Meetup 006 , 7, 8, and MORE

Hey y'all! It's been a minute... ok it's been a while. We haven't gone away. In fact, we've been more active than ever and I simply have let blogging fall by the wayside. But delay no more! Here's a bunch of updates on what ATProto Boston has been up to and what we're doing next.

Announcements

Sponsors! You may have noticed that I am marked as an author of this post, even though its on the @atproto.boston blog. That's because the folks at @leaflet.pub have kindly sponsored us with complimentary Leaflet Pro! Not only that, @bsky.app, shouts to the lovely @jimray.bsky.team, have also chipped in with support for food at our upcoming meetups. And lastly, CarGurus has offered to host us in their downtown HQ. Thank you to our sponsors for supporting local atproto community!

Now the big one... we have a new event on July 30th. It's our first ever full on Meetup, now with talks and food! If you’ve tuned into the live streamed meetups from @atproto.nyc or @pdx.atproto.camp, ours will be similar.

3 hours

3 presentations/demos

Pizza and DJ

ATProto Boston Live

If you'd like to present, reach out to @tynanpurdy.com on Germ, Signal, or Bsky DMs.

Tell your friends, share the event link in all your various group chats and discord servers. Invite that person you think should know about the Atmosphere. Share it with your local newspaper and your local community organizer. Our first presentation will be an introduction to atproto, making this a perfect way to learn about the Atmosphere and meet the people behind it. And please RSVP! The headcount will help us to order enough pizza.

Meetup Recaps

We've had lots of meetups since the last post, so here's a quick rundown.

Democracy Brewing Meetup

May meetup! I had never been to Democracy before. This is a cool spot. @eagraf.dev must've blinked, oops.

Code for Boston

A handful of us attended a @codeforboston.bsky.social meetup and started sketching out a plan for putting porchfests on protocol. We got to an initial plan for lexicons and the directions of verification that intends to balance flexibility for "rogue" performances, privacy for hosts, and officially endorsed sets by the festival organizers. I seem to have forgotten to take a selfie, but here's our whiteboard.

All Tech Is Human + FOSS Boston

A few of us joined our friends at @alltechishuman.bsky.social for their meetup in Harvard Square. I met Phil from bostonopen.dev, who actually set us up with our host for the big meetup on the 30th, so thank you Phil!

June Meetup

On a rather hot day we had our June Meetup over at Night Shift Esplanade, with a special appearance from @christian.bsky.social!

July Meetup

A good crowd of new and regular attendees gathered at the UnCommon Corner this past Thursday. I love these casual meetups. Good people hanging out hand having great ideas together over a beverage never gets old.

Looking Forward

I'll be taking a brief hiatus from organizing these meetups while I go GET MARRIED to the lovely incredible @alanascorner.online. Yes yes, thank you thank you. I will still be around in August and September and will gladly attend meetups that I do not plan in those months. October I will be back in Georgia for the wedding and then in Ireland for a two week honeymoon, back in time for the holidays! ATProto Boston is in good hands. You'll hear from the rest of the organizers soon.

Until then, see y'all on the 30th!