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November 16, 2007

Blog World Expo: Internet People 3

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 10:46 pm

The Energy Was Amazing

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Bring out a bunch of bloggers and you’ll soon see a conversation get rolling. After all communication, information, and relationship is at the heart of every great blog.

Still on Wednesday night . . . I finally got a chance to speak with Des Walsh and Suzie Cheel. We’d been passing each other for days. They introduced me to Rich Brooks. Rich was interviewed earlier that day by Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff of the Blog Squad – two ladies I’d had a chat with the night before. Teresa Valdez Klein introduced me to Matt Mullenweg and he gave me a fine WordPress t-shirt. Of course, we only spoke for a minute, but still Lorelle’s name was mentioned as a mutual friend.

Later I was thrilled when a fine man came up and said, “Liz, I’m Kevin Dixie.” It was a thrill to meet this guy, who first showed up in my email at 4a.m. Chicago time with a project that would become a dynamo. I so enjoyed talking to all of his team. It was a highpoint of the Las Vegas Trip.

Early on the next day, a voice said, “Liz! I’m Maria Palma!” Of course a hug shortly followed. Maria soon became a cohort of Robyn and mine.

John Hong introduced himself after I gave a came small talkon content and community that morning. John is the a virtuoso-to-be of Zappos’ soon to launch blogs . . . Zappos had an after-conference party. John and Ned gave Robyn and I a ride over in a real car. (Taxis are much less comfortable.) It was luxury. A little later, Maria drove over to the party in her own car.

The elegant host, Mr. Hong, showed us to the best seats, and saw we were taken care of. A special thank you to John who made sure our evening was with a friend who cared.

Thanks for the conversation about airplanes, business, and great music goes out to Matt Colebourne. And a thank you to Jeremy Pepper who joined us for a talk.

I heard a story about a pink shirt, and a shopping trip Jeremy went on that night with Robyn and John. hmmmm

I wouldn’t know about that — Robyn was already asleep . . . while Maria and I were still in the cafe drinking large cups of hot chocolate.

Those are just some of the Internet people . . . even more will be showing up next year in September.

Thanks to Dave Thomas and Rick Calvert and all who put the show on.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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11 Comments to “Blog World Expo: Internet People 3”

  1. November 17th, 2007 at 5:39 am
    Kevin said

    Liz, the pleasure was all mine, great talking with you and Robyn. Even learning not to put bottles of beer on the counter in Vegas was great to share with you!

  2. November 17th, 2007 at 7:44 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Kevin!
    Gosh I wish we had found more time to talk. But we will . . . won’t we? :)

    I’ll look for a location without tricky counter rails. :)

  3. November 17th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
    Maria Palma said

    Hi Liz!

    I was definitely energized by our meeting ;) Looking forward to the next gathering…

  4. November 17th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Maria!
    It was a pleasure to meet you! I wish our travels had crossed for more than one day. :(

  5. November 19th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
    Jeremy Pepper said

    Geez, it was Thomas Pink (and, well, a pink shirt as well).

    It’s my style. :)

    Great meeting you as well. And, next trip to Chicago, we’ll grab dinner.

  6. November 19th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Jeremy!
    What fun it is to rag on a high-class shirt from “Pink.” I can see your eyes smiling. . . . Dinner sounds great!

  7. November 30th, 2007 at 12:15 am
    Des Walsh said

    Your subtitle is spot on: the energy was truly amazing. Thanks for capturing that in this lovely post. Since we got back we’ve tried to explain it to a few people. But how do you explain to people who don’t blog or otherwise “do” social media that you have real, even profound friendships with people you have not previously met face to face. Yeah, right, you hear them thinking, seriously twisted people here. :) And it’s not just a conversation or greeting at a conference: it’s part of an ongoing conversation that just takes place in different dimensions from time to time.

  8. November 30th, 2007 at 2:44 am
    Amazing Energy at BlogWorld Expo : deswalsh.com said

    [...] I came across a post by Liz Strauss about people she met at BlogWorld Expo. The post, BlogWorld Expo: Internet People 3 is subtitled “The Energy Was Amazing”: Bring out a bunch of bloggers and you’ll soon [...]

  9. November 30th, 2007 at 5:14 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Des!
    It was amazing and I’ve had that same problem since SOBCon last year — when everyone turned into refrigerator magnets, stayed so close in conversation that no one was seen alone at any time.

    The something that occurred was a meeting of the minds — minds that had already met and recognized each other immediately upon being in the same room in real time.

    Your question has inspired me to think on, to take on this challenge. Look for something to answer your question soon.

  10. December 1st, 2007 at 1:03 pm
    Carlos R. Hernandez said

    Wow! I thought I met alot of people!! It was truly an amazing 3 days and am so grateful for what I learned and the people I engaged.

    Came home and post my first blog…it is in DivineCaroline.com titled “My Calling” under the “Career” tab.

    Will certainly be there in 2008.

  11. December 1st, 2007 at 10:04 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hey Carlos!
    Welcome!
    Sounds like you got plenty out of the conference. I hope we meet up. Before then.

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