ME and Ophelia

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HOW ANITA ROWLAND AND JACK BELL MET
Two of Dave Winer's readers woke up, met up and smelled the coffee

Anita Rowland - after reading Dave Winer's post on Geek Boyfriends - posted a comment to Dave in California, saying she was looking for a geek boyfriend. [scroll down to the bottom of this page to read Anita's comment]

Jack Bell (a VB programmer and single father, on contract at Boeing and living the same area of Seattle as Anita) also read Dave's post. And Anita's comment. He then followed some links and wrote to her.

They started corresponding. Anita, in a general sort of way, suggested they meet for coffee. Jack phoned her to meet up. They walked over to a cafeteria. She got a mocha. He got a double short cappuccino. It was a gorgeous afternoon. They sat outside. Chatted about work, family, motorcycles and journaling. It was fun.

That was back in 1998. And they're still together and in love. Thanks for sharing your story Anita. Best of luck to you both.
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Update: Anita, thanks for your message letting me know that you and Jack were in Seattle and Dave Winer was living in California back then. And for confirming that it was you who suggested you meet face to face because the whole idea was that you were looking for someone to date. Just goes to show what can happen when females make the first move ;)
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HOW I GOT A GEEK BOYFRIEND
By Julie Leung of Seedlings & Sprouts blog

Best wishes to Julie Leung and thanks for sharing the story of how she met her blogging husband Ted Leung.
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NEW CALIFORNIAN BLOG
By David Allen in Ojai

Thanks to Julie Leung for pointing to a new blog by David Allen in Ojai, California, USA. David blogs about the Chinese paperback edition of his book Getting Things Done.