The first meet-up for bloggers from the north of England was held a month ago. I was just reading about it over at Chris Garrett's blog when something struck me about the photos. Go and have a look yourself and see if you can tell what it is.
Yes, that's right, they are all men! I know that isn't a reflection of the northern blogosphere, not least because I'm not a man and I live in the north of England. So do several other female bloggers I know. I remember seeing the news of the meet-up and did consider going along, but the time (early evening) and the location (Leeds) made it impractical. I suppose I could have sent my family into the woods and let foxes care for them for the evening, but they'd only complain. The family that is, not the foxes, although . . .
I wonder if the practicalities were the reason for the absence of other women too. I'll have to ask.
A sense of caution, maybe? I avoid blogging meet-ups, but that's partly because of my poor hearing.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize you still had this blog on the go; I will subscribe. :-)
Oooo if you go Ill go lol! Never been to any web meet ups of any kind. I dunno I just find them a bit strange. The thing is us women have better things to do unlike some of our fellow men bloggers who would go to any convention going.
ReplyDeleteWonder if it's a safety thing? Maybe women feel more vulnerable than men?
ReplyDeleteI didn't know anything about it. But I'd only go to something like that if I "knew" (if only in a blog sense) someone else that was going.
Oh, does Chesterfield count as North?
Diddums: I always save a copy of my posts so I had them all sitting on my hard drive. A few Sundays ago I was bored and decided to set up a blog as an archive of these posts, but I've ended up posting new stuff too.
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Ria: I've met up with a couple of people I got to know via forums, but no one from the Blogosphere. One was strange - she had some 'interesting' opinions - but the other was really nice and became a 3D world friend too.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the timing. It's hard to fit something like that in when you have a family. I know men have families, but they don't usually feel any guilt about heading off for an evening.
Anna: Safety was part of the problem for me. I know a couple of the people who did go (through blogging) but I don't drive, so I would have had a choice between getting Mr Blogs to take me, which would have been really boring for him. Or, going by train which would have meant wandering around Leeds city centre at night. I didn't fancy that.
ReplyDeleteI don't drive either, but (probably stupidly) I wouldn't be phased by wandering round a strange city at night.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should organise our own event a bit closer to home? Like maybe Sheffield, of a Saturday daytime?
Oh yeah, and I've met up with quite a few people from forums (bird and hedgehog people), and quite a few years ago I met up with a guy I met randomly on the net, who's a good friend of mine now.
ReplyDeleteAnna: I have a habit of getting lost, so if I was in a strange city the chances of ending up somewhere undesirable would be high LOL A lunchtime meetup in Sheffield would be great! We could publicise through Facebook.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to know I'm not the only one who meets internet people. I suppose it might seem a bit odd to anyone who hasn't, but I think if you are careful about when and where you meet them, it's as safe as any other situation where you meet someone new. In fact, there is probably more chance of meeting someone odd on a Saturday night in a club.
Facebook, now that's a good idea.
ReplyDeleteI reckon there must be enough of us Northerners to have a pretty good-sized meetup. Will have to think about where's a good place in Sheff for it - not sure how well you know the place.
That's what I was thinking, I have quite a few northern folk amongst my contacts.
ReplyDeleteYou would be better thinking of a place. If it's left up to me we'll end up sitting in the railway station LOL I don't know Sheffield very well. I'll send you a message on FB and we can arrange a date.
I've met a few people from Internet fora/blogs and not had any problems (yet!).
ReplyDeleteCount me in for a blogger meet in the Sheffield or surrounding area. I can be contact on Facebook too.
Digibirder: It would be great if you could come along - there would be 3 of us so we could at least call it a meeting LOL
ReplyDeleteI've been meaning to have a word with Anna about a meet-up so I'll do that in the next day or so. How do I find you on Facebook? Or you can add me - my profile is in a box in the sidebar - and I'll let you know the details.
I am one of Anna's friends on Facebook, so she would be able to contact me, but I will add you as a friend - I think you appear on my 'People you may know' page, but I have to confess that I don't go on Facebook very often. I found it a little confusing and pointless to be honest, but I suppose I should explore it in a bit more detail sometime! I know Pete takes part in a lot of things on there.
ReplyDeleteI just added you too, thank you :-) I haven't been using it a lot recently, it's such a time trap, once I log in I'm there for ages. I think you appear in my People you may know too, I recgonised the name, but i wasn't sure from where.
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