27 Dinner: So many great minds, so little time
Stii & Feisty caught a plane for Jozi – what a trip!
Things I learnt on the trip:
Jokes aside. It was an incredible evening for me. I enjoyed every second of the 27 Dinner tremendously.
In the last couple of months I have met fantastic minds online – minds that have enriched me, transformed me and shifted my life into a completely different orbit. It was thus truly mind-blowing meeting these delightful people in person. On arrival, I was picked up by Darren who proved to be every bit as brilliant as he seemed online. We had a tremendously productive afternoon. It would have been an entirely worthwhile journey just meeting this innovative wizard … but the trip delivered even more astounding interaction. I spent some time with the Afrigator team - Mike, Justin, Marc and Stii: you guys rock! I know Afrigator is going to be a huge success with your passion,energy and creative ideas driving such a worthwhile initiative.
Finally it was time for the much anticipated 27 Dinner. Boy oh boy, was it fun! I met Mr Vincent Maher who is so on the ball with Thought Leader that he actually knew about comments made on the posts that I hadn’t even read [wow, impressive considering the number of contributors]. Meeting and chatting to Nic, Simone, Gregor, Carly, Rainer and Charl, Paul, Brandon, Eve and (young!) Tyler in person was an incredible experience. A big thank you to Roger who popped in after his Kung Fu exam – great finally meeting you!
The 27 Dinners really are fantastic – mind-blowing, brilliant and talented individuals all conveniently in one room! I felt quite at home chatting to people that I had got to know or have been working with online.
My sincere thanks to Mike for arranging our accommodation and transporting us all over the place. Dude, you are funny! A huge thank you to Darren for entertaining me all afternoon – you are awesome! Thanks to Primi in Melrose Arch for a superb venue and doing a great job despite the darkness. Thank you, Stormhoek Wines, for once again sponsoring you superb wines for the best networking event in the country.
Other great 27 Dinner posts:
Stii: 27dinner - A room full of greatness and good times…
Darren Gorton: 27 and loving it
Vincent Maher: Joburg 27 Dinner: Eskom, Afrigator, mussels, the tale of the long crack and waiting for cabs
Paul Jacobson: Good to see everyone at the 27 Dinner
Craig Nicholson: 27 dinner by candlelight
Tyler Reed: 27 Dinner - Geeks Without Power
Mark Forrester: Jozi 27dinner
Gregor Rohrig: Afrigator crack-whore
Justin Hartman: 27dinner and Team Afrigator
Simone Putterman: 27 Dinner, powered by Eskom
Mike Stopforth: AfriBeta - Afrigator Steps It Up A Notch
Nic Haralambous: The Afrigator guys in one room
29/11/2007 at 5:28 pm
LOL, you’re damn right about the turbulence and Nation Wide thing! It was great fun nevertheless!
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