Securedesk and I drove to Montreal for New Year’s this weekend.



In the process we learned that Sega apparently survived the failure of the Genesis system by switching to casino games and that Montreal's stores stay closed on the second of January too. So much for shopping.



More importantly, we met up with Farhad to ring in the new year, and to celebrate the second ever Videosift Meet Up. James did it first, meeting with oohahh and swinginpagan in Portland five months ago.



We were able to accomplish a great deal, including scoring a free Sift endorsement for a beer company, and a celebratory New Year's dinner at Farhad's friend's house.





Krupo, Securedesk, Farhad2000



Thanks again to Farhad and his friends for hosting us - it was a really fun night - and some video was recorded. I look forward to seeing the Cat in the Liquor Bag again one day.



Seeing as how more Meet Ups will occurs in the future, I figured out in the back of my mind what the main guidelines are for this sort of thing to ‘count’:


1. You need at least 3 Sifters,

2. It has to be in a location that is ‘foreign’ to at least one of them.



I only mention that to remove the temptation to call any gathering with three sifters from the same city a Meet Up. I know about twice as many Sifters from Toronto, so that would quickly get scary.