After the 13th Tunisian Blogger Meetup
Yesterday we had our 13th Tunisian blogger meetup in Zaghouan.
All fears that this meetup would be a failure because there was one a week before disappeared when we found that we were 18 people gathered in the meeting spot in downtown Tunis.
We drove to a café/restaurant at the foot of the Zaghouan mountains, right next to the historical temple of waters.
Zaghouan is one of the main sources of mineral water in the country, and cold water was taken from there to Carthage by aqueduct in the roman era.
The place was really nice. We set up four tables to take us all. We talked, had fun, laughed, had lunch and talked some more.
Some serious issues slipped in to our talks like trying to find ways to make the information on the Tunisian aggregator more useful and readable, setting up a wiki to help new bloggers out by answering their questions, help with the Global Voices project and other stuff.
After lunch, Etta joined us, making us 19 bloggers in this meetup, and we drove up the mountains to take in a beautiful breath-taking view of Zaghouan, its green landscape and the surrounding cities.
We then went back to the café for a cup of coffee or some juice, we chatted a bit more, and then we got on our way back to Tunis.
Unfortunately, it didn't go as great until the end. One of the bloggers and her friend, who left a bit earlier, had a car accident on the way home, after their tire blew up. While the rest of us were driving back, we found her car with a bunch of police surrounding it and a tow truck about to take it away. We all stopped and fortunately found that they were both safe, although the car was pretty damaged from the front. We thank God they came out of it safe.
We got home at around 10:30PM and we were more or less exhausted, so I couldn't write about this yesterday nor download the photos from my cam. Hopefully, when I get back home tonight, I'll add some photos to this entry.
Zaghouan Blogger Meetup 6th Tunisian Blogger Meetup Tomorrow: Ramadan Tunisian Blogger Meetup Organizing Tunisian Blogger Meetup 9 After the 10th Tunisian Blogger Meetuphi,
yes I am the first commenter !!I am expecting the photos specially these taken in the head of moutain (not really the head).
you can write a post about all bloggers's proposal in this meetup and what is the technical solution fot that?
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It was great and hopefully Foufa and her friend are alright.
yes imperatorking, I think it's a good thing to open a discussion on that issue online so other bloggers may leave comments and suggest solutions
Posted by: Marouen at April 24, 2006 11:52 AMre-hi,
you are sure for wiki idea?it sounds really engineer usual behavior.
as begining you can write a post and reviwew about important tools and(the links) for more features in blog as RSS etc.
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Thnks guys We made it despite all difficulties , that was a lot of fun to have in Zaghouan, we can get back anytime you want !
Posted by: Karim at April 24, 2006 01:00 PMIt was very nice moment, specially on the top on the montain round the "zéwya" looking forward for the next "in nature" meet up!
thank god foufa and her friend are safe.
Posted by: L`3p0uVAnt4BL3 3Pouv4nT4iL at April 24, 2006 01:04 PMnchallah billotf for our friends who had a car crash. The most important thing is that they are safe, the car can be repaired.
Posted by: Tarek at April 24, 2006 01:40 PMGlad all is ok with the folks who had an accident.
other than that, i look forward to seeing the agreed upon agenda implemented.
These meetups are a great social thing, yet committment to moving forward the blogsphere is even better....i.e. can the aggregator have a different meaning, serve a different purpose other than just being list of who blogs?
they were my 2 cents.
Posted by: Napo at April 24, 2006 06:57 PMnapo, any ideas ?
I have some suggestions but I'll leave it for a future post
Yes i do
i.e. we can establish a DB of bloggers's talent/skills and have them match up against those who seek those talent. samples could range from hints and tips for building websites, to job placement overseas and in-house, to general counselling, history, to trip planning (which u already do with success), etc..., since i've been on blogs, especially tunisian ones (i care less abt the others) i've seen extrememly talented people..that not only i'm proud of, but also eager to learn from and help as well.
the bottom line is to go above and beyond just meeting and talking...one should get something meaningfull out of this.
anyhow, it's my perspective, and i would love to hear others. however if there is consensus that the purpose of the blogsphere is just to chill out and explore some mountains from time to time...then be it, that sounds good too.
This meetup was the occasion for me to see a subzero who is exactly the same I imaginated from its blog: a dynamic & funny person :-) ,so I'm not surprised that you was the person who launches blog meetup in tunisia !
Napo, your idea is great,but I think that in last blog meeting bloggers hadn't take enough time to think about action plan and its schedule.Why not a forum to discuss such ideas constantly or as someone suggest in last meetup a blog for bloggers?
Posted by: swifty at April 25, 2006 12:03 PM