Comments on: Event Review: BlogPotomac 2

By: matterhornpat

matterhornpat — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:21:34 +0000

Joe-
I may have just heard a few nuggets that I was “needing” to hear…..the boundaries and balance is a huge challenge for me…

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Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:22:44 +0000

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By: joelogon

joelogon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:27:48 +0000

Pat — hrm, maybe I should review the notes (boundaries and balance have always been a… challenge for me.)

By: joelogon

joelogon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:26:34 +0000

Amy – thanks. After viewing the stream, I quickly realized that I could just sit back and listen. Of course, I was still taking notes, but in a plain ole text document, which isn't space-constrained and where you don't have to spend time structuring thoughts as discrete items. Hey, call me selfish.

As to your other point; it's not really a complaint, just an observation. Part of the reason to go to conferences like this is to experience the community, so as long as it's not cultish devotion (which it wasn't), I think it's still valuable.

By: amymengel

amymengel — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:25:17 +0000

Nice recap, Joe. I agree on your initial point about Twitter. The hashtag spamming got really annoying after a while, too. I kind of abandoned tweeting the event at one point just because it seemed like everyone there was sharing the same info. I think the presentation I got the most out of was Scott Monty's-- and I closed my computer for that one and really tried to pay attention.

I also agree that some (much?) of the event was preaching to the choir and it would have been nice to push things forward a bit. It seemed like a lot of the same topics and issues being rehashed. But nonetheless, I came away with some good info and met some great people (and sorry that we didn't get to meet!).

@amymengel