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This showed up in my inbox a few days ago.

Campus Saskatchewan News

2008-2009 Distance Learning Courses Available

Posted: 30 May 2008 12:57 PM CDT

The Campus Saskatchewan Distance Learning opportunities guide for 2008-2009 will be delivered to locations around the province in the next few weeks. Download a copy today: 2008-2009 Distance Learning Guide (PDF) NOTE: The televised insert is not included in the download version as most users will not be able to print it, please use the online course [...]

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Virtual Schooling in the News.

Beginning with the Yahoo! News Alert for virtual school.

New online school targets Hispanics, at-risk students
The OlympianSat, 17 May 2008 0:20 AM PDT
The state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to recruit Hispanics and teenagers at risk of quitting or getting kicked out of public high schools.

School Board makes tough decisions on budget
KOTA Rapid CityFri, 16 May 2008 4:10 PM PDT
The board did vote to cut the virtual high school program, a gifted program, the Academy daycare, and some math and literacy coaches.

New online school targets Latinos
The Salt Lake TribuneSat, 17 May 2008 11:46 PM PDT
BOISE, Idaho – The state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to recruit Hispanics and teenagers at risk of quitting or getting kicked out of public high schools.

LRN: Court Judgment Ends Suit Filed by Wisconsin Education Association
NasdaqMon, 19 May 2008 12:54 PM PDT
K12 Inc. (LRN) announced that a judgment has been entered by the Circuit Court of Ozaukee County in Wisconsin, bringing to a close a lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Education Association against the Northern Ozaukee School District and K12 Inc. for operating the Wisconsin Virtual Academy (WIVA). The Court stated that the “parties and the Court agree that the recent enactment of Act 222 obviates …

K12 Inc. Announces End of Lawsuit in Wisconsin
Centre Daily TimesMon, 19 May 2008 12:07 PM PDT
K12 Inc. (NYSE:LRN) is announcing that a judgment has been entered by the Circuit Court of Ozaukee County in Wisconsin, bringing to a close a lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Education Association against the Northern Ozaukee School District and K12 Inc. for operating the Wisconsin Virtual Academy (WIVA). In an order filed May 6, 2008, the Court stated that the “parties and the Court agree that …

K12 Inc. Announces End of Lawsuit in Wisconsin
Business Wire via Yahoo! FinanceMon, 19 May 2008 11:44 AM PDT
HERNDON, Va.—-K12 Inc. is announcing that a judgment has been entered by the Circuit Court of Ozaukee County in Wisconsin, bringing to a close a lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Education Association against the Northern Ozaukee School District and K12 Inc. for operating the Wisconsin Virtual Academy .

School system providing students opportunity to attend the Louisiana Virtual School (LVS) Summer Session
Beauregard Daily NewsTue, 20 May 2008 9:24 AM PDT
The Beauregard Parish School System is providing students the opportunity to attend the Louisiana Virtual School (LVS) Summer Session, according to Director of Curriculum Karen Cunningham.

Online High Schools Draw Students — and Worry Some Educators
KTRE-TV East TexasTue, 20 May 2008 9:17 AM PDT
Rather than send her kids off on the yellow bus, Briana LeClaire has school come to her home. Her kids attend a virtual public school, connecting online to teachers and coursework. Everything from books to microscopes to radish seeds arrives via brown trucks.

‘Virtual tutor’ for Hampshire schools
Hampshire ChronicleWed, 21 May 2008 4:32 AM PDT
EVERY school in Hampshire is set to have a new “virtual tutor.” Hampshire County Council has signed up with educational software provider Etech to provide Studywiz, a secure on-line learning platform, to 530 primary and secondary schools across the county.

Online school targets Hispanics, at-risk
Casper Star-TribuneThu, 22 May 2008 1:20 AM PDT
BOISE, Idaho — The state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to recruit Hispanics and teenagers at risk of quitting or getting kicked out of public high schools.

Online school accepting applications
Pahrump Valley TimesWed, 21 May 2008 5:54 PM PDT
Insight School of Nevada, is accepting applications for the fall semester 2008. It is a tuition-free, diploma-granting, online public high school opening its virtual doors to students throughout the state.

Online school targets Hispanics, at-risk
Casper Star-TribuneFri, 23 May 2008 1:19 AM PDT
BOISE, Idaho — The state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to recruit Hispanics and teenagers at risk of quitting or getting kicked out of public high schools.

Online school targets Hispanics, at-risk
Casper Star-TribuneSat, 24 May 2008 11:45 AM PDT
BOISE, Idaho — The state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to recruit Hispanics and teenagers at risk of quitting or getting kicked out of public high schools.

