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Meet Abby, Community Manager at Gidsy!

Today I’d like to introduce you all to Abby who works on the community team, and is the newest addition to the Gidsy gang! 

Abby loves ice cream, going on adventures and writing in her journal, and also hosts a popular letter writing class on Gidsy! Keep reading to learn more about the lovely Abby…

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Meet Stefan, Engineer at Gidsy!

Say Hello to Stefan, a native Berliner and one of our awesome Engineers here at Gidsy. He’s not only well versed in Django and all things IT, but he’s also a hacky sack enthusiast and quite fleet-footed in a pair of inline skates.

photo: goethemoskau | https://secure.flickr.com/photos/goethemoskau/7577334264/

Read on to learn more about Stefan, his involvement in the open data community, and his idea of the perfect adventure.

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Meet Hannes, Developer at Gidsy!

Today I had the pleasure of meeting up for a chat with Hannes, one of our superstar developers at Gidsy

Hannes loves beer and technology, is a retired rockstar, and a fan of cartography, but there’s even more to learn about him…so keep reading!

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Meet Katie, Community Manager at Gidsy

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I sat down with Katie Needs, who is a community manager at Gidsy. Katie is a great cook, a very happy person, and likes helping people. Katie joined Gidsy a few months ago, and it was about time to introduce her to the world. She hates nerf guns and close-by flying birds, but loves a lot of other things. Keep reading…

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On using Gidsy as a traveler: Meet Yihsun.

Today, instead of featuring an organizer, we’d like to introduce you to Yihsun - one of our power bookers. Yihsun has attended 10 different Gidsy activities so far, and we love her for it. She also gifted some wicked cool skateboards that she designed to the Gidsy office! 

Keep reading to learn how, as a world traveler, Yihsun uses Gidsy to meet new people, and all about her amazing skateboards (they really are cool). 

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Meet Diana, Gidsy’s Office Manager!

Today we’d like to introduce you to Diana, our Office Manager here at Gidsy and the newest addition to the team! Keep reading to learn more about Diana, her baking skillz, and her love for Berlin…

photo: Claudia Neuhaus | http://www.claudianeuhaus.com/

Tell us a bit about your background, and how you ended up at Gidsy!
I was born in Alaska, and my parents are from the Dominican Republic. I was an army brat, so I grew up all over the US. I went to Hampshire College in Massachusetts for Cultural Studies and Experimental Film, and one of my professors was always telling me to come to Berlin but I kept saying no. In 2000, my apartment burned down and I had nothing, so I just went for it and came to Berlin with him and a bunch of other students and I loved it. After going back to the US to finish my degree, and after about a year of hanging out in Los Angeles, I came back here in 2004 and have been here ever since. 

…anything can happen here. That’s the best part about Berlin. 

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Meet Jannis, Developer at Gidsy!

Today we’re happy to introduce you to Jannis Leidel, one of our back-end developers and resident Trekkie here at Gidsy. Keep reading to learn more about Jannis, his love for coffee and all things Django…

photo: Uninen on Flickr | http://www.flickr.com/photos/uninen/2671182838/

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Here’s a video interview Mike Butcher, European Editor for TechCrunch did with our CEO and Co-Founder Edial at the London Web Summit. It just got featured on TechCrunch.

Meet the Organizer: Nadine, from the Sock Monkey Workshops in Berlin…

Happy Monday, everyone! We hope you had a great weekend, and are easing nicely into March. 

Today, we wanted to share an interview with one of our organizers, Nadine. Nadine hosts the ever popular “Make your own sock monkey” workshops in Berlin for a great cause! Read more to learn all about Nadine, her partner charity Tara for Children, and the sock monkey revolution

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Meet the Organizer: Robert, of “Hail a Tour!” in London…

Happy Monday, all! We hope you had a great weekend. 

Today we’d like to introduce you to Robert, of the “Hail a Tour!” events in London. Robert is a qualified taxi tour guide and has a number of awesome guided adventures though London up on Gidsy - explore Harry Potter’s London, Murder in the Metropolis, Classic London & London’s American Links in the back of his classic black cab. Keep reading to learn all about Robert, his love for London, and his connection to the Royal wedding…

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