It’s been an exciting few weeks for social media in Boston. It’s not just the events, of which there have been many—but it’s the people that have made it exceptional.

The Megatweetup on December 3rd demonstrated the power of the social media community we’ve built in Boston. @joselinmane, and those who helped him, created an event with more than 400 participants at Microsoft’s NERD. People socialized, new friends were made, food devoured, and awards for the best Tweetup were given. It was like the Oscars for tweetups.

The entire social media community in Boston (and beyond) supported the event. I was thrilled to watch social media superstars @ChrisBrogan, @CC_Chapman and @SteveGarfield interact with students and new friends warmly.

These gentleman, hot shots in our world, were as down to earth in person as they are in writing. Case in point, @ChrisBrogan spent 15 minutes socializing with my students taking a real interest who they are. In what other industry would this happen?

The next day I moderated a panel at Emerson College with three major contributors to our social media community: @Cmajor, @joselinmane and @vanhoosear. We reflected on the history of social media in Boston—how Thursday’s at Berkman, Social Media Club, Boston Media Makers, Tweetups, Open Coffee, Mass Innovation Nights, Web Innovators Group and more gave rise to community. On the panel we discussed our predications for the future. I shared my thoughts through an analogy of a tagging a tree, which I’ll write about shortly.

I’d love to know your great memories of Boston Social Media. We should gather them and create a book….

Picture credit: Todd Van Hoosear. Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanhoosear/4158687673/