(Inner) West Side Coffee Mornings (#wscm on twitter)

Short and sweet guestbook this week, 20 minutes after midnight makes for concise posts.

Things that came up that I can remember hearing or saying:

sharessmiles - Sheryl does some fine graphic design work, here are some examples www.sherylcole.blogspot.com

See @build_website - Teena's post for more insights into the morning.

Tony

@thelatteguy
@thewordpressguy

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Guestbook for today

	stubbornmule Sydney, Australia I think that scraping myschool.edu.au will be a job for someone with greater facility with javascript than me :(  about 12 hours ago
	seancarmody Sean Carmody | Sydney @trib for some reason that reply didn't hit Tweetie or TweetDeck, but I found saw the reply to @JonoH in your stream  about 6 hours ago
	johnw3lls John Wells RT @hollingsworth: Social network "points of contact" overload by @chrisbrogan [blog] http://is.gd/7cWdy  about 3 hours ago
	allisonhornery Allison Hornery | Sydney, Australia RT @LisaCespedes International Academic Webcasting Grant for Developing Countries using openEyA http://ow.ly/10UF2 #ICT4D  about 4 hours ago
	hollingsworth Tony Hollingsworth | Sydney, NSW, Australia RT @FrancieJones: a nice personal story about Facebook's privacy settings by @RazChorev http://bit.ly/bVTgNn  about 1 hour ago
	gafvolope Barnaby Walsh | Sydney, Australia RT @benokri: The dream is real, and the real is a dream Each one of us is a powerful being.  12:31 PM Jan 27th
	astropenny Penny Walters | Sydney @TudorGrrrl does this happen to everyone right before they turn 40?? Hope everything is ok.  9:48 PM Jan 21st
	sharessmiles Sheryl Cole | Australia Smiles communicate feelings such as love, happiness, pride, contempt, and sometimes embarrassment  about 7 hours ago
	bmonsma Brandi Monsma | Daegu, South Kore Haven't been on twitter in awhile. Wish I had an iPhone!  1:34 PM Jan 22nd
	build_website BuildAWebsiteTonight | Sydney thx4 RT Terry! @terrymslobodian: @build_website @TechCrunch: Video: #iPad In Action http://bit.ly/9qQE3R by @parislemon  about 2 hours ago
	thewordpressguy Tony Cosentino | Sydney I agree with @brasseriebread 's praise of @kristinrohan Kristin is a great web strategist based in Sydney with professional SEO views.  9:28 PM Jan 25th
	CrunchDesign Mardi Dean | Sydney, Australia @stevieenglish @mellalicious you too are funny, are you both sitting on the couch tweeting each other!  about 1 hour ago
	CallanPark Kat McCormick | Callan Park Festival-Lilyfield Thank you @gafvolope The end clips makes me want 2 say... thx 4 being there 4 us all: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHTmXExjyE&feature=fvsr  about 5 hours ago

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A great group turned up today for the first #wscm for the year. Lots of new faces too.

Things that came up that I can remember hearing or saying:

@sharessmiles - Sheryl showed us her wonderful card range have varouos animals with fronts and 'bums' on each side fo the cards.

See her website http://www.twospoonfulsofsugar.com/ for more info.

Also heard about a fantastic mac repairer from  @build_website - Teena  http://www.macsasnew.com.au/index2.html ask for Norm Dart.

Also found out that @IgressOnline - Trish is a Adobe Catalyst Guru in the making so contact Trish for help with that CMS system.

@bmonsma - Brandi told me I must follow @tferris author of the 4 hour work week to manage my schedule to squeeze in Setting up the Calan Park festival website infrastructure.

@PollyStreet will be doing headshots for #wscm people in Feb, date tba but it will be at a #wscm coffee morning and there will be an upfront fee of $50 for some professional headshots which is fantastic value.

