Tech Cocktail – Networking Site
So it looks like Tech Cocktail has jumped on the Ning love train and started a community.
It makes sense. All those people who think that Tech Cocktail is the greatest name of a community ever (me included) should be able to meet with people of like mind.
Yet, I’m hesitant to join.
Does being a new media junkie that considers Plurk a form of methadone when her Twitter heroin supply goes all flying whale on her make me a good candidate for this group?
I’ve heard mixed reviews from people that have attended Tech Cocktail (I have not, so bear that in mind here – I’m speaking from learning about it through people I network with…no firsthand experience to be had until October when it comes back ‘round here to Chicago.)
Maybe my own personal identity crisis will help me decide. Until then, I wish they didn’t have it set up so you can’t see without registering. I would like to know what’s going on back there without having to commit with my handle and password creation and all that other hoopla that’s necessary to begin taking part in the fun and games of Ning community sites (I have one, so I’m well aware of how they work.)
But the forums aren’t that great on Ning sites. Of course, since it is the Tech Cocktail people they may have spiffed it up all code-a-licous style. The social networking? Well it happens through individual blogs that are on the Ning site. You can also post and share video and pictures. There are other features that may be great in there that I don’t know about due to the technical competence of those running the site.
I’m asking myself the same question I always ask when presented with a new networking opportunity. Is it the place I want to be for networking? Do I want to meet other Tech Cocktail fans that are based where I’m based?
Plus, part of me wonders if I’m really cool enough to be there with all those super-uber-cool people. (Don’t pretend you’ve never wondered the same thing when you joined a new group…)
What do you think? Is the Tech Cocktail Ning site the place to be? Or will I be surrounded by people with fun, made up title names (evangelist, in case you were grasping for an example) that think a swanky degree, a made up title, and too much screen time make you king (or queen) of the emo new media universe?
Maybe I should interview someone that’s in charge of the site and ask them. I’ll let you know how that shakes out.
Image source: Tech Cocktail Community Website
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