Our next official meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 23rd at the Kingston Centre Coffeeco from 7:00pm – 10:00pm.

This location/time will be status quo for all #LNMG meets from now on.

We’d like to thank Coffeeco (@coffeeco on Twitter) for being gracious enough to provide the space.

As with our previous meet, we ask that you RSVP for the event here.

Over the next few days we’ll update this post with more details about what’s being covered at the February meetup.

Thanks!

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Back in January of 2009, @tommyvallier took a look at the directories and accounts built around Twitter, and came to the realization that there wasn’t anything concise listing Twitterers from Kingston and spun up the @limestonetweets account.

The original premise was simple: The account would only follow people in Kingston and only be used to tweet about it’s service as a directory. It was designed to list anyone and everyone we could find in Kingston so that when new Twitters did show up, they could find out who else was around.

We experimented a little (Autofollow, publicizing DMs…) and allowed the account to tweet about the meetups, but the original goal – a directory – was still it’s purpose. We got some feedback suggesting we publicize any tweet of public accounts @limestonetweets follows… and did try to… but the code to pull that off got big and messy very quickly.

But now we’ve got Twitter Lists. And we’re gonna use ‘em.

So over the next week, we’ll be creating and putting together a number of lists on the @limestonetweets account. We’ll be breaking things into a number of categories: businesses, media, etc and are open to feedback on list categories via comments on this post, too.

The added advantage of these lists is that if you wanted to follow folks from Kingston, you can simply follow the lists! No more digging through and following everyone by hand – we’ll do that for you.

But then, what of @limestonetweets? Well, because we’ve been using it (And, in all honesty, had planned on continuing to use it) to promote new media focused events we hear of and support, we’re going to rebrand it to @LNMG. We feel it fits better. That change will take place on February 6th, 2010.

We’re also working on new content (and a refreshed design) for the site and a couple of other projects (Some with other communities and partners). More on those as we iron them out.

The Limestone New Media Group is excited to be having its first meetup of the new decade on Tuesday, January 26 at 5:00 p.m., Coffeeco at the Kingston Centre.

We’ll be kicking off the year by sharing some of the social media related projects we’re involved with individually, and talking about what’s in store for us as a group.

You are welcome whether you’re just dipping your toes in the social media waters, or totally immersed in the space. Come out and see who else is tweeting, blogging and podcasting in the Kingston area, and discuss how this technology is, and could be, impacting our community.

Please RSVP at http://guestlistapp.com/events/11910.

Just a reminder that our November meetup will be taking place this Monday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. We’re being hosted by Coffeeco at their Kingston Centre store, 1046 Princess Street.

We’re really pleased to announce that Coffeeco’s Richard Ottenhof has agreed to talk to us about the company’s use of Twitter and other social media initiatives they’re involved with and considering. This will be an excellent discussion about one of the many ways new media is growing in our community, and we’re looking forward to having you as a part of the conversation.

Don’t forget to RSVP here when you have a chance.

See you Monday!