I’m in Arlington, Virginia this week for the 2008 Computers in Libraries conference. I had really good intentions of blogging about the sessions I’d been too. But at the end of the day, I’ve just been too tired to think or write coherently. And live blogging from the conference sessions is way more than my brain can cope with!
Thank goodness for better brains than mine. There are tons of people blogging the conference sessions (technorati tag cil2008). Some are indeed blogging live from the sessions, so you can read about a session while it’s happening. Slide presentations are being posted to slideshare.net. There are lots of pictures on flickr. The twitterverse is alive an hopping with chatter. Follow all that and it might almost feel like being here.
What can’t be replaced are the opportunities to meet face to face. For me, that’s always the best part of most meetings and certainly has been true of this meeting. I’ve met flickr friends, facebook friends, twitter friends and even, yes really, people I only know “in real life” to begin with. Still, with such a big conference, there have been people I’ve wanted to talk to and just haven’t had time to connect with them or have seen them in passing and not had time to stop between sessions. Still hoping to meet up with people tomorrow and Thursday.
on May 4th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Polly,
Speaking as one of your “real” friends who reconnected at 2008 CIL (my first), I wanted to say how much I enjoyed seeing and sharing with you and “dining around.” Come visit our site. The Friends of the Library donated funds for a camcorder and we’re having fun with it - http://www.marlborolibrary.org - hope to see you soon virtually and in reality. - Jim
on May 4th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Jim, it was great to see you too! So glad we ran into each other and got a chance to visit. Great video on the web site! I’ll be working on a project for MHLS so perhaps I’ll see you in the real world there.
Polly