@build_website - Teena has done a fantastic post about the morning here also http://buildawebsitetonight.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=15&cntnt01returnid=123

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Video (courtesy of @build_website )

Guestbook for today

	bmonsma Brandi Monsma | Sydney Anyone have ideas for good activities and events to hold at a huge festival?  11:26 PM Nov 19th, 2009
	PollyStreet fiona k | sydney I'll miss their Canadian breakfast "Popular cafe 'totally destroyed' by fire" #fdmjg2 http://smh.com.au/national-mjg2.html  7:54 AM Jan 20th
	YllaWright Ylla Wright | Sydney, Australia I can smell freshly cut grass, always one of my favourite smells  about 4 hours ago
	build_website BuildAWebsiteTonight | Sydney RT @ANight_in_Paris: RT @smashingmag: Mastering Photoshop: Unknown Tricks and Time-Savers - http://su.pr/2SpG6P  about 5 hours ago
	sharessmiles Sheryl Cole | Australia RT @_Shelbyville: Intriguing thought this... RT @the99percent: Visualize how long the things you own actually own you :: http://bit.ly/6 ...  about 1 hour ago
	consultingworx Michelle | Australia We are looking for business consultants to help fulfill jobs - www.consultingworx.com.au  12:41 PM Jan 20th
	IngressOnline Trish Gorring | Sydney Websites from yester-year - "WayBack Machine" View previous versions of any site: http://bit.ly/30eXa (can be embarrassing!)  about 4 hours ago
	thewordpressguy Tony Cosentino | Sydney @urbanassistant sorted Claire I forgot to pay too so have called Prego and paid for both of our orders by Credit card #nscm  about 2 hours ago
	voirol Tom Voirol | Sydney @leoh1llary likewise, as always. Look forward to more.  about 23 hours ago
	_Shelbyville Michelle Vandermeer | Camperdown, Sydney Intriguing thought this... RT @the99percent: Visualize how long the things you own actually own you :: http://bit.ly/6L6nfC  about 2 hours ago
	CrunchDesign Mardi Dean | Sydney, Australia RT @iggypintado: @RyanWest85 We have passion 4 Marketing & Branding. Love to catch up!  13 minutes ago
	CallanPark Kat McCormick | Callan Park Festival-Lilyfield @CrunchDesign Boy did I miss u...traffic from Birchgrove 2 Norton St was a parking lot!! Yes I would like to meet for a coffee, ???  about 23 hours ago

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After a lovely break over the Christmas - New Year period #wscm will get going again on 20 Jan 2010.

Please find all of the information about the venue. parking and times here:

http://wscm.posterous.com/inner-west-side-coffee-mornings-launches-wed

Tony
@thelatteguy

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An amazing finish to the year with 17 adults and 1 child coming along for the last #wscm of the year.

Things that came up that I can remember hearing or saying:

@voirol: Good location for finding fonts is www.microsoft.com/typography

@thewordpressguy Clean up who you folllow with Twit Cleaner - www.thetwitcleaner.com
iPhone app that Molly(3) was enjoying: The wheels on the bus

