I began perusing through EventBrite back in the fall, although I haven’t done it consistently enough. I can get access to all kinds of events that previously passed under my radar. Last week I attempted to validate my palate by participating in Stubbs taste testing for their new sauce. Now normally I’m a Lockhart kind of no-sauce traditionalist when it comes to the Q, but I figured what the hell. You got four sets of samples for their different lines. You were asked to discern which of the samples was different, and yes I was singing "one of these things is not like the other" in my head during the tasting. I found it odd that the people running the test were eating pizza and came close to asking if they needed help with that too. But for 30 minutes I got $50 and some neat insight into the data set Stubbs uses to adjust their recipes. I think me and the better half will use it for one of the gospel brunches!
But EB isn’t limited – I also signed up for the Social Media Breakfast Austin (which I missed unfortunately for an unannounced customer call – customers trump all as you know), but I’m making the next one! TechRanch Austin is having one of their campfires on Friday. There’s a lot of interesting stuff going on in your locale, so check it out: www.EventBrite.com.
I’ve also seen meetup recommended, although I’ve just started to explore it. MeetUp.com.
yuri kostun
