I’m writing to you right now from a public computer terminal inside the NCTE Exhibit Hall at Opryland. It’s been a crazy and rewarding couple of days — two successful presentations with smart colleagues on blogging and social site design, some good meals and better conversation with friends and family, as well as several "meetups" with colleagues from cyberspace whom I’ve never met face to face — Paul Allison, Chris Sloan, Kevin Hodgson, Mary Lee and Clarence Fisher are some of those I actually shook hands and spoken with — although I know there are other readers lurking at this conference. I also managed to entice some well-intentioned stalking (follow the link for a short podcast). It’s weird to be a person via text before being a person, ahem, in person. But it’s also cool, because I feel so often like I’m continuing a conversation, rather than meeting someone new, although I’ve met several new folks that I hope will become contributors via their own blogs. (Feel free to share a link to your new blog, or any feedback you might have, in the comments.)
Plenty more to post — but I’m off to another session. I’ll upload some audio from one presentation once I get a chance to get my own machine back online. Tonight’s one of my most favorite annual events. Perhaps I’ll see some of you there.
