#dmtweetup with Sarah Lacy

When I walked out to the patio at Raccoon River Brewing Co. on the first night of August, I was surprised by the small number of tweeps in attendance. I assumed there would be many more considering we were hosting Sarah Lacy (@sarahcuda), Silicon Valley reporter and author of Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good, and her husband, Geoffrey Ellis (@sadkids).

I walked in, sat down and handed Sarah the #dmtweetup badge I had made for her to help her feel like part of the crew. She gave me a User Generated Book Tour t-shirt in recognition of the lacyjump video I had made to help promote her new book. I found both of them to be very pleasant and genuine. You would hardly guess they weren’t from the Midwest. In minutes we were chatting and laughing like they were a normal part of the tweetup crew.

Sarah was very gracious and did a couple of video interviews with members of our local group, including Nathan Wright and Hillary Brown. She made a special point to bring up the Tweetup Badge I had made for her during both interviews, which I thought was very cool. I appreciate the exposure very much. I have to confess that I have not yet read Sarah’s new book yet, but after meeting her in person I’m sure I will.

Michael Ferrari (@mferrari), cofounder of SmartyPig (@SmartyPig), was also in attendance (his first I believe). SmartyPig is a very interesting concept, using direct deposit transactions, an online bank account and social tools to promote savings. Everyone should check them out.

Raccoon River Brewing is a big place as far as microbreweries go. They have a nice menu and a variety of beers on tap. I can recommend the wheat beer and hot wings personally.

See the rest of the photos from this #dmtweetup on Flickr.