Presence

In case you haven't heard, BloggerCon is coming up on October 4 and 5. BloggerCon is a conference about Blogging (not specifically the technologies involved, but the "art and science" of blogging).

I've been following the development of this conference on Scripting News, and I will have to say, the line up is impressive. I would seriously consider going up to Boston for the second day (which is free), if it weren't the day before Yom Kippur. It's too bad, as I would enjoy this, both as a blogger and as a developer. There holding an infrastructure session on Day 2 that would be perfect for Blogdigger.

A few years ago, I was reading an article on something or other on Yahoo. By chance, I happened to go into the messages section, and found a conversation going on about the article. Then I noticed something amazing: the guy who the article was written about was commenting on the message board! In real time, without anyone censoring or rewording what he had to say, the subject of the article was telling his own version of the story!

This changed the way I looked at the Internet. When the Internet started out, it naturally manifested itself as an extension of the media world that we know from newspapers, magazines and television. As time went on tools and such became available and things started to change. The web started to live, with people interacting, the power of communication enabling the real story to be told.

A bit later I discovered weblogs, and I was hooked. What they'll be talking about at BloggerCon is this kind of stuff: how the world we know if going to change because of the Internet (the real dot.com revolution). How the opening of the Web, the channels of communication, is going to change the way we get news, how we learn about the world, how we interact with those with similar interests. And the fun is just beginning.

So if you happen to be in or around Boston next week, drop by BloggerCon (and let me know what you learn!). I'm going to try and catch as much of it on video as I can. Feel free to hype Blogdigger as well!