Tulpehocken School Board OKs contract to allow online classes
Reading EagleFri, 23 May 2008 8:08 PM PDT
The Tulpehocken School Board has voted 6-0 to approve a contract with Virtual High School Inc. that will allow some high school students to take classes online while attending Tulpehocken.

Next the Yahoo! News Alert for cyber school.

GNA considers cyber school
The Citizens’ VoiceSat, 17 May 2008 0:13 AM PDT
Greater Nanticoke Area school district officials are tired of losing money from sending students to charter schools and computer-based cyber schools. So they’re trying to get into the act themselves.

Cyber school undergoes metamorphosis
Newport News-TimesMon, 19 May 2008 11:37 AM PDT
School officials say it’s a change in status, not a change in service. Insight School of Oregon (ISO), Lincoln County School District’s (LCSD) public online charter high school, has morphed into what’s known as a private alternative school

Cyber academy plans move forward
The Indiana GazetteWed, 21 May 2008 11:12 AM PDT
FORD CITY – Armstrong School District administrators received approval Monday night to move forward with the creation of the district’s own cyber academy.

Dr. Nancy Minshew, Autism Researcher, to Speak at Regional Learning Alliance in Cranberry Township
PR Newswire via Yahoo! FinanceFri, 23 May 2008 7:02 AM PDT
Dr. Nancy Minshew, a leading researcher on the thinking processes of children with autism will talk about her work in a presentation co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School.

Troy signs cyber charter school letter
The Daily & Sunday ReviewSat, 24 May 2008 0:07 AM PDT
TROY — Troy Area School District officials signed a letter this week in support of a House Bill dealing with the funding of cyber charter schools.

Moving on to the Google News Alert for virtual school.

New online school targets Latinos
Salt Lake Tribune – United States
By Jessie Bonner AP BOISE, Idaho – The state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to …
See all stories on this topic

New online school targets Hispanics, at-risk students
The Olympian – Olympia,WA,USA
By JESSIE BONNER | AP Writer • Published May 17, 2008 The state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a …
See all stories on this topic

Horace Mann school survives cuts
Rapid City Journal – Rapid City,SD,USA
The labored discussion continued with a debate about cutting the Virtual High School, math coach and literacy coach positions and administrative jobs. …
See all stories on this topic

Finally, the Google News Alert for cyber school.

GNA considers cyber school
Citizens Voice – Wilkes-Barre,PA,USA
If GNA starts a cyber charter school for those students to attend, the state funding would stay in the district, Perrone said. He said he has been going to …
See all stories on this topic

Cyber school undergoes metamorphosis
Newport News Times – Newport,OR,USA
By Terry Dillman Of the News-Times Insight School of Oregon (ISO), Lincoln County School District’s (LCSD) public online charter high school, …
See all stories on this topic

Next week I’ll be here giving a presentation about this blog and the Forum’s website .

I’ll post the presentation once I’ve given it, but this is just to explain why the tumbleweed around here may be a bit thicker than usual at the start of the week.

In the meantime here’s a video from the QCA about initial teacher training:

And here’s one about taking risks with the curriculum which repeats some of the messages from the above video, but adds more depth:Filed under: Uncategorized

Chasing the chemical demons.

Dr John Ramsey, ofSt George’s Medical School in London, writes about legal highs on the BBC website:

While the government consults its advisors on the harms caused by cannabis and ecstasy and then disregards the evidence they produce, UK based websites and high-street “head” shops are exploiting the naivety of young people by marketing to them chemicals never before used as drugs.

Read more here and people’s reaction to his views here .

Filed under: legal high

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DCSF Ministers.

Confirmation of the new roles that Ministers at the DCSF will play:

Delyth Morgan’s principal policy areas include safeguarding and child protection, drugs and alcohol, sport and healthy eating.

Sarah McCarthy Fry’s principal policy areas include admissions, 14-19 reform, the National Curriculum and SEN.

Filed under: Government

Randolph Decker asks the question, What is online learning? In his entry he points to an FAQ which he has developed that addresses that question (and others apparently, but since the website is down I can’t tell for sure).

Similarly, John Norton asks the question, Are There Limits to Virtual Learning? And then proceeds to give us the views of two individuals who were part of a conference that John’s group (i.e., Teacher Leaders Network) sponsored.

In both of those responses, the individuals accepted the premise that students were wired differently today because of all of the electronic media that they are faced with (and as you know the notion of digital natives is a common topic on this blog – see Students These Days for the most recent entry).

