Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. Even though I’m (slightly) too old to hunt for Easter eggs these days, I didn’t let that stop me from finding other fun activities for the weekend. In fact, I managed to do something I had never done before. I went to a (mini) tweetup.
Thanks to the power of Twitter, I met up with @jenny_blake, @jamievaron, and @smj10j for some cupcakes on Saturday afternoon. The cupcakes were awesome, but the people were even more awesome.
With over 2000 comments on this blog and the seemingly countless number of blogs I read on a daily basis, I’ve become friends with a lot of people in the online world, which is cool, but occasionally, it’s still nice to meet people in real life. Guess what? Now I’ve met approximately 0.001% of the people that have visited this blog.
In case you didn’t know, Jenny Blake and Jamie Varon have blogs of their own, and they rock. Jenny Blake writes all about Life After College and provides great tips and advice for handling the challenges of entering the real world after college. Jamie Varon has been all over the news lately for her brilliant idea — Twitter Should Hire Me. If you haven’t seen it, you should definitely check it out.
Finally, here are some of my favorite articles from the past few weeks.
- College Money Tip: Get Saving at Poorer Than You
- Student Discounts: Finding Good Deals at Green Panda Treehouse
- Schools Should Teach Personal Finance at This Writer’s Wallet
- 3 Things I Learned From My 2009 Tax Refund at Financial Nut
- The Pursuit of Free e-Filing: Doing Taxes Last Minute! at Spilling Buckets
- Motivated by Achievement: a Blessing and a Curse at Life After College
- Why I Followed My Passion and Why You Should Too at Shatterboxx
Follow me on Twitter and maybe I’ll see you at a tweetup someday.
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jamie varon! haha…that is too awesome. is she as cool as she seems on the internets? meeting up with bloggers/social media people in real life is totally where it’s at – glad you had fun
Hey!! I just came across this post. Love your blog so much and it was such a blast meeting you in Berkeley for the ultimate cupcake tweet-up! Thanks again for coming, waiting patiently for us to get there, and leading Jamie I to that great coffee shop. I hope you don’t think Jamie and I are crazy. Well, we are crazy, so I take that back. Looking forward to the next one!!
Oh, I love this! I can’t wait for our next tweetup. =D
And, yes, J. Money, of course I’m as cool in person as I am on the internetz. In fact, probably cooler!
@Jenny Blake: Of course I don’t think you and Jamie are crazy. Okay, well maybe a little bit. Most of my friends are crazy though, so I guess it works out.
@Jamie Varon: I’m looking forward to the next tweetup too. It’s gonna be awesome.