• Wednesday’s RefreshMiami is oversubscribed, please plan to arrive early. http://tinyurl.com/3vs4ey #

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!

• 00:19 RefreshMiami & @brbreslin thanks for enabling connections, exchange of ideas and more than a fair share of serendipity over the past 2 tears #
• 00:20 And that would of course be years, not tears #
• 13:21 Met with a local startup in stealth mode with an innovative e-commerce concept and revenue model. Miami can haz tech. #
• 14:34 Reading new comment thread on BusinessWeek listing companies using Twitter tinyurl.com/5ncmpp #
• 14:43 “The result is the mass amateurization of efforts previously reserved for media professionals” -Clay Shirky, in “Here Comes Everybody” #
• 14:57 @andrewhyde You know it! But Twitter’s still unknown to most. A consumer web startup recently asked me: “should we be on Twitter?” #
• 15:09 Uploaded first set of RefreshMiami pictures from last night’s party, have about 10 more to upload tinyurl.com/57e976 #
• 15:23 @michaeltangeman writes a great post about Miami tech, incl. RefreshMiami, BarCampMiami, coworking at Brikolodge tinyurl.com/5hbkha #
• 17:08 Posted last night’s RefreshMiami anniversary photos incl. Lola, our mascot tinyurl.com/47yah9 Thanks everyone! #
• 17:47 @jrwoodward Why do you suppose golfing is embracing twitter? Know of other sports into Twitter? @pgagolf @2008players #
• 18:40 This is so cool … but I wonder how it got on @Mashable? invites.mashable.com/site/startpr @kristennicole2 #
• 19:50 Stunning sunset! Hope a local Flickrer captuted it … #
• 20:49 @brightkite You can check in but you can never leave? (ie., you can leave a place by phone but not through the website?) #

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• 23:36 @ashleyb33 Good point! You can comment shared items on Bloglines, but not on Google Reader. Seems like an obvious feature to have, right? #
• 06:01 Took a friend to the airport and now working early at the office: no traffic for once #
• 10:00 @shelisrael Surely due to an online shift of ad and direct marketing budgets … #
• 10:31 Brightkite looks neat … does anyone have a spare invite? Would appreciate it! www.brightkite.com/ #
• 10:33 @martinbowling Thank you! It’s alex@alexdc.org #
• 10:51 @martinbowling Thanks for the Brightkite invite, I’m signing up now. Thx @onajide @pbacgrad @jbruin @pcarles I’ll see you on the other side. #
• 10:55 @MarkTap @pcarles There must be a way to set privacy. By the way, I see the usual suspects & super-early adopter set is alreadyhere;) #
• 11:07 Brightkite’s orange bubble looks much like Plazes’ blue bubble. Lifestreams / microblogs and geo-location go together like hand in glove #
• 11:13 Brightkite is cool. For some reason I thought FireEagle was going to have similar features … #
• 11:20 @enzobalc My single invite just went out … No GPS required b/c you manually enter in your location #
• 11:27 Obviously Brightkite should repost our tweets inside Brightkite … and I’m quickly turning off the post to Twitter from Brightkite! Doh! #
• 11:30 @enzobalc LOL. Looky here twitter.com/nateritter/statuses/800441455 via @nateritter #
• 11:31 @pbacgrad I got suckered by Brightkite into posting my exact location to Twitter. Doh! It’s in your account settings: careful w/ ur privacy! #
• 11:36 @DevBear Choosing GTA4 over 2 year anniversary of RefreshMiami tonight? Come to think of it, GTA4 is prolly safer than driving in Miami #
• 11:44 Retweeting @strategicast: Trying to get an invite to brightkite. Does anyone have an invite to spare? It would be much appreciated. Thanks. #
• 11:55 @brightkite The privacy option should be on “locked” by default, I just tweeted my location to Twitter by mistake (not happy about that). #
• 12:53 @brightkite Publicly tweeting exact address details is for teh suck! Rather, you should enable our tweets *within* Brightkite. #
• 12:59 @brightkite Well, I’ve deleted by now, haven’t it? I syndicate tweets to FriendFeed Tumblr FB Jaiku. Dude, mistakes are 2 easy w/ brightkite #
• 13:07 @brightkite Indeed I did. The privacy settings are on a separate page from Twitter settings. It’s too easy to make the same mistake I did. #
• 13:17 @brightkite I completed first step of wizard and clicked out. I suppose I should read instructions when assembling Ikea furniture as well? #
• 13:36 @brightkite Thanks, I wish that had already been in place. Good luck with your service, looks promising. #
• 18:28 @macaia Did you see Brazil’s now upgraded to investment grade? tinyurl.com/5ojfuj Parity’s not unrealistic! tinyurl.com/67m59v #
• 18:32 Heading to RefreshMiami two-year party at the Brikolodge, see you there! tinyurl.com/6ocf6h #
• 18:51 “Woman and child” memorable still from One Water, the movie tinyurl.com/6yl55a @1h2o now has a Flickr group tinyurl.com/5elxx8 #

