Posted on July 27, 2007 at 2:25 PM in thoughts
Note: The below is an archived entry from Earthling, formerly EarthLink's official blog. The blog itself has been decommissioned and is no longer updated, and comments are trackbacks are no longer accepted.
Sorry for the lack of heh today. I'm at the BlogHer Conference in Chicago, meeting bloggers of all kinds and participating in discussions about the world of online content. There are a couple of other EarthLinkers here as well -- Carla Shaw from Corporate Communications is participating, and Liza Barry-Kessler from Legal will be on a panel titled "The Politics Of Inclusion and Exclusion In Online Communities." This is my second year here and like last year it's been an interesting and useful experience to be one of the few guys in a conference composed mostly of women. I do get some smirks and smiles and questions about what it's like to be a guy here, but everyone I've met has made me feel welcome.
My Earthling blog entries referencing last year's BlogHer can be found here, and you can watch this year's conference via liveblogging and the Flickr photo pool.
As a programming note, I'll be away from Earthling on vacation all next week and will return the following Tuesday, August 7th. I've asked senior product manager Tom Harris, who you might remember from the start page blog and such Earthling entries as We've Gone To Plaidand We Hate Clutter Too, to take the reins as guest blogger during that time. Tom wrote some of my favorite HowStuffWorks articles and I look forward to some Earthling content coming from him. Please be patient if comment publishing is a little slow in that time -- anything that doesn't get seen that week I'll take a look at when I return.