Regardless of where you fall on the digital natives debate, let’s turn the question around a bit. The reason why this gets so much press and the reason why places like Michigan have begun to require that students take an online course to graduate (see Requiring Virtual Schooling? ) is because there is an assumption that we are teaching them in a way tht they will need to/be able to learn in the future or providing them with skills that will be necessary, even essential to their future careers. But Will That “What I’m Gonna Be After Graduation” Job Even Exist When You Graduate? And even if it does exist, will it require the same skills that are required now?

If we are asking ourselves questions about virtual school, trying to predict what will serve our students the best for their future, should this be a good place to start our predictions?

Tags: virtual school , cyber school , high school , education

elise
November 16, 2006 at 2:02 am

Oooh, I just discovered you through the NaBloPoMo thing and am thrilled.

You see, in my circle I am referred to as the “Spelling Nazi” but it’s never really been limited to spelling .

Do a post on answering the phone!

“Hello, may I speak with Mr. X?”
“Yes, this is him ”

Aaaaaggghhh! It kills me.

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feather
November 14, 2006 at 5:47 pm

My brother has stopped watching sports shows in the living room because I inevitably wander through and complain about the announcers’ grammar.

Though I do admit to frequently messing up well and good in the “How are you doing?” instance. The fact that most people, myself included, drop the implied “doing” from “I’m well” trips me up. And what about if you drop the “I’m” completely and just give a one word response? It sounds strange to say “well,” and it would probably get me very strange looks if I did it here, in my small midwestern hometown. I think that perhaps this is one area where language is evolving past the rules of grammar. In practical day-to-day usage outside of English departments it seems perfectly acceptable, maybe even more appropriate, to say “good” in response to “How’s it going?”

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organic mama
November 13, 2006 at 10:16 am

Why do you WANT one?

Perhaps you’re nuts. Maybe it is to show you can. Why not? I mean, aside from the years of work and piles of money.

Ph.D. is the pinnacle, the ultimate academic achievement, and I want to go for one too. Why? Well, because it predicates a great deal of specific, primary research that it entirely up to YOU. Instant expert, albeit in a narrow field, as a result of courses you want to take, things you want to write about and research that YOU direct. I feel like the next few professional years are clandestine research for what I will eventually want to scrutinize for a Ph,D,.

PLUS at the end of the road there’s a squishy hat and really cool robes.

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I had this news item forwarded to me from a friend of mine also interested in virtual schooling:

http://www.edutopia.org/magazine/ed1article.php?id=Art_1270&issue=apr_05 HIGHSCHOOL.COM

All over the country, secondary school students are going online for classes. Will the virtual classroom redefine what it means to be a student — or a teacher?

Tags: virtual school , cyber school , high school , education

Virtual Schooling in the News.

Again from a bunch of different sources this week. From Edutopia News – the electronic newsletter from The George Lucas Educational Foundation.

Highschool.com

All over the country, secondary school students are going online for classes. Will the virtual classroom redefine what it means to be a student — or a teacher?

By Christina Wood

Katarina Williams is an ambitious tenth grader in Haines City, Florida, shouldering the full burden of college-prep coursework: trigonometry, English, Earth-space science, economics, and American government. But trig is the only class that requires her to sit in a traditional classroom. The others she attends via modem, without leaving her house.

Williams, a student at the Florida Virtual School, is part of a new generation of students trading textbooks for text messaging. Nearly 300,000 high schoolers attended online classes in 2002-03, estimates Eduventures, an independent research firm. Most take an online class or two to obtain access to classes not available at their local school, gain a competitive edge when preparing for college, or accommodate a jammed schedule. A few, though, are so convinced of the efficacy of online instruction that they’ve abandoned traditional schools.

Read the full article about the burgeoning online-learning movement from the April 2005 issue of Edutopia magazine, the award-winning publication of The George Lucas Educational Foundation.

http://email.e-mailnetworks.com/ct/ct.php?t=1145728&c=649404757&m=m&type=3

Online Charters Woo Students

The number of online schools in Ohio has grown considerably in recent years, and students at top-rated schools in the state are enrolling in an online charter school despite the virtual school’s poor academic rankings.

http://email.e-mailnetworks.com/ct/ct.php?t=1145716&c=649404757&m=m&type=3

Want to learn more about the online-learning phenomenon? An Edutopia special report on this international trend features profiles of model programs and interviews with students, teachers, and experts.

http://email.e-mailnetworks.com/ct/ct.php?t=1145715&c=649404757&m=m&type=3

And fromour Google News Alert service for virtual school and for cyber school.

