Internet Geek Girl

I’ve been in California for one week now. While my life definitely not as exciting as Hank’s, I am blessed with the opportunity to hang out with Internet rock stars every where I go. They are an exciting bunch. Let’s start with the LA scene. Obviously “tech” is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the City of Angels.  However, I am consistently impressed with the force of nature that is emerging from the intersection of social media, technology, and advertising in Hollywood.  The community that cares about this trend in LA is growing. Last week was “Mini Internet Week” for that town: three packed days of networking with LA’s best and brightest!  The TechSet event at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard on Wednesday night was a huge hit.  Mike Macadaan, founder of TwiistUp, did an amazing job on Thursday evening at the Viceroy Hotel with TwiistUp4 (yes that’s a 4). Mashable rounded out the week with the SummerMash LA, part of their US Summer Tour!

The next time you’re in LA, make sure you check out what is going on with TechZulu, Social Media Club LA, Jackie Peters of Heavy Bag Media, Nicole Jordan of bub.blicio.us, Sean Percival of DocStoc, Mike Prasad of GirlGamer, Karen Hartline of Mashable, Erica O’Grady, Marc Levin and the good people over at LA Geek Dinners!  You will definitely be able to find the party through them!

As you know, a picture is worth 1000 words.  For Brian Solis’ photostream, that calculation is more like 2000 words.  Brian also had great coverage of on Bub.blicio.us!

I’m here for another week still, so watch out!