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Houston Mommy Bloggers Unite
I was fortunate enough to attend the first meetup of MamaDramaConQueso - a very nice blend of the Houston Chronicle MamaBloggers and .
It was focused of course on the mommy bloggers, but a handful of men (and Houston Internet Celebrities) were in attendance including: Ed Schipul, Lawrence Simon, Ed T., Robert Nagle , and the Houston Chronicle’s own Dwight Silverman.
It was Dwight’s blog post listing all of the major local Houston technology community meetups that alerted me to the event in the first place. I am very proud to say that I have either attended or been part of the planning committee for every one of these events, except Science Cafe - something I hope to fix in September. I’ve always thought that Houston had a vibrant tech community, but local awareness of events like this has hampered our growth.
The event itself went very well, with lots of interest being generated about forming a new organization for Texas bloggers. I was able to meet and chat with one of the co-hosts - Laura Mayes who launched a “Digg for Women” called sk*rt with smashing success early last week. I was happy to see that she had the opportunity to speak with the OpMom founders Carrie and John Pacini.
Although I’m a dad and a semi-competent blogger, I’m not a DaddyBlogger by any strech - but I was very glad to be able to socialize with this terrific group of MommyBloggers and I’m looking forward to the next one.
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Sounds fun! Wish I could have been there, daddy bloggers represent!
Comment :: June 18, 2007 @ 112:39 pm
I had no idea this was going on. I would have liked to attend. I am a mommy and I have a blog but not really a mommyblogger but it would have been neat. oh well. Where can I found out more?? (like Elmo always asks)
Comment :: June 18, 2007 @ 22:44 pm
Imelda,
I stumbled upon the event almost at random myself, so I think that the best place to look in the future is the MamaDrama Website: http://blogs.chron.com/mamadrama/
I think that there are a lot of other people who would have liked to attend, if they only knew about it in the first place.
That’s why I think that a Texas Blogger Association is a good idea, even if nothing else comes out of it but event sharing.
Comment :: June 18, 2007 @ 33:12 pm
I’m so glad I got to meet you! And I’ve gotta follow up with you on that thing we talked about.
I think we’ll be having the next one in August or at the least in September and everyone’s welcome. In fact, when I counted it out there were more non-mommy bloggers than mommy-bloggers. Awesomeness.
Comment :: June 19, 2007 @ 44:36 am
Someone really needs to smack me over the head when these things happen - I’m so wrapped up in getting sites up and running and photo shoots, I miss all the good stuff! Gah! I wish I had been there!
(Seriously - tackle me with these things, or something like that!)
Comment :: June 22, 2007 @ 512:47 am