Earthling

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 The blog itself has been decommissioned and is no longer updated, and comments are trackbacks are no longer accepted.

I'm in Seattle for the Gnomedex conference today and tomorrow, aptly subtitled "The Blogosphere's Conference." Also joining me here from EarthLink are Dan Greenfield and Jerry Grasso from corporate communications. Here's one of Josh Hallett's photos from the opening reception last night:

In addition to catching up with friends like Chris Heuer from Social Media Club and Mark Chernesky from CNN, I made some new ones. I was glad to get the chance to meet Scott Beale in person, who previously I only knew through Twitter exchanges and phone calls from when I helped him troubleshoot an EarthLink-related issue several months ago. And it was also great to chat with Chris Brogan and Marshall Kirkpatrick, whose blogs I find to be a constant source of smart observations on social software and media, and online communities. I was proud to hear that Marshall counts himself as a frequent Earthling reader.

You can check in on goings-on at the conference live at http://chris.pirillo.com/live, and I'll add other notable URLs as I find them.

I'll be checking in on Earthling intermittently today, and will also have a Friday heh list for you later on.