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• 09:30 @ikepigott More than just lazy, it’s also sleazy, slanted and sensationalist journalism. Whatever sells, right? tinyurl.com/6xjyvn #
• 09:34 Coldplay’s song is not entirely free, they’re collecting your email. I wonder what they’ll do with it. www.coldplay.com/song.html #
• 09:45 Retweeting @jamesbuck Free mohammed, send an eCard to the consul attiyashakran@hotmail.com tinyurl.com/6m4dcn #
• 12:36 Wine wholesaler fell thru! Need new sponsor for RefreshMiami 2yr partytomorrow: ~$150 for wine, 50people attending tinyurl.com/6ocf6h #
• 13:00 @lsal77 Thanks for the Flipshake sponsorship of RefreshMiami! w00t! flipshake.com/ #
• 13:27 @quiverandquill @gregoire mapovino.com/ @montgomery @onajide Thanks for your offers and tips, it’s very much appreciated. #
• 13:30 @quiverandquill Kudos for “Rubber Chicken Social Club” in Boston! tinyurl.com/5t7kpq Informal meetups are generally the best kind. #
• 13:50 Without a moment’s hesitation and nary a doubt, he swiftly declared RSS bankruptcy and breathed a sigh of relief. #
• 13:56 @rrodgers On the contrary, it means I clicked the “Mark all as read” button. A refreshingly blank slate (screen, rather) stared back. #
• 14:01 @rrodgers Blog posts unread may rest in peace. They’re gone for good … unless someone links to them from Twitter, that is #
• 15:35 I love Twistori twistori.com/ #
• 16:35 @jpostman Visually stunning style, congrats. But I don’t agree w/ communist/socialist theme to describe social media is.gd/aaI #
• 17:05 Pre-ordered @missrogue ’s “Whuffie Factor” tinyurl.com/6bt2n9 & ordered @cshirky ’s “Here Comes Everybody” tinyurl.com/5w3r49 #
• 17:26 @jpostman It certainly makes a bold statement and will get some attention Good luck with your new consultancy, you’ll do well. #
• 17:29 @thorpus @yourdon I look forward to reading Clay’s book. I’m halfway through Groundswell – the Technographics chapter is very good #
• 17:33 Mobile Monday Miami at Myxer’s office on May 12th. The following one’s at Nokia’s on June 9th. Thanks @sass and @michaeltangeman . Rock on. #
• 17:36 @PelleB Agreed. I understand it’s meant tongue-in-cheek: twitter.com/jpostman/statuses/799845488 Take it up with @jpostman #
• 21:27 It’s really too bad you can’t customize the style of Google Reader shared items page, they all look the same tinyurl.com/4gov23 #
• 21:36 @kingsley2 I’ve got Tumblr, just added you tapio.tumblr.com/ #
• 23:36 @ashleyb33 Good point! You can comment shared items on Bloglines, but not on Google Reader. Seems like an obvious feature to have, right? #

