Ext337's OPML blog

Notes from BloggerCon

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:00:12 GMT

getting ready to do some liveblogging from BloggerCon

Schedule

Doc's Notes

Random Observations:

Welcome: Dave Winer

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:12:36 GMT

bio; scripting news

Says there's no audience; it's participants. (of course, many of us are participating by writing notes as we listen. Asynchronous participation).

non-commercial conference: don't pitch products (laying down the law).

Doc Searls is doing technography ( I think that means he's taking notes; on the screen in front of us, using an OPML editor; he's also editorializing as he writes). Hope to capture the action item list

Niall Kennedy: "...get permission from our wives" -- well, that holds an assumption about bloggers, 'eh?

All about the logistics (come for dinner even if you didn't come for the conference)

Everything is on the record and ready for distrubtion unless someone specifically says no, keep it quiet.

People continue to wonder in.

Trying to decide on the song:

Phil Torrone: Tools

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:32:30 GMT

bio; make; doc's notes

most known for writing how-tos

which tools would you use to put a recipe online?

Hope the tools they get better (finding projects online, looking games)

(it's not easy to make screencasts)

(tools put use/documentation into the hands of users but this has to be advocated and could be a way that companies get to better how-tos)

general opinion that apps are still too hard to use

We are dependent on services (like YouTube) what happens if they go away? Or if they get monetized in a way that makes it increasingly less useful?

Sharing is a constant concern in figuring out the how-tos

Proprietary sharing is built into the DIY devices (things like cameras linking to the makers sharing tool)

Documenting use can be as hard as making something from scratch; that reduces the compulsion to share

Interesting -- a lot of folks here use del.icio.us for personal use only

crafters are using forums to share how-to and then creating marketplaces but still the tools are basically broken

People don't get wikis yet

Hard to use blogging tool as personal knowledge management tool because the whole post is public or not -- rather than a place to have hidden notes. The thoughts that you aren't ready to share yet or the place where you are making linkages or just general notes to yourself.

People don't use the sharing tools because of IP concerns

(you can't expect a whole organization to get something; you have to find advocates in the organization)

Don't frame the ways that these tools will provide benefit

Enhanced podcast (people aren't doing it)

(Tools still need to be cobbled together way too much; part of why flock is interesting)

(Concentration on making; what about using?)

(getting lost in the podcast tool talk)

mp3 is a final release format; mess w/ it in other tools and then save as an mp3 for sharing

Tools mentioned (not remotely comprehensive)

Jay Rosen: Citizen Journalism

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:14:11 GMT

bio; PressThink; session description; doc's notes

Here's the agenda. The job of the session is to answer these questions.

Primary question: How do we actually do users-more-than-we-do journalism and break news with it, proving that social networks can produce kick-ass reporting?

URLs/Tools mentioned in this session:

Chris Pirillo: Users in Charge

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:45:30 GMT

bio; blog; session description; doc's notes

My own to-dos:

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:21:53 GMT

post summary to ext337
Look at some simple screencasts for some of the tools that I talk about (maybe one of TSS)
blog post about ways that companies can invest in community to get to the best kind of use
blog post about the ways that these tools come together to create understanding in ways that are individually meaningful. Do we lose anything as a culture there?