We're back in Springfield.
The trip back was long, longer than I had originally planned, mainly due to a stop in St. Louis. I'll be posting more over the next week, including taped interviews with several of the BloggerCon attendees.
Monthly Archives: October 2003
Boston Update
Today we're in the small south Massachusetts town of Uxbridge at a
jewelry supply company. Tammy is meeting one of her suppliers
face-to-face, much like I did with BloggerCon. Personal relationships
are more and more important in this age of Internet communications.
She's going through bag after bag of semi- precious stones, choosing
current trendy stones and some basics for the main part of her line.
Examples? She looking at some Russian and German stones right now, cut
in a fashion I've never seen. Next stp: lunch!
Recovery and Apology
To Andrew Grumet, an apology: I felt horrible this morning for
two reasons–leaving you in the lurch and because three days of less
than 6 hours sleep caught up. I spent the afternoon with my wife,
reconnecting with her after four days of pre- and during-BloggerCon
adreneline. I'm about to get a cold, too; lymph nodes are swollen.
I've had a decent amount of sleep and will get more in the next few
days. I got great interviews that I will post (with enclosures,
creating a new enclosure channel) especially one from Adam Curry.
A consumate gentleman, Adam handled my amateur questions with a quiet
grace that few people of notoriety have mastered. His interview
is my favorite.
All interviews will be uploaded as mp3 files, linked from the main page
and in the aforementioned feed. Second fav: Scott Johnson,
inventor of Feedster. He's got a great product waiting in the
wings. Ask him about it.
I'm also using BloggerCon as an opportunity to recharge. When I
get back, I'm going to make some major changes in the weblog.
Wait and see, comment if you like.
Sucks by comparison
“this is utopia…(our reality) sucks by comparison (to our imagination)” –Britt Blaser
Britt also mentioned that this is the Enlightenment of our time in weblogs
Panel update
Great panel. discussing blogging as the “second superpower” and
“Cluetrain 2003”. Best panel of the day. Too much
brainwaves flying to write and listen at the same time.
Teaching–Education–Technology
About teaching, educations, technology:
I've met a lot of teachers, but very few are genuinely bad at their
job. I've met a lot of teachers, and many of them are tired of
not having the basic tools they need to do their job.
More later
Interviews
Have interviews scheduled with:
- Adam Curry
- Chris Lydon
- John Udell
- Dann Sheridan
Wanted:
- Dave Winer
- Bryan Bell
- Ed Cone
- Elizabeth Spiers of Gawker fame.
Done:
- Scott Johnson: inventor of Feedster
Bryan Bell snapped a photo–I'm in the red/white stripe shirt forground left…
Back from Lunch
Back from lunch (it was great) and we're back in the conf room. Doing
an unscheduled panel with two journalists–Len Apcar from the NYTimes
(cheif blogger) and Wall Street Journal. More later when I figure it
out. :>
More
Listening more than writing. The panel is on education and
weblogs. Patrick of the Bay Area Writing Project talks about
weblogs like digital paper.
Steve Kirks 