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• 08:34 May 10 is Pangea Day – Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Rio will be linked to produce powerful films: tinyurl.com/6bhp9c #
• 09:28 @shashib thanks for this picture of me, I’ll start using it as my new avatar flickr.com/photos/adc/2448343265/ #
• 09:33 Finally updated my ClaimID page, looking more like it should now: claimid.com/alexdc #
• 13:07 Listening to “Social networking and social marketing in the digital age” on NPR live.friendsofwlrn.org/ #
• 13:38 So the next Mobile Monday Miami is May 12th, hosted by @sass / Myxer. Please tell your non-Twitter mobile friends tinyurl.com/4zx7or #
• 14:10 It’s misguided put the word communityin quotes and in the same sentence w/ “consumer marketing arena” tinyurl.com/3qn4xo #borg #
• 14:12 <rant>Your “consumers” in their “communities” certainly don’t think of such spaces as”consumer marketing arenas”; neither should y … #
• 14:21 @bendtheweb I’d follow you here after hearing you on NPR but you’re not engaging in conversations, just sending out links to your own site. #
• 15:02 @lindasherman I haven’t given PD much thought … maybe I can do something for it with @1h2o www.flickr.com/groups/onewater/ #
• 15:34 This is verbatim: “Now, for the most *IMPORTANT* part of the community: buying that outfit” tinyurl.com/6hnlzr #
• 15:37 @cgranier @montgomery In same vein as revolutiontheme.com/ there’s also premiumnewstheme.com/ and quommunication.com/ #
• 15:44 @robertmurray LOL! You’re right – don’t ask @JamesatBabySpot I wonder whether Wet Seal did some market research before building this #
• 16:29 @aureliusmaximus @JamesatBabySpot Good post, we’re addressing a part of that with StartPR.com tinyurl.com/3f5rka #
• 16:30 @FreeRangeMom Precisely why I don’t spend much time at the mall #
• 16:54 @briansolis Congrats for this tinyurl.com/6xftuw #
• 18:21 Puzzled to see that over half of the ASUS eee PC’s home page is links to other sites? What’s the point? eeepc.asus.com/us/index.htm #
• 19:17 Looking forward to Refresh Miami two-year anniversary on Wednesday tinyurl.com/6ocf6h #
• 20:08 “I suspect that there’s a whole lot of clicking without a lot of thinking,” -Mary Madden, Pew Research Re: FB apps tinyurl.com/3lktqd #
• 21:43 Counting down about nine and a half hours to download “Violet Hill,” the new free Coldplay song www.coldplay.com/song.html #
• 21:45 The Coldplay site is all about a free song, show and site … and a nice bit of artwork, “Viva la Vida!” www.coldplay.com/index.html #
• 22:04 @loiclemeur Glad you and yours are fine #

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• 10:58 @GeoffLiving Agreed. Also, more fine-grained privacy control, app-request blocking and the new chat have breathed a lot of new life into FB. #
• 10:59 @montgomery @brbreslin You can figure out reciprocal follows by using “Twitter Karma”; Google it to find it. #
• 11:08 @BarbarKB No one disputes RL is more vital On the other hand, there’s arguably greater chance of serendipity online. A balance b/w both? #
• 11:13 @brbreslin Understood, I was responding more to @montgomery. Twubble partly does what you’re looking for, though not exactly. #
• 17:50 Nice, brief summary of the evolution of the Miami web-tech community, by @brbreslin tinyurl.com/3vw635 It’s been fun! @refreshmiami #
• 19:55 Will the Brazilian Real be on a par with the US Dollar in a year or two? (click on 5-yr graph) tinyurl.com/5oftpe #
• 20:28 @RichardAult If I think far back enough, I think I could have done this too www.flickr.com/photos/ault/1278303843 (great shot!) #

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• 08:03 @greghaase Thanks for sharing this list of Mail/Addressbook/ical plugins: www.hawkwings.net/plugins.htm #
• 09:20 “Mowser is at the end of its life in its current form.” – @RussB tinyurl.com/573kp4 #
• 09:33 “GroupTweet is confusing and if you make a mistake, your direct messages are made public.” – @techcrunch tinyurl.com/5vu8eo #
• 15:14 @DougH Drinking tea is the only reasonable option at this point! Enjoy your vacay #
• 15:37 @ken_neth Welcome to Twitter. Check out the Miami Twitter Pack: tinyurl.com/2f8s7n #
• 16:38 Next Mobile Monday Miami on May 12th at Myxer, thanks to @sass for hosting. Know someone in mobile? Plz tell them! mobilemonday.net/ #
• 18:35 RefreshMiami two year anniversary is next Wednesday, April 30th … everyone’s welcome! tinyurl.com/6ocf6h #
• 19:35 Miami’s on Forbe’s sinful city map for Avarice, Sloth and Pride (not surprising) but not for Lust! Huh??? tinyurl.com/3286by #
• 19:40 We’re getting close with StartPR! Very soon we’ll invite those who signed up at startpr.com #
• 19:54 Uploaded first set of pictures to @1h2o on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/1h2o/ #
• 20:02 If you’re on Flickr, please consider adding 1h2o (thank you) www.flickr.com/people/1h2o/ and on twitter @1h2o #
• 20:29 @shamir Thanks for your help with Flickr, it’s much appreciated! You rock! flickr.com/people/shr/ #

