I went to a Geek Dinner last night at Botanas restaurant in Milwaukee.  This was different than the Nerd Dinners that we used to have.  The Nerd Dinners boiled down to people from the User Group socializing in a more free-form fashion than is practical before/after user group presentations.  The Geek Dinner we did last night was different.  The goal here was to bring together technologists, business people/entrepenuers, and people looking to invest/veture capitalists.  The result was a very cool time, for me at least.  There were several "idea" people there with something they were trying to accomplish.  It was fun (and I hope useful for them) to bring up potential pitfalls in the ventures they are trying; I believe I may now be a tech advisor for some neat things going on in Milwaukee.  I hope this becomes a regular occurance.