Reports from BloggerCon in Boston.
Running commentary from Roland Tanglao.
Photos from Dan Bricklin
Favorite Bits from Betsy Devine: Education Panel, Journalism Panel
Looks like a good conference, in that a lot of movers and shakers showed up, along with a few regular folks. The next question is, what comes out of this? It looks like some of the panelists are asking that, too, amid the self-congratulatory backslapping. Is this the start of The Next Big Thing, is it Friends of Dave W, or is it just a Saturday morning meeting of hobbyists? My guess is that it's something between the first two. (This just in: there is another view.)
But next year's event will need to be structured differently and to break new ground if it is going to grow, and not backslide toward becoming another SuperSaturday. Apologies to those not from Dallas -- SuperSaturday was a huge geek meeting that went on in the InfoMart hear from the early 80's well into the 90's, mainly for hobbyists. It may still be going on, I'm a bit out of touch. Not that good things don't happen at such meetings, but they don't lead anywhere.
I am very hopeful for BloggerCon, though sometimes it might not sound like it because I criticized the $500 fee and the location (which guaranteed it would be attended mostly by locals and by the wealthy or those in a position to make a lot of money from the blogging movement). Fifteen years ago, I helped start a series of conferences for technical trainers that continues to this day. Millions of dollars have been made because of what a handful of people got started, and nobody had much confidence in us, either, at the time.
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