The Mashable team is hosting its final stop on the U.S. Summer Tour in Chicago tonight. In case you can’t make it, you can still participate in the event via our live video and chat stream. We’ll be joined by Rachel Sklar, who will be interviewing attendees on our Watchitoo live stream.
We encourage you to participate by suggesting questions for Sklar to ask in her interviews with members of the local social and tech community attending the event. Feel free to submit questions in the comments section below or on Twitter using the #summermash hashtag.
For those attending the Summer Tour stop in Chicago, here are different ways you can socialize:
- Check in at the event on BrightKite and earn a “SummerMash Badge.”
- Check in at the “Mashable Summer Tour Chicago” venue on Foursquare.
- Keep up with real-time updates around the event on Plancast.
- Use the Twitter #summermash tag.
Thanks to our Local Sponsors:
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