Screaming Penguin

I am seriously considering firing up an Atlanta GTUG. Why, you might ask? Ok, maybe you wouldn't ask that, but I asked myself, so I will answer my own question, whether you care or not ;). 1. There are so many great Google technologies now - several that I use on a regular basis, there is enough content - and it's all very interesting stuff IMO. Just off the top of my head we have:

• Google Collections
• Guice
• GData APIs
• Android
• Wave
• GWT
• Google Ajax APIs
• AppEngine
• Google Code Hosting
• Maps
• I am sure I am forgetting a ton more (and I am skipping over stuff like Earth and SketchUp on purpose, more user tools those are, but still very interesting technologies)
• Ok, yeah, I looked, and I did miss a ton: http://code.google.com/more/

2. There isn't one already, as far as I can tell. 3. They make it nice for the people. Pretty easy to setup, Google seems cooperative. They even have sample agendas and such. http://www.gtugs.org/ 4. Fun. Yeah, it's pretty geeky, but I think it could be a lot of fun and I might learn something. 5. There is one in Omaha and not Atlanta - WTF? We can't let Omaha school us on this fancy dancy technology stuff? (Nothing personal Omaha, you got us beat on steaks, you can't win em all.) Not quite sure where I am going with this yet, I am already more busy than I need to be - but as I said earlier, seriously considering firing one up. Wondering if there is any interest in Atlanta outside of me? (Oh, and Bruce Johnson, who gave me a thumbs up on Twitter - but he is a bit biased ;).)