ConvergeSouth 2008 Is Online
The site for the 2008 ConvergeSouth conference is online. This is a great conference and shindig they throw up there in Greensboro NC. I’ve been to two of the first three and it is in most ways the spiritual sibling of our CREATE South conference, down to both having Ed Cone. I really dig what [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2008, createsouthEGC Clambake for November 3, 2007 - “ConvergeSouth 2007 Wrapup”
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 3, 2007.
This is my wrapup of my experiences at ConvergeSouth 2007. I play a song from the Wigg Report and mention how I have already done this show but was screwed by a faulty flash card. I talk about my [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2007, thackerdairyroad, wiggreportA Typical ConvergeSouth Conversation
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Ruby: I’m still waiting for the sensible part to kick in.
Me: I’m not convinced, which is why I am not only making a face but projecting a protective energy beam of skepticality around my body.
Ed: Hey, if you don’t like it what [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2007Heading Home
I’m packed up and about to vacate the Hampton Inn for the pleasant confines of home. I’ve got to get back to my dog and take him to the Bark Park, and there is a game 7 in the ALCS and all the normal things I would do in your average weekend. This time driving [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2007Converge South, Day 2, Evening
Late afternoon, and it was back to downtown Greensboro from the hotel in the suburbs. Through some freak of parking karma, I got the parking spot right in front of the film festival venue. I would later betray myself as unworthy of this. Our hosted dinner was right across the street, so it really couldn’t [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2007New Tagline
I changed my tagline/subtitle based on a spontaneous remark I made at the bar last night. The motto of this blog is now “Defy the Zeitgeist”. I think we are also going to print up t-shirts for it.
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2007ConvergeSouth Day 2, Lunch and Afternoon
Lunch was good. I sat outside with Bora Zivkovic and Ed Cone and Dan Conover and we talked more about blogging (of course) and hands on portion of these conferences vs. talkety talkety talk. I made a point of introduction myself to Soni Pitts by telling her “I like the cut of your jib.” Apparently, [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2007ConvergeSouth Day 2, Morning
Up at 8 AM, an hour behind schedule. I still made it out of the hotel and to the conference by 8:50 AM. I love being a guy!
I’m in the Elisa Camahort keynote now. She asked if anyone had heard of Millie Garfield, and I didn’t recognize the name off the bat but when she [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2007ConvergeSouth, Day 1, Evening and Late Night
Running late. In at 1 AM + phone call from work at 5 AM = sleepy boy not getting up on schedule. Still trying to make the conference before the breakfast is over. Shower like the wind, Forest!
I did take the nap and then headed out to the BBQ at the [...]
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Lunch was fun. I chatted with Ben Hwang for a long time, and saw my friend from Virginia Robert Harvey. I sat with Don Moore and talked for a while. Don is the guy who made the t-shirt order that pushed me over the edge of needing to reprint.
After lunch, I wanted to go to [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2007Converge South, Day 1, Morning
I’m here. I meant to get up at 4 AM and on the road by 5:30 AM but I slept until 4:50 and didn’t leave until about 6 AM. Still, I managed to get to the NC A&T campus, parked, registered and in the Jason Calacanis talk by 9:30. Had I got up on schedule, [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, convergesouth2007Converge South 2007
Hey, the Converge South folks have really gotten the drop on this year’s conference. They’ve already set the dates: October 19th and 20th, 2007. I wanted to go last year and just couldn’t but I’ll for sure be there this year. I can’t wait!
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Tags: convergesouth, tagEGC Clambake for October 22, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for October 22, 2006.
I play a song from Michelle Malone; I play a clip from Rocketboom with Steve Garfield; I talk about Lenny Bruce, Madge Weinstein/Richard Bluestein and me; Heather Gold on RU Sirius sticking up for Kansas!! I play a [...]
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Tags: alisonbechdel, authorsontour, convergesouth, heathergold, johnperkins, lennybruce, michellemalone, payperpost, rocketboom, stevegarfieldHow the Internets Work
By missing ConvergeSouth I did not get to see Dan and Janet Conover which bums me out. We did a lot of hanging last year. They were the hosts of Uplifter Charleston, at which we also hung. Now Dan has posted a little diagram about how the Internets work. This would be a great thing [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, xarkNo Converge South After All
I had some personal stuff come up and couldn’t go to Converge South after all. I’m reading the blogs and watching the flickr feed on the keyword as the best substitute I have available. See y’all in 2007.
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Tags: convergesouthPros and Cons
I’ve had to decline a heartbreaking number of invitations to come to conventions and/or conferences this year. In several cases, I was invited to speak or lead sessions and I just couldn’t do it. Being in a job situation without vacation contributed a lot, where I would have to not only pay my way plus [...]
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Tags: balticon, convergesouth, dragoncon, orycon, podcastercon2006, podcastexpo, portablemediaexpo, vloggerconEGC Clambake For April 13, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 13, 2006.
Hurry up offense, I get right to it by playing a Jonathan Coulton song; I discuss Videoblogging Week 2006 and my Converge South video; I talk about seeing David Sedaris in Charleson; I profess my love for the Penn [...]
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Tags: chrisbliss, convergesouth, damonyoung, dannyschmidt, davidsedaris, dianaobscura, emmabull, islandpodcasting, jasongarfield, jonathancoulton, pennjillette, videobloggingweek2006Converge South Video (for real)
Had I known it would be five days before it was actually available, I would not have made my previous post announcing this. Sorry, folks. I thought it would be at most an hour or three when I posted that. I guess I can no longer pretend like I had anything to do with Videoblogging [...]
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Tags: convergesouthConverge South Video
My entry for Videoblogging Week 2006 has been posted - theoretically. I uploaded it to OurMedia around 5 PM, but 6 hours later it says it has received it but it isn’t accessible. That should change soon (I hope). [Update - OK, it is now Friday and it has finally shown up. Wow.]
This is [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, videobloggingweek2006Editing Video is Hard
First pass of editing my Converge South video is done. I took the 43 minutes of all footage (how did I shoot that much?) and edited out the obviously unusable, leaving 17 minutes of potentially usable. Now comes the really hard part. How many seconds of chopping barbecue is enough vs too much? This stuff [...]
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Tags: convergesouth, videobloggingweek2006keep looking »
