On Wednes­day, May 2nd, we cel­e­brated the two-year anniver­sary of Refresh­Mi­ami! When a few of us first met at a Starbuck’s in South Beach on May 5th, 2006 (Brian Bres­lin, Chris and Rebecca Say­lor, Robert Mur­ray and I), lit­tle did we know how sig­nif­i­cantly the Refresh­Mi­ami com­mu­nity would impact our lives. As Brian writes on the Refresh­Mi­ami blog:

“So its been 2 years. Wow. In the last 2 years I have either met or inter­acted with hun­dreds of great peo­ple in the south florida tech com­mu­nity. Lots of peo­ple have got­ten jobs, made friends, and had a great time. So with that in mind, I think its time we celebrate.“

Cel­e­brate we did! Here are some pho­tos. Michael Tange­man com­pares Refresh­Mi­ami to the First Tues­days and such of the early dot.com days (see also com­ments on his post):

“It is so refresh­ingly unlike the dot.com days here in Miami. No suits, no VCs just flown in from the Val­ley, no invest­ment bankers look­ing to take some­body pub­lic, no lawyers hand­ing out cards and want­ing to get in on the deals. The talk is about tech­nol­ogy and apps and projects and what peo­ple are up to, not about shares and options and exit strategies.”

If you’re new to Miami and look­ing to meet and con­nect with other web entre­pre­neurs, devel­op­ers and design­ers in South Florida, here’s how to participate:

1) join the 220 mem­ber strong Refresh­Mi­ami Google Group for dis­cus­sion on local tech issues, job post­ings and more;

2) join our group on Facebook;

3) if you’re on LinkedIn, we just started a group there. Here’s the link to join;

4) Sub­scribe to the Refresh­Mi­ami blog;

5) Come to our next meetup! Our next event is on May 28th in Coconut Grove … see you there!