back up to the city for Social Media Week next year!) I also met @iJustine and @brett from Mashable, among a few other social media heavyweights. Heck, I went to the late night viewing with Gary Vee on the Jimmy Fallon show. I partied like an internet celeb (and totally paid for it the following days).
Ok, enough name-dropping. You can tell that I had a blast. And met some cool peeps. My main takeaway is that more brands should have been there. They should always be there. Kodak & The Roger Smith Hotel were the talk of the town for actually throwing themselves in the bunch and not being a disturbance or having an annoying, sales-y presence. That said, I look forward to the next time I meet with all the friends from 140conf! Until then, I’ll be stalking them on Twitter and Facebook.
