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A social experiment to see what the chatter about “Tech Valley” is all about, becomes front page business news in the largest newspaper north of NYC, The Albany Times Union.

This fellow “Weisslander” is coming to town on a mission — and it’s news!

Gotta love it.

Meet Tech Valley?

August 19, 2007 at 6:00 am by Chris Churchill

Meetup groups work like this: Groups of like-minded people get online at meetup.com and work out a time and place to gather. So in the Capital Region, you have meetup groups for
folks who like wine, Barack Obama, pugs and dozens of other things.

Soon, the region will have a group interested in talking about high technology, aptly called the Tech Valley New Tech Meetup.

The networking group is a counterpart to tech groups found in big cities such as New York or Los Angeles, and it’s being organized by Myles Weisslander, a 36-year-old resident of
Sausalito, Calif., who organizes the San Francisco New Tech meetup.

Weisslander’s parents live in Schuylerville, so he’s a frequent visitor to this area. And he says he’s starting the group to tap into what seems to be the Capital Region’s growing pool of high-technology creativity.

The group’s inaugural meetup is scheduled for Thursday evening at Jillian’s, a bar on Pearl Street in Albany. To join the group, visit it’s Web page A here .

Weisslander, a public relations consultant with high-technology clients, admits he has an ulterior motive for forming the group. Real estate prices are dauntingly high in the San Francisco area, and Weisslander and his wife have considered moving east.

Is the Capital Region a suitable place for a young professional with high-technology interests? The meetup group might provide an answer.

“This is me sticking my toe in the water,” Weisslander says.

Link to B1 story in The Albany Times Union