This is my wrap up post for the BlogOrlando3 experience. I took notes for the morning and afternoon sessions [some links too] and this was the second year I hit the blog love joy fest [last year's notes].
Best Location
Room 301 had the comfiest chairs by far. The rest were classroom desk or ancient theater seats. Should of just camped there.
Best Line Overheard
“What exactly IS a blog?”
Probably said by the dozen or so mid-level company types that were dispatched to find out how to do this blog thing and were feverishly writing masses of notes on 5 x 7 note cards, transcribing every semi-technical term or acronym tossed out. Often bewildered looks transformed into resignation that this was a lot of stuff and then just sat back and enjoyed. Usually after lunch as the blood had rushed from their brains and finger tips to the their pita filled belly.
Best Line Said By a Presenter
“You know, I spent 10 years in IT, you’d think I know how to work the projector”
Said by Sarah Perez as the projector began to spaz on her. In her defense it took a couple of people to make it work.
Best Line Said in a Discussion
“Smoking pot will teach you teamwork.”
Said as a refute to the notion that video games were said to teach that plus more in a recent study. More a complaint [eventually] on how little kids spend doing real things. I don’t know if my “teams” were all that good, seemeda little sluggish.
Best Conversation
Traditional Media and the Web
What could have been bitter bitching about how disconnected the old guys are and how they are so not getting it turned out to be a great insight into how to turn the large barge around and the obstacles in doing so. From the Weekly’s arcane in-house written code, the Sentinel’s patchwork front page to Popular Science’s lucky choice for drupal by the nerds that lead and not necessarily do. Some of the victories and future choices were laid out conversationally and in a way for a not-so-nerd like me could follow. It also lent it self the best non-tech trick of the day below.
Best Tech Trick
While this isn’t primarily an in depth tech conference, more of a conversation, there were some tech niftiness. I know that nerds that are more nerdy than me would not find this earth-shattering, it is the one item I took back and will use it. Eric Marden’s little demo [Advanced WordpressThemes] of how nifty K2 is as a Wordpress theme that can be modded up. It has turned into a powerful little theme that can be easily tricked out in several different ways in the included features as well as an easily monkeyed css.
Best Non Tech Trick
It does involve tech in the way of that it deals with comments on blogs and such, but it is decisively non-tech in the approach. Ian Monroe spoke about “devoweling” the nasty comments. That way you are not really censoring [completely] it can still be read with some effort but the flamer is nonetheless nullified. Seems to be a bit labor intensive but could be quite satisfying. Gddmn fckng flmrs pss m th fck ff, wsh thy wld crwl t f thr mm’s bsmnt nd sart wpng thr wn sss, bnch f psss.
Best Pic [I took]
Ryan was brining up sites as they talked up about. Sentinel was leading off with more Caylee Anthony crap. I thought it funny that that was the shining example of the noble, local newspaper [aka the real news].
Best Pic [That Someone Else Took]
Tech Advanced by Judson Collier
I love the irony in the marker written announcement for the advanced tech track. More great ones in the BlogOrlando Flickr group.
And I think this just sums up BlogOrlando3 the best:
BlogOrlando 2008 — Silly Putty from Judson on Vimeo.
Be sure to check out what everyone else is writing [Blogorlando, Technorati, Google blog search]
And just in case Alex still needs ponies.
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