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• 01:16 @seanbonner Any plans for a visit to Miami now that you’re in Sarasota? #
• 12:22 @praguelondon Interesting thought I really meant being able to tweet both privately + publicly from same account, by grouping followers #
• 13:06 “Still Life”, on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/adc/2434469644/ #
• 14:20 @jowyang here’s mine friendfeed.com/alexdc #
• 14:24 @shashib Congrats! PodCamp sounds fun, we oughta do one in Miami tinyurl.com/6j8jko ( @chrisbrogan ) #
• 14:49 @thorpus PodCamp sounds more “new media” and less tech than BarCamp … might be good for students? I’ve never been to one … #
• 19:15 @jowyang Did suddenly stopping your online activity during vacation give you a different viewpoint, or was the SMBO building up? #
• 19:18 At a Miami Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce event. Real world, brick and mortar. Refreshing. #
• 19:56 Wondering how many plastic bags my grocery store handed out today. #greentips #
• 20:04 @kr8tr Wowzers! An average of 35K plastic bags per day, per store? They’re giving them out like they’re going out of style! #
• 20:16 @kr8tr They’re made from petroleum derivatives right? Are they biodegradable? Some end up in bodies of water, fish chew them, we eat fish #

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• 10:51 Sleep is underrated. Feeling refreshed after a full night’s sleep, first time in weeks … Should try this more often. #
• 11:24 Writing website copy and preparing for new round of beta testing next week #
• 11:47 @ericmccarty@thinkjose Miami has BarCamps, monthly RefreshMiami refreshingcities.com/ and NextMiami. Coming soon: SuperHappyDevHouse #
• 13:00 “social networking features will be like toilets” analogy by @chrisbrogan tinyurl.com/2lecqk : it’s not a hotel room w/o a toilet #
• 13:25 Discovering @infovark blog www.infovark.com/ and @unorder (see “How stories create culture” tinyurl.com/2wxdd3 ) via @bentrem #
• 13:51 @vanderwal clearly illustrates the difference between collective tinyurl.com/2d8vsd and collaborative tinyurl.com/2dusxm #
• 13:55 Screenshot of a friendly email invite to Social Vibe tinyurl.com/ywfvvh #
• 14:07 @amandachapel LOL! I take it you’ve been to the men’s room at Wrigley field? Now picture how much worse it would be w/o a men’s room. #
• 14:19 Miami coworking would also benefit from some Jellytinyurl.com/2d3436 #
• 14:48 “Building legacy is about creating superheroes that will create more superheroes” – @alexknowshtml tinyurl.com/2gwua5 #
• 15:06 @bentrem right, there are lots of unsung superheroes, and the A-list is also not always the place to find them #
• 15:33 @bentrem I’m not trying to be definitional and I get what you mean. Let’s focus on the spirit of this, not the letter. #
• 15:35 Meeting soon with the folk at UMiami who wrote and produced onewaterthemovie.com/ #
• 17:57 @bentrem I do my best to avoid being oxymoronic, but sometimes I fail The term unsung superhero is a case in point. Words do matter. #
• 18:01 @benbinary @jessestay @brbreslin I’m not a proponent of an auto-follow bot precisely b/c of the number of spambots and accounts #
• 18:06 @jessestay I like the personalized Facebook URL feature of your socialtoo.com service, I just signed up, thanks #
• 19:01 Watching live GroundReportTV with micah sifry, arianna huffington, jay rosen, lisa tosi, jeff jarvis tinyurl.com/yvho79 #
• 19:06 @JeffJarvis moderating GroundReportTV: “What if Obama’s in the White House and he gets a 3 a.m. Twitter message?” lol #
• 19:11 Micah Sifry “Now that Obama’s built the largest online constituency to date across many social sites, the question is, ‘who owns the list’?” #
• 19:32 Peruvian Tweetups are called BeerTwits … excellent! beertwit.com/ #
• 19:34 @thekurst It’s still a bit early since we’re in closed Beta and changing the website as well. I’ll communicate more next week. Thanks! #
• 19:50 @aerodi Your Mexican TwittMx parties look like fun tinyurl.com/yrk7dr #
• 20:35 “It is quite surreal to have internet access in such a place” Cabana on the Water, possible coworking loc Panama tinyurl.com/3b7b3s #
• 20:59 @cgranier Congrats on NotiLat, the Alltop of LatAm notilat.com/ – We just need to get Brazil on there #

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