For anyone in the office yesterday, today, or tomorrow, there is an unusual lack of…well…Alex. :-)
Most of you know that I’ve been at the office (along with Bart) pretty much every day since we’ve opened. Well, I’m not out of the office for no good reason…today, I’m attending BlogOrlando along with a handful of others from the Philly crew, as well as a bunch of friends that I made at BlogPhiladelphia.
I’m going to be playing wingman for my buddy Alex Rudloff (who is also cool enough to pick me up at the airport AND let me couchsurf at his place), and is one of the social media leaders down here who are heading up a coworking effort. Alex will be leading session on that at 11:10am today. From catching up with him on the “state of affairs” yesterday, it sounds like O-town has a lot of the same challenges that Philadelphia had, and still has, to overcome some of the social barriers keeping its workers and social scene apart. I’m really excited to hear first hand what people are up to down here, and what kinds of things they are trying to do to make it better…and with any luck, together, we’ll come up with a few new things that BOTH of our cities can benefit from!
There was a really good piece in the Orlando Sentinal about what’s going on down here, with a little quote from me about how coworking is heavily populated by people making a living doing what they love. That one’s for you, Speers.
One last bit: huge thanks to BlogOrlando host Josh Hallett for a) putting together what is shaping up to be quite a series of sessions and b) yesterday’s NASA and Universal City Walk festivities. It was a great time, and a really fun opportunity for some of us early arrivers to get acquainted with each other.
Tags: blogorlando, alex rudloff, josh hallett, social scene, orlando, coworking
Man, that was fun.
Thanks for coming down, and your welcome around here anytime. I can’t wait to make the trip to philly!