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BloggerCon IV, Day 1: National Anthem
  Theme: New Orleans
    Song
      Whatever that song was on Dave's podcast yesterday.
  Discussion leader: Dave Winer
  Notes:
    Agenda
      Song - don't know what it's going to be
        First song was Take me out to the ball game, in Boston. Sox lost.
        Last one was This Land is Your Land
        Nashville (we have 3 from there today)
      Uncle Dave leads the happy bloggers in song...
        Terry Heaton: All you need is love.
        Ponzi: Hokey Pokey. (How long before somebody posts the video?)
      Theme...
        New Orleans
          Dave went to Tulane there
          It was destroyed. But music lives.
    Guidance
      interactive, no audience. Just participants.
      Natural to continue doing what we do at other confs. Let's don't.
      Format is, discussion leader stands in front for 10-15 minutes, to warm things up. Then others chime in and the DL hands off. Nobody gets nervous. Nobody makes speeches.
      No pitches. Not commercial. There are plenty of those.
        tendency to get carried away once one vendor starts off
      This is a users' conference. We clear the space for the users' POV.
        always try to come from your own place as a user
      Doc's role as a technographer
        Isn't it ironic
        Doc is everybody's slave. Not salve.
      Role of the monitor
        monitor holds the mike. he or she owns it.
        we're
        they move around.
      We can...
        come up with an action ite3m list
        change the agenda
        prep for the next 'con
      No expectations from the conf
        could be nothing
        could be wonderful, surprising...
      Everything is on the record
      Everybody is presumed to be a blogger
        no distinction between blogger and journalist
        everything is on the record. if you want it off, take it elsewhere and get permission
        goes for photos
        Grateful Dead style. So on the record that you can bring your camcorder and vidblog or 'cast yourself.
      Not limited to blogging. There are related practices... videoblogging, etc.
        subjects related to blogging
        blogging is at the center, but everything peripheral is on topic too.
        not promoting any particular technology Ñ those are for other, tech confs
      Sister conferences
        blogher (July 28th and 29th - Doc's Birthday)
        gnomedex (
    Comments
      Niall:
        reflect on how much blogging has changed since 18 months ago at Stanford. Now we have myspace, LiveJournal. The practice is more mainstream.
      Dave: changing use of tools, roles, what we have in common. We all use blogs, search engines, photo management tools, bookmarking... share our experiences...
      Wives have blogs too.
    Credits:
      thanks to jake luddington, limelight networks, Sylvia Paul, Dan Farber
      Mary Ann is the producer. Dan, Rebecca (one with the red hair)... here to help.
    Additional notes
      Look at Scripting.com to see where the .mp3s, etc. will be posted.