John asks Nerdfighters to find the nearest tour stop and come, bringing friends (2008)
ask · status: invitation (not a request) · last event: reminder (2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied)) · owner: John and Hank
In September 2008 John asked Nerdfighters to find the nearest stop of the tour, come and bring friends. He met hundreds of Nerdfighters in Minneapolis, and he and Hank kept urging people to come to the Naperville and Seattle events into late October.
Part of: Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 edition
Told alongside: John's Berlin visit and Nerdfighter event (October 2008)
About: Tour de Nerdfighting, Minneapolis, Seattle
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09-04 | asked | John asks Nerdfighters which tour stop or stops they are coming to. | Paper Towns Tour Dates! 00:03:25 |
| 2008-09-23 | asked | John asks Nerdfighters to meet the tour halfway: find the nearest stop, come to it, and bring friends. | Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday 00:00:43 |
| 2008-09-25 | reminder | From a Minneapolis hotel, John urges anyone in or near Minneapolis to come to one or both of his events there. | SPOON FINGERS IN VIDEO RESPONSES 00:00:00 |
| 2008-10-06 (happened 2008-09) | result reported | Before Berlin, John was in Minneapolis and met hundreds of Nerdfighters; he says the vlog will be unstuck in time like Billy Pilgrim. | Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) 00:00:00 |
| 2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) | reminder | John says everyone should come to the Naperville event, which will be big, fun and awesome. | Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely 00:01:02 |
| 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) | reminder | Hank tells Nerdfighters near Seattle they should come to the tour event there. (hedged) | Early Voting with Hank 00:00:44 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John: Later this week (week of 20 October 2008) John will be in Atlanta, where the show starts at 6, not 6:30 (people should probably come early), then Miami, Orlando and Naperville. (hedged) — 00:01:02
- 2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John will also do a smaller Saturday 4 p.m. event at a bookstore in Lincoln Square, Chicago, giving tickets to the first 45 people who email. — 00:01:02
- 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Early Voting with Hank — announcement: Hank says he flies to Seattle tomorrow, where he will see John and many Nerdfighters, and urges people near Seattle to come. — 00:00:44