They may get a little chiding but hey, that’s part of the fun, right?

You can order the non Twitter user badges on the same page as the regular tweetup badges

NY Times bestselling author Joel Comm. Author of Twitter Power and Google AdSense Secrets plus many more.

“Thanks for the badge @tweetupbadges and @trutter! [PIC]http://twitpic.com/qa2km “

You can follow Joel on Twitter at @joelcomm

Entrepreneur and strategist Wayne Sutton is an all around great guy and was the first to order Tweetup Badges and has done a lot to help spread the word.

“my new @tweetupbadges arrived just in time for #triangletweetup & they are hot too! see”

You can follow Wayne on Twitter at @waynesutton

Robert Scoble Wikipedia describes Scoble as “an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author.” I think I would add photographer and social media guru to that, but that’s just me.

Nate Heinrich posted this photo and tweeted:

“@scobleizer wearing @tweetupbadges so he had to take a call, hope he was calling @richdrake to order!”

Me too Nate, me too.

Local entrepreneur Daniel Shipton CEO of BitMethod and operations director at Impromptu Studio and all around Juggernaut and some other guy.

Seriously though Dan has been a great inspiration and friend to me the last couple of years.

The other guy is of course is US Senator from Iowa Chuck Grassley.

You can follow Daniel Shipton on Twitter at @danielshipton and Senator Grassley is @chuckgrassley

I did an interview on Blog Talk Radio at SXSW 2009 that can be found here.
I also did a video interview with Kipp Bodnar at SXSW Kipp is on Twitter at @kbodnar32

Discussion on Tweetup Badges and QR Codes from Kipp Bodnar on Vimeo.

I know I have left out a ton of notable people. If you have a photo of someone who you think should have been included please leave a comment with a link to it.

Here is the plan for the National Balloon Classic tweetup.

The first 50 people who sign up at twtvite get into the Balloon Classic for free. If you are not one of the first 50 to sign up, you can still join us. Admission at the balloon field is only $3.00 each or $10.00 per car load.

A friend of mine, Marla Wilkinson, owner of Welcome Home in Indianola, has graciously agreed to let attendees pick up their tickets at her store. Take the opportunity to look around her store she has some beautiful items. Welcome Home is at 106 North Howard Street in Indianola on the east side of the square.

Once you have your tickets meet us at the balloon field east of town on highway 92. We will have a couple of tables and chairs set up for our group so we have a place to congregate. There are games for kids as well as food and beer vendors and live music. Everything we need to have a great time.

Here is the schedule for the Balloon Classic.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Warren County Night sponsored by Warren County Economic Development Corporation

6:30 a.m. Balloon Flight

5:15 p.m. Captured in the Spotlight, the Dance Factory, Two Rivers Martial Arts, Tall Guys With Guitars performing on the Farmers Insurance Stage

6:30 p.m. Balloon Flight

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Tall Guys with Guitars performing on the Farmers Insurance Stage

Dusk FIRE IN THE SKY – Midwest Largest Nite-Glow Extravaganza

sponsored by Downing Construction

I currently have a moto-Q and use the reader by i-nigma and like it a lot. Like a lot of readers it automatically captures the code when it is recognized.

I would love to hear about other phones and readers. If you have a reader loaded on your phone tell us about it.

Well its getting late and I have to start a 14 hour drive in a few hours. I’ll post more info soon.
I’ll leave you with a video I found on youtube that demonstrates the QR Code.

Please let me know if you have questions or leave a comment.

• Employee badges for Impromptu Studio, a coworking site here in Des Moines, IA.
• Name badges for BarCampDesMoines 2008.
• Name badges for BlogOrlando 2008.

Whether you have an organization that would like to have membership cards, own a company and need photo IDs for your employees or would like to have custom key tags to promote your business or organization I hope you will give us a look.

1. Admit you have a Twitter problem (a twoblem?).
2. Tweet your tweeps so they know you know you have a twoblem.
3. Read the sympathetic and supportive tweets that fly across in reference to your twoblem.
4. Arrange a tweetup for live discussion of your collective twoblem.
5. Spend entire tweetup tweeting about tweetup to tweeps who cannot attend.
6. Tweet that your twoblem has not improved, but you are happy to report you now have 675 followers.
7. Boldly, turn off your phone so you can’t receive tweets.
8. Get worried that you are missing important tweets from your tweeps.
9. Try to explain the twoblem to a non-tweep (a twerp?).
10. Tweet that the twerp doesn’t understand you, your tweeps or your twoblem.
11. Feel slightly superior for being on the cutting edge of modern communication.
12. Forget about it. An addiction to Twitter is so not a twoblem.

By the way, Kathy_L is definitely a twoubled tweep in our book. At least she has her Tweetup Badge to keep her smiling.

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.

Other first timers in attendance were Jon Palestini (@youwithoutme), who owns his own clothing company called Nightmare City Apparel and works at Sacred Skin, and Neil Roberts (@pottedmeat), a JavaScript dev for Dojo Toolkit and SitePen. I didn’t get a chance to talk to Neil much, but he seems like a cool guy. Some of the regulars in attendance were Kathy Landen (@kathy_L), Daniel (@danielshipton) and Abbie Shipton (@abbieshipton), Brett Trout (@bretttrout), Jeremy Bingaman (@iowaradioguy) and Troy Rutter (@trutter). I know there were others I have left out and I’m sure I’ll hear about it.

One of the best things about our crew is it is such a diverse group. Where else can you sit and chat with a lawyer, a radio personality, web and software developers, a video producer, social media gurus, etc. all in one place? With such a wide range of personalities there is always something interesting to talk about.

The building that now houses the Hessen Haus has a long and varied past. Formerly an old train station it has undergone numerous transformations over the years – playing host to a variety of restaurants, bars and dance halls – and nearly facing condemnation and destruction at one point. Early in its history, it even served as an open-air structure for housing horses. It has a large open feel with plenty of room for a group.

I had a couple German beers I couldn’t pronounce and a burger that I’m not sure was German, but was tasty none the less. I may not speak German, but I do speak beer. Pass that boot.

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

Order a Unique Tweetup Badge for Yourself

Individual badges can be had for just $2.15 each, including a lanyard. This means you can get your own personal Tweetup Badge, in the colors you want, with your real name and Twitter username, plus a hashtag of your choice.

Wear the badge at your next tweetup or at any social function. It’s sure to spark some conversation and may even help you meet a few new people.

Check out the photos page (or our Flickr group) to see what color combinations have been popular so far and then head over to the order page when you’re ready to go.

Are You Part of a Tweetup Group?

If you belong to a tweetup group that you think might be interested in bulk ordering badges for everyone, we can do that to. Just use our slick order form, upload all of your details and off you go, still at the special price of $2.15 each (with lanyard).

This Special Runs Until the End of August

And remember, this deal is only good through the end of August, so get your Tweetup Badge ordered today and take advantage of our site launch special offer.