Missoula

As I'm sure you know, I've been a big fan of Foursquare, the location based game. And recently it has started to catch more interest in the Missoula Twitter community. I think that it would be a fun idea to play a game of Foursquare during Missoula's First Friday, the downtown art walk that takes place the first Friday of every month. The two ideas of what is being done is practically duplicated: going to multiple places, checking out new venues, and hopefully running into friends and other interesting people.

So here's what I propose: the person who gets the most points on Foursquare on Friday the 5th of February 2009 in Missoula, MT from 4pm - 8pm, I will give a growler of any beer from any brewery in Missoula. You can even keep the glass container. I know it's not too much, but I thought that it'd be fun for everyone who played the Foursquare First Friday game could met up at the brewery of the winner's choice the next day around 6pm-ish and all hang out, enjoy a beer, and chat. And of course, so I can give a growler of beer to the winner. To make it more interesting I was hoping more people would be willing to put up another small prize. Just mention it in the comments below.

October 23rd - 25th, 2009, David Garrigues will be at the Yoga Fitness Center in Missoula, MT for an Ashtanga Yoga workshop involving an intro to the 2nd series that is open to all students (the section I'm most interested in), Pranayama, Vinyasa, and Restorative asanas, and a classic Mysore practice. David has a wonderful practice and a unique insight into Ashtanga that is very valuable. Ben and I had the pleasure of practicing alongside him when we went to Mysore, India. Please see the flyer above or call (406) 728-6770 for more info.

NewWest.net , is throwing a cool, informative event designed to inform businesses how they can harness next generation social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, that is free and viral. This is the direction that information sharing and commercial suggestion (which while probably replace advertising) is going. Friends suggesting where the good stuff is to one another through an interconnected, overlapping web of ties to people we actually know. So this event would be pretty informative for any businesses/entrepreneurs who don't get this "digital/social thing" that is happening to our world, our economy, and your business.

The Details:

• Feb 17, 2009; 5pm
• $10
• 130 E Broadway at Dauphines
• More Event Details at NewWest.net
• Facebook Event (let us know you're coming!)

Full Disclosure: I work for NewWest.net as their Webmaster and am promoting this event through aforementioned social services. Although I do think that it will be a good event to check. Plus it's only $10...