Tim Bray at Northern Voice

The central theme is that Blogging is like soup but way more complicated. For Tim Bray’s talk, “participant participation is arduous and compulsory.” (Robert Scoble just showed up, and Tim Bray stops and says There he is! Yay!)

Blogs are like soup. Soup making objectives: Nutritious, Tasty, Attractive.

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The Reason I Blog is Because

Greg Narain just pointed me to a site that is gathering input from the bloggers called: Quit Filtering. You can vote on items in the list by clicking on them. This list is for "The Reason I Blog Is....

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What a way to start the day at Northen Voice

So I walked a few blocks from my hotel to the UBC conference, arrive, register make it in and a friendly attendee, Michael Klassen, taps me on the shoulder and says that I've apparently been dive bombed by a seagull.

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See You at Northern Voice

I'm getting excited about going up to Vancouver this weekend for Northern Voice. I met a bunch of folks at the Blog Business Summit that will be there. I'm always looking for a good excuse to visit Vancouver- one of the coolest cities in the world, if you ask me.

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BBS 05 and Good Good People

Like so many good conferences, the Blog Business Summit was more about people than content for me. I enjoyed the presentations, but can’t say that I came away with a lot of new information. The presenters had a tough task- the room had both seasoned bloggers and people trying to figure out what a blog is and why it matters. With such a crowd, it’s nearly impossible to please everyone.

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BBS05: Remnant Notes

I became a less and less dedicated blogger throughout the event. I think it is because I couldn't listen carefully enough while blogging. I loved the process of going to google and digging up links to put in posts, but it kept me from listening.

I think it's better for me to listen. This is freakin blog conference, I'm not the only one taking notes.

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BBS05: Corporate Blogging: Strategy and Policy: Lenn Pryor and Matthew Oliphant

I came a little late to this one unfortuantely. Lenn Pryor is Robert Scoble's boss at Microsoft and Matthew Oliphant is from Business Logs

At Microsoft, it can help you to be a blogger, so says Lenn.

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BBS05: DL Byron and D. Keith Robinson on Weblog Design

DL Byron and D. Keith Robinson.

Design with blogs is different because there is a greater emphasis on the content. It's not just the look, but the way the site is designed in terms of the appearance of links, navigation bars, entries, static pages, navigation, etc.

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BBS 05: Halley Suitt and Stowe Boyd- The Art and Science of Blog Writing

I slacked on the last couple of presenters so I'm going to try again now.

Halley is talking about all the things that help you get popular:

Story
Truth
Passion
Things of this world- keep it real
Brevity- think about 12 posts instead of 12 paragraphs
Freshness
Voice

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BBS 05: Halley Suitt and Stowe Boyd- The Art and Science of Blog Writing

I slacked on the last couple of presenters so I'm going to try again now.

Halley is talking about all the things that help you get popular:

Story
Truth
Passion
Things of this world- keep it real
Brevity- think about 12 posts instead of 12 paragraphs
Freshness
Voice

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