@yuvalararat iPhone apps to try: PDF Expert, BJiveM, Weather Pro, Boxcar

@seancarmody Great coffee shop: Campos 193 Missenden Rd, Newtown

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Guestbook for today

	thewordpressguy thelatteguy Tony Cosentino | Sydney Following @kategroom Kate, thank you so much for A visiting my website and B sharing your experience while there. Another #nscm treasure.  about 8 hours ago
	hollingsworth Tony Hollingsworth | Sydney, NSW, Australia Following RT @fictillius Suggestions for dinner tonight in #Adelaide? Something nice :) <- @smiffy ?  about 2 hours ago
	voirol Tom Voirol | Sydney Following At the Time for Reel Action screening with @suzeingram, @acatinatree (@ Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in Sydney) http://4sq.com/8uqMFm  about 2 hours ago
	_Shelbyville Michelle Vandermeer | Camperdown, Sydney Following You go girl! :) RT @allisonhornery: Jumping into the groovy "One Hour Photos" challenge - why not join us... http://bit.ly/8Waaf1  about 3 hours ago
	PollyStreet fiona k | sydney Following @polkadotbride so with you on that.... would love a waterview. Enjoy.  11:00 AM Dec 15th
	RazChorev Raz Chorev | Sydney, Australia Following @snaglepus I've got The Perfect Gift for a Man http://bit.ly/manebook :) for your work colleague...  13 minutes ago
	AndrewBlanda Andrew Blanda | Sydney, Australia Following @CallanPark Mon 3pm is fine fine fine :-) #wscm  about 4 hours ago
	myriamthi Myriam Thibault | Sydney, Australia Following ; - ) They even have a special "BBQ spices kit for blokes", $30, very cute! RT @bouleu: thanks for the tip on Herbie's Spices Xmas gifts.  about 11 hours ago
	KenBurgin Ken Burgin | Sydney, Australia Following iPhone Apps for Education: plenty that are relevant for hospitality http://ff.im/cZ4xa  39 minutes ago
	allisonhornery Allison Hornery | Sydney, Australia Following For all you innovators out there, great quote from @KenBurgin at #wscm this morning: it's easier to ask forgiveness than ask permission  about 3 hours ago
	johnw3lls John Wells Following C'mon Syd! Melb? > RT @lozz: Bris, Perth & Canberra already org'd f2f meets to discuss strategy. http://bit.ly/66HHN4 #nocleanfeed  8 minutes ago
	CrunchDesign Mardi Dean | Sydney, Australia Following We are at Kristins surprise party, http://twitpic.com/tq3vl  about 1 hour ago
	CallanPark Kat McCormick | Callan Park - Lilyfield Following @johnw3lls I'm in...What did u have in mind, some evil terrorist act… getting everyone to unfollow K Rudd???  38 minutes ago
	Riding4aCause Following RT @servantofchaos: So far we have sold > 250 copies and >3300 downloads of the free ebook - The Perfect Gift for a Man http://bit ...  14 minutes ago
	veronicakmorgan Veronica Morgan | Sydney Following @callanpark - nice to meet you too today at #wscm  about 3 hours ago
	yuvalararat Sydney Following @phillyjays forgot to mention i was not kidding in the first tweet. its a great market if you hit the right chords.  34 minutes ago
	seancarmody stubbornmule Sean Carmody | Sydney Following Interesting take on the "Social Graph gold" behind Facebook's latest privacy changes http://bit.ly/74hWXC  1 minute ago
	aDB Matthew Hall | Homebush, NSW, Australia Following @NameCheap good luck  about 7 hours ago

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A slow start this morning, missed the early chat with @voirol - Tom & @AndrewBlanda who had meeting today and couldn't make it.
After 9am people started rolling in and by 10am we were in full swing.

Guestbook for today

@thelatteguy - Tony(me), @YllaWright - Ylla, @CallanPark - Katherine, @Headwellred - Melinda, @aDB - Matthew,  @hollingsworth - Tony,  @_Shelbyville - Michelle, @viveka - Viveka

Things that came up that I can remember hearing or saying:

Matthew -  @aDB discussed barcamp http://www.barcampsydney.org/ which sounds amazing. Organise discussion groups on the fly and kid/family friendly I love it. Apparently the one coming up in Canbera will be a good one http://barcamp.org/BarCampCanberra
We also got to meet the lovely Melinda, Matthew wife. Havng some very cool talents that you have to come to a #wscm to learn about.

Ylla @YllaWright mentioned the The Food Safari show by Maev O'Mara on SBS http://www.sbs.com.au/food/foodsafari

Tony H - @hollingsworth shared a great tip for ravioli he was given recently. Just fry some Sage(herb) with a good qaulity butter and then add the ravioli. Making me hungry just typing this.
Tony also mentioned a new tablet PC called a JooJoo http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/joojoo-tablet-hands-on-video/ which seems to be the crunchpad that techcrunch was unable to release because their business partner got greedy.
Tony also taked about the book Outliers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book) an intertesting look into how being born at the right time of year affects sporting pursiots and that to become amazing in an area of endeavor don't need to be a genius or super talented you really need to do the endeavour for 10,000 hours to become amazing at it.

Michelle - @_Shelbyville is running a Bookbinding class on Sunday 13 December from 1-4pm for $55 including materials, leather, paper, bookbinding thread etc. Location is Erskinville Public School. That is fantastic value in my opinion.
email Michelle: michelle at shelbyville dot com dot au
to register and get full list of details and what to bring.

