Outlet Baltimore

Last night, I headed down to the second Outlet Baltimore event, this time held at Dougherty’s on W. Chase St. While I didn’t get a chance to introduce myself or say hi to everyone, I did talk to a bunch of cool, interesting people. For those that don’t know, Outlet Baltimore is basically a monthly event for people involved in tech/new media/Twitter in Baltimore to get together, have a few drinks, and meet each other in real life.

It’s a very interesting and sometimes awkward phenomenon to meet someone you follow on Twitter for the first time. When they tell you their name, you’re like, “Yeah, I know who you are. I also know what you ate for lunch today, what music you like, and that you have 3 cats.” But of course, I just said, “Hi, I’m Chris.”

But honestly, Outlet is a really cool event and one worth checking out. It gave me a chance to meet and talk with people who are interested in a lot of the same things I am. Hopefully events like this will continue to develop the community that exist online into one that exists in the real world.

Online social networks are great and very important, but they’re a lot more valuable and fun when they also extend to the real world. I highly recommend getting yourself out to the next Outlet Baltimore. If you do, make sure you say hi.