Web414 - Milwaukee's Web Community

Web414... you were the first, and still are the best.
Web608 comes now with much vigor and enthusiasm.
Web815 - your younger brother... soon to be!

I was sitting in a coffee shop in Rockford, working on something (maybe http://midwestbeardoff.com) and some long haired scraggly lookin' dude walked in, sat at the bar and pulled out a laptop. I figured, "Hey, he must be a web guy too!" I kept on working, meaning to talk to him soon but he approached me. "I like that sticker... the 'Thirsty Developer' one. Where'd you get that?" I started to tell him about Web414 and the great meetups and DevHouse events up in Milwaukee... and then my mind wandered and mouth started speaking without any of my direction!

"Yeah this group of web geeks and professionals meet every month and do cool stuff up in Milwaukee. 414 is the area code there, hence Web414. I live in Chicago right now, but I'm moving back to Rockford soon... I was thinking of starting up a Web815 group. Nothing is set in stone yet, but I think it's a pretty good idea. The only thing is... would it garner interest in the area??"

I rambled for a bit more than that, but you get the idea. All of a sudden i was committing myself to starting up this web group in Rockford. Out of freaking nowhere! Oh well... better luck next time, sensibility. The cool thing is, though, that I got a great response. Corey, the guy I met, seemed pretty interested. He also said that a few of his friends would most likely attend events and gatherings with that sort of focus. Maybe there is something to this "web-areacode" idea after all...

And now, my favorite Ludacris quote:
I've got bros... (bros) in different area codes!