I was amazed the other day to realise the w00t has passed the six-month mark. Originally six people in a pub, with no particular agenda, it’s turned into a distributed network of party organisers, mischief makers, psychogeographers, artists, boozers, mapmakers, experimenters and others. Art and politics. Collaborations. Beer. Nachos. Etc.

Things I’ve learned from it include:

• If you want an open-sided group of people to meet regularly, stick to a regular time and place.
• Remind people two weeks before, and again a few days before.
• Make sure the email says what, where and when it is, and that there’s a contact on there, and that it’s clear it should be forwarded on to anyone else who might be interested.
• It helps if everyone introduces themselves.
• If everyone has a question or something they need help with too, that opens all kinds of conversations afterwards.
• Collect any new email addresses and send a follow-up the next day including a couple of things that happened to everyone, and include the date of the next gathering.

Er, that’s it. Not really rocket science. Really I wanted to post about it because Jim, who was at the last w00t, wants to swap a waffle for a house. And I drew a picture. And he used his magic analogue to digital converter, and here it is.