Seattle Twestival 2009

On February 12, 2009, cities around the world attended an event called Twestival. Its composed of people in the Twitter community who gathered to raise money for a common purpose – clean and drinkable water for poorer countries. This was done in association with Charity: Water. It was a great implementation of the slogan “think global, act local”.

I attended the Seattle Twestival, and had a great time. Seattle has a strong Twitter community, and it was great to see many there Thursday night at the Spitfire Grill. I saw several of my friends there, and met some new people as well. It’s a fantastic thing to be able to meetup with these people. It strengthens your relationships when you take the online relationships offline. It solidifies the sense of community, and the feeling of connectedness.

I haven’t heard yet about the amount of funds raised, but I’ll updated this post when I find out. Whatever the outcome, every little bit helps. Some people’s lives are going to be changed for the better, and that’s a good thing.