Inaugural Adelaide Geek Dinner Success

Tonight saw the first (to my knowledge) of hopefully many more evenings with some of Adelaide's top .NET software developers.

While others were invited but were unfortunately unable to attend, a very friendly and interesting eight people ultimately arrived. In no particular order:

• Keith Zerna
• James Chapman-Smith
• David Gardiner
• Paul Stovell
• Darren Neimke
• Steve Burger
• Jim Burger
• and myself.

The evening started at 6:30pm (for most of us ;) and eventually came to a close at around 10:30pm after everyone was quite full from a delicious dinner and meaty conversation. I've uploaded a couple of photos to my Flickr account here.

I was originally uncertain about trying to organise such an event especially as I had only briefly met some of the guys before and some not at all. I am very glad I did though because I learned a lot, had some good laughs, and made some new friends too.

The response was so good that I plan to arrange another dinner, with a few more people who couldn't make it this time (eg Candy ;). An evening in January 2008 is my goal but this time I'll invite suggestions for venue, date, and anything else that you think might be a good idea.

Watch this blog for more information on the next dinner as it becomes available and if you'd like to be invited, just send me an email or leave a comment here on the blog.