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Join us for another Opera Meetup in the DC - Baltimore area; new feature demo; my last one

Published December 15th, 2006 1:31 PM EST By Daniel Goldman

We will be having another Opera meetup in the Washington DC / Baltimore / Virgina area this coming Tuesday (December 19th).

Come and join us for a fun get-together with other Opera users. This time we have something special in store, Opera’s Tim Altman (Junyor) will be on hand to demo some new features in the Opera browser. I myself have not seen yet what he will demo.

At this meetup, I’ll share with you Opera’s plans on growing the desktop market share; we’ve got a big and fun project ahead. I’m running this project at Opera, and I’d be very interested in hearing your ideas and suggestions about how we can more effectively spread the Opera browser.

I’m moving out of Baltimore (to New Jersey), so this will be the last time I attend the Baltimore-DC Opera Group meetups. But fear not, Opera’s Tim Altman will still be running the group; he’s nice guy and is very passionate about Opera.

Since I’m moving to New Jersey (NJ) in the beginning of January, this would be an excellent time to call out to Opera users in Northern New Jersey and the New York City area. Are any of you interested in a get-together?

What: DC-area Opera User Group meeting
Why: Meet others who share your passion and learn how to use Opera to its fullest.
Where: At the Panera Bread cafe in Silver Spring, Maryland (directions here | train info).
When: Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 between the hours of 7:00PM and 9:00PM.
Parking info: Panera Bread is an easy, quarter-mile walk away from public parking at 925 Wayne Avenue where there are no meters to feed and evening parking is free.

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  1. 1 mharvey Dec 15th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    "When: Tuesday, December 15th, 2006 between the hours of 7:00PM and 9:00PM."

    I thought I missed this for a minute. I guess you meant Tuesday the 19th. :)

  2. 2 Lusidvicel Dec 18th, 2006 at 9:56 am
    using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows Windows XP

    Hello, i love operawatch.com! Let me in, please :)

  3. 3 Daniel Goldman Dec 18th, 2006 at 11:42 am
    using Opera Opera 9.02 on Windows Windows XP

    @mharvey: thanks, I’ve updated the post.

    @Lusidvicel: You’re more than welcome to come. :) It’s not excelusively to Opera users, in fact it would be nice if other IE and FF users could join.

  4. 4 FataL Dec 18th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Wow! I’m already exited!

  5. 5 FataL Dec 18th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Daniel, you should upgraded already to 9.10! ;)

  6. 6 Daniel Goldman Dec 18th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    FataL, done. :)

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