Happy Valentine’s Day, love birds.
In honor of the holiday we put out a call to the #dctech community, asking you to share which people, organizations, groups or startups you’ve got a crush on. Does DC Tech Meetup fill you with feelings of glee? Or maybe you totally disagree with the assertion that the work Goodshuffle is doing isn’t sexy? Whatever the object of your affection, we wanted to hear about it.
And, well, we’re pleased to report that there is no shortage of affection going around.
Just a few of you managed to keep your love lists relatively short:
definitely @tuckernuck and the amazing women who run it!
— natpitcher (@natpitcher) February 12, 2017
.@TajhaLanier I love the work @Heartful_ly is doing!
— Kushaan (@kushaanshah) February 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/DataLensDC/status/830141005198405636
mine will always be @DmvStartup and @dctechmeetup
— Brandon T. Luong (@BrandonTLuong) February 11, 2017
we have so many #dctech crushes! @SendUrbanStems @Heartful_ly @framebridge and more! How many startup #valentines do we get?
— Goodshuffle (@Goodshuffle) February 10, 2017
my heart is torn, but I've been crushing heavy on @socialtables (that space though) & @dcvrmeetup (amazing meetups) 😘 pic.twitter.com/UFSnRuJ4En
— ✌Stephen Kae (@Stephenkae) February 10, 2017
Others decided to name top crushes across various genres:
My #dctech Valentie's: @DataLensDC @joymwhitt @SayinSomeIsh @elindse1 @ktran13 @nguyenist @LougeniaC64 & my boo @sethpuckett @TajhaLanier
— Jessica Bell (she/her) (@SirJesstheBrave) February 10, 2017
My #dctech Valentie groups: @WomenWhoCodeDC @DCFemTech @blkCodeCollctve @pridetechdc @dctechmeetup @bffdcorg @dcjavascript @TajhaLanier
— Jessica Bell (she/her) (@SirJesstheBrave) February 10, 2017
My #dctech Valentine companies: @WapoEngineering @ByteBackDC @IOSpaces @TheMentorMethod @TheIronYard @GA_DC @Mapbox @In3DC @TajhaLanier
— Jessica Bell (she/her) (@SirJesstheBrave) February 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/GoForTopherB/status/830149960687636483
Christopher Breene, of GFTB Digital, also named Joy M. Whitt, Jessica Bell, Black Female Founders, Elizabeth Lindsey, Olivia Cheng and Shana Glenzer as particularly inspiring people in the community.
In the end, it was DC Tech Meetup that decided (full scale) not to play favorites or pull punches.
We know how you feel:
Well @TajhaLanier, we have a bunch (6-8 amazing companies every meetup for the past 5+ years) but we'll say the whole #dctech community! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/5m6KqpjhKb
— DC Tech Meetup 🤖🎃 (@dctechmeetup) February 10, 2017
And we’ve got to admit we’re blushing after getting little Valentine’s Day love of our own: ?
We're crushing back on @TechnicallyDC and all the rest! Happy early Valentine's! https://t.co/F7KgdF2JWF
— Byte Back (@We_ByteBack) February 10, 2017
Want to tell us all about your #dctech Valentine? Tweet us — bonus points for rhyme scheme.
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