"A good mix of different types of bloggers ranging from hobby/personal to professional/commercial. Also a number of journalist bloggers. Enthusiasts who don't blog but wanted to know more about it or wanted to have an influence on the direction software, services and organization. Would-be bloggers. Vendors. All ages from hip to former hippie and beyond. Multiple countries. A larger tech crowd than the last two because of proximity to Silicon Valley. More women than the last two but still a male majority. Some people complained that there weren't enough conservative bloggers but since anyone can register as long as space is available it's not like they were being kept away. Still, BloggerCon could do a better job of reaching out to the wider blogging community. Those who want more diversity in any area should do their share. "
Sometimes brainstorms work. BloggerCon III was Nov. 6 in Palo Alto; the Online News Association was holding its fifth national conference in Los Angeles the following weekend. For someone flying in from St. Louis, that was as good as next door. Why not do both?
The result is the kind of compare-and-contrast assignment English composition teachers love: Attend two disparate conferences with overlapping interests a week and a few hundred miles apart. Meet very different people with widely varying goals. Learn.
Then explain what works and what doesn't, keeping in mind that you know the people who put on each conference and that you hope to be back next year.
| Hot Topic | Podcasting (session audio) |
| Takeaway | Free MP3s of every session are being posted by ITConversations.com; a morning-after thread; posts from discussion leaders summing up their sessions; conversations in the blogosphere as people digest the experience. |
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