Corante SSA wrap-up…
David Weinberger posted on all the sessions. He is much kinder than I would be about most of it. Zephyr, Chris, and Andrew were superb… Mary Hodder was brilliant and Kevin Marks was a little dry. Liz Lawley… I’ll refer you to this post from Bud Gibson… (I sat in the terminal with Bud and was gratified by the conversation. His site, The Community Engine, is wonderfully well wrought. It’s something that any blogger will do well to emulate.
There was a lot of fun stuff at the conference… Ms. Congdon of RocketBoom shook those things… Steve Garfield was on hand… Tina Sharkey, soccer mom and AOList was there… I’ll be kind and say little, but I had wondered early in the day who those old-timers were, hogging access to the coffee urn and discussing the good old days when Prodigy turned some of us on to online communities.
The day was packed, I had mostly come for the Degas so the conference was all value added. Lunch seated between Zephyr and Tola was a pleasure. I met a number of people I want to know better. I gained some insights and had a peek at a few issues and a few new tools. I’m glad I went, and I’ll reserve a better critique for later. My things to do list needs expansion anyway.