TBD

Remember when you were a kid and your mom would chide you to “Go outside and play with your friends”? She knew it wasn’t good for you to spend all of your time in front of a TV or computer – and we feel the same way here at TBD.

Interacting with readers, sources and community partners will be part of what we do every day – though usually through Twitter, blog posts, chats and the like. We understand that to really be part of the community is to be IN the community – as in, not staring at a glowing rectangle from our desks at TBDHQ.

With that in mind, we are starting public “office hours” where you can informally meet up with TBD staff to share your ideas, feedback, criticism or just some company over coffee.

Here’s how it’ll work. TBD staffers will tweet out when and where they’ll be working outside the office. If you’re in the area or want to escape from the office for a little while, stop by the location and look for the TBD logo. Pull up a chair and chat for awhile.

We’ll kick this off tomorrow morning at Java House near Dupont Circle, where Lisa Rowan and I will be working from 10 to noon or so. I hope you can come by and say hello.

We get that you can’t always get away during work hours, so we’ll still be holding regular happy hour meet-ups and tweetups. Stay tuned for those event announcements on our Facebook page and Twitter feed.

We hope to meet you – in person! – soon.

- Mandy Jenkins