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Catching Up And Thanks
I'm back from a restful vacation, and will be spending most of the day replying to emails and catching up. If you haven't heard back from me on something, thanks for your patience this past week. Also a huge Earthling thanks to Tom Harris for his content contributions.
Thoughts From Carla At BlogHer '07
Carla Shaw, senior manager of corporate communications at EarthLink, shared some of her thoughts this morning about her experiences at BlogHer:
At BlogHer Today
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.
How To Get Bloggers Together/Ode To Atlanta Bloggers I Read
So who do I read in Atlanta? I've only lived here a few years, and don't feel like I've scratched the surface on what's out there. Here's a little background and an inexhaustive list of some of the people I'm reading now:
Bloggers On art
There was something really inspiring about the "Is Your Blog A Canvas Or A Gallery" Session at BlogHer. I've read similar reports from other audience members. It was refreshing to talk about personal publishing not as a marketing tool, a way to make money, a literal communications vehicle, or as a way to change the world in some grand gesture, but as a form of lowercase-a art. Or almost ritual. Something you just do. As both a maker and a reader of them, these kinds of projects have always been some of my favorite things online.
Leftover BlogHer Thoughts Today
I fear I'm nearing the outer freshness date limit of my Blogher notes and observations, and they are currently stopping up my ability to move ahead and talk about other stuff. So today I'm going to finish up those thoughts....
50 Percent of Moms of Guys Named Dave Use RSS
I was eating lunch and chatting during a break at the BlogHer conference this past weekend, and who did I spy over my right shoulder but RSS/OPML developer Dave Winer. Dave gave Reader a good review a couple of weeks ago, and I took the opportunity to thank him in person, and ask for more feedback.
EarthLink To Build Out Pasadena Wi-Fi Network
I guess this is why the "take notes now, blog them later" strategy is risky. I'm occupied all day with an internal presentation, and not only do I have more BlogHer stuff to write about, but we also just announced another Muni Wi-Fi city.
Back from BlogHer and Catching Up
I'm back in the office after a great weekend at BlogHer, and now going through my notes, business cards, and to-dos and catching up with e-mail. As has become my habit after conferences, I'll be publishing the highlights of my notes from sessions and keynotes in their own entries, but I'm realizing there are a lot of little notes I want to get out there quickly. What follows are loose notes from the weekend. So I don't get held up from publishing by today's multitasking, I'll just keep updating this throughout the day.
Why, Hello
A red caterpillar interrupts the very excellent Canvas vs. Gallery session to make a point about performance.
BlogHer Impromptu Gathering For Day 2 Attendees
If you're at BlogHer but not registered for today's sessions, stop by the lounge area in the lobby of the main building. There are a bunch of us gathered here, warming ourselves by the Wi-Fi connection and talking shop.
On The Road Through The Weekend
I'm at the BlogHer conference in San Jose through the weekend. This year's theme is "How is your blog changing the world?" If there's blogging to be done from the conference, for me it'll mostly be on day two, Saturday. I'll do my best to catch up to the backlog of comments and e-mails along the way.
What Do You Think Of The New Technorati?
Several bloggers are using "the MySpace crowd" as shorthand for who and what this redesign aims its hooks at. Fortunately there's no jarring musical selection or colored type on a colored background. I get the hyperbole, but to some degree it sounds like ivory-towerism to me. Many regular Technorati enthusiasts have probably lost touch with how hard it can be to get someone to change their information search habits. That I've read, no one is yet complaining about any particular features that went away, so what's the big deal? It's almost like we don't want our geek tools to get more widely adopted.
Rocketboom Runs Its First Ad
Do yourself (and me) a favor, and look at today's installment of Rocketboom. Keep watching for an ad-like thing for TRM at the end. If you want to skip the Rocketboom and get straight to the ad, here's a link directly to it. But to get the full effect, you really need to watch both together.
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