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Tony Cosentino
@thelatteguy

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Another lovely group arrived today at different times of the morning some arriving at 8am others 10am. All contributed wonderfully to several conversations going on at any one time.

Guestbook for today

@voirol - Tom, @thelatteguy - Tony(me), @KenBurgin - Ken, @PollyStreet - Fiona, @viveka - Viveka, @_Shelbyville - Michelle, @hollingsworth - Tony, @CallanPark - Katherine, @verycleveralias - Nicole, @Gabfran - Megan

Things that came up that I can remember hearing or saying:

Katherine mentioned that www.hostgator.com have provided very reliable and economical hosting based in the US.

Viveca describes his passion as "Design principles of mixed place for geographically distributed collaborated creativity"

Tom discussed how the  www.foursquare.com iphone app is taking off in hos peer group so a Ken, Tony H & I promptly signed up to start getting connected there too. You use it to let your friends now where you are so if you happen to be nearby you can catch up.

Tony H also mentioned a book written by a friend form a females perspective of a male dominated Legal world in Australia. The book is "Legally Blind" by Elizabeth Gascoigne. Website is www.legallyblindthenovel.com

Tony C(me) mentioned how to setup your contact on the iphone to seperate out the twitter users specifically. I have written a brief post here how to do it with a screen shot. http://justbecos.posterous.com/how-i-setup-groups-app-on-iphone-to-filter-tw

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Tony Cosentino
@thelatteguy

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Well our 2nd coffee morning was a great success once again this week.

We had quality conversations and truly amazing new connections happening in front of my eyes again. Some new faces too which is so good to see the word is getting out there.

Guestbook for today

@dreamingspires - Heidi, @thelatteguy - Tony(me), @MardiDean - Mardi, @Three60Agency - Carolyn, @johnw3lls - John, @CallanPark - Katherine, @AndrewBlanda - Andrew

Things that came up that I can remember hearing or saying:

Wordpress (of course I remember those bits)

Thesis theme for wordpress was discussed as a good well organised theme. Costs around $US87 with full access to user forumns.

Hive plugin that allows one hosting account to have multiple wordpress websites running from one install. Ask @AndrewBlanda for more info as he currently uses it.

Callan Park Festival

A subject very dear to @CallanPark - Katherine's heart.

When: 1 May 2010
Website info: http://utopia.edu.au/projects/callan-park-festival
Where: Callan Park Grounds Rozelle

Riding4aCause

A project that @AndrewBlanda is part of. Riding accross America in October 2010 to improve awareness of depression in men

Website: http://www.riding4acause.org/

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And that's about it for this week.

See you next week, same venue same time.

Tony Cosentino
@thelatteguy

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Wow what a morning,

Our first #wscm is over and I had a ball. I arrived at 8am and @voirol - Tom and @matrixonboard were already there getting to know each other.
As you will see in the photos below it was a glorious venue suggested by @TheVASydney who couldn't make it this week but I am sure will be a regular in future.
Note for future visits, Norton Plaza which is directly opposite the cafe now has 2 hours of free parking with no strings attached, no validation required even.

Here is our guest book for today so if you missed anyones name or twitter handle it is here.

@voirol - Tom,  @matrixonboard - Morri, @KenBurgin _ Ken, @YllaWright - Ylla, @Cruchdesign - Mardi, @thelatteguy - Tony(me), @PollyStreet - Fiona, @KateTribe - Kate, @NancyGeorges - Nancy, @CallanPark - Katherine, @aDB - Matthew, @hollingsworth - Tony, @johnw3lls - John

apologies from: @TheVASydney - Bronwyn, @AndrewBlanda - Andrew, @veronicakmorgan - Veronica, @ValerioVeo - Valerio

Thanks so much to everyone who cam along and made it such a memorable and rewarding day.

I have booked us in for next week so see you all then if not before

Tony Cosentino
@thelatteguy

Now the Photos from the day.

Now although @iggypintado - Iggy wasn't able to make it, he was here in spririt. A small shrine was in place which blessed the first #wscm beautifully and we expect to prosper for a long time to come beacuse of it.

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There are such amazing coffee mornings going on around Sydney that it's time for one in the Inner West.

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