Virtual high school to stay put Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) – Milwaukee, WI, USA

Computers will remain powered up for students in the School District’s virtual high school after the School Board approved a revised five-year contract at a meeting Wednesday. The future of iQ Academies at Wisconsin, the Waukesha-based school that provides online instruction to students around the state, had been in doubt after School Board members raised concerns about a projected deficit at the end of the school year. As it is, the school is expected to post a $604,000 deficit for the year ending in June. But revisions to the district’s contract with KC Distance Learning, the private company that manages the school, mean that the district won’t incur further debt even if iQ doesn’t add enrollment for the next school year, district officials said. [ See all stories on this topic ]

Lt. Governor Perdue appoints Bruce Friend to lead NC Virtual’s … Carolina Newswire (press release) – NC, USA

Lt. Governor Bev Perdue, Chair of the State’s Business Education Technology Alliance, announced the appointment of Bruce Friend to lead North Carolina’s Virtual High School efforts at a meeting of the State Board of Education today. “Bruce Friend comes to NC with the experience and background we’re looking for to lead our efforts to create a first class Virtual High School that will serve our students from the coast to the mountains,” Perdue said. “Friend comes to this position having been Chief Academic Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of the Florida Virtual School where we played an integral role in the implementation of online learning. NC Virtual’s Board believes that Bruce Friend is the right person to lead our efforts to create the best Virtual School in the country for North Carolina’s kids.”

Violent video games feed unhealthy ideas to young kids TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) – Tacoma, WA, USA

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold trained on the violent video game Doom to rehearse for the carnage of Columbine. One week before the worst school massacre in American history, I predicted on NBC’s “Today” that the triple school homicide in Paducah, Ky., would be followed by other such killings and that Doom would be the virtual reality rehearsal simulator of choice. Unfortunately, I was correct. After Columbine, the FBI and the Secret Service found that the teen perpetrators in all the then-recent school killings were immersed in violent entertainment, especially violent video games.

His task: Updating schools Boston Globe – United States

Officially, he reports for duty next Tuesday, but Haverhill’s new school chief is already busy thinking up ways to improve the city’s public schools. Introducing Internet-based courses and a magnet school for science and math at the high school are two of the ideas Raleigh Buchanan said he hopes to explore with his new colleagues. Others include developing a strategic plan for the system, grappling with the city’s high dropout rate, and introducing a program for gifted high school students that focuses on international issues.

Blazing a virtual-school trail Corvallis Gazette Times – Corvallis, OR, USA

Oregon’s first online charter school, run by the Scio School District,gets good marks from the mom of one of its students. Jefferson Warner sometimes starts his fourth-grade class in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon. Sometimes, if he’s especially restless, he skips it altogether. The flexibility in the Lebanon boy’s schedule is what his mother, Shawna, loves about Oregon Connections Academy, the “virtual” charter school that’s now part of the Scio School District.Jefferson is one of 692 students — none of them from Scio — who have enrolled so far in the state’s first wholly online public charter school.

Cyber bills are adding up for Venango school districts Oil City Derrick – Oil City, PA, USA

Cyber charter school enrollment has topped 100 this year for the four Venango County public school districts, and while the districts have set aside nearly $1 million to pay the tuition bills, it may not be enough.Combined local enrollment in the cyber schools, which provide instruction to students via the Internet, has jumped by 15 to 112 since last year. About 97 Venango County residents were enrolled in cyber school programs last year, up from about 87 the previous year. [ See all stories on this topic ]

We’d like to hear from cyber students Oil City Derrick – Oil City, PA, USA

Cyber school students do not ride a bus or attend a brick and mortar school, do not take part in a typical gym class or eat lunch in the school cafeteria, and cannot be sent to the office if they are tardy or misbehave.Rather, they “attend” school at home via the Internet. They receive and complete assignments, take quizzes and tests, consult with instructors and “participate” in class discussions, all over the Internet.

Area Schools Weigh Costs And Benefits Yankton Daily Press – Yankton, SD, USA

… In addition, the “Cyber-Soph” program provides about 30 randomly-chosen sophomores with laptops, he said. “Those sophomores work with laptops the school has … [Unable to get complete preview, as site requires free registration]

Tags: virtual school , cyber school , high school , education

WordPosted July 28, 2007 at 5:11 pm | Permalink

I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
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Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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1.
By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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1.
By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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1.
By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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1.
By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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1.
By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Copyright Lorelle VanFossen, member of the 9Rules Network
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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Copyright Lorelle VanFossen, member of the 9Rules Network
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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Copyright Lorelle VanFossen, member of the 9Rules Network
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This entry was written by Lorelle VanFossen and posted on July 28, 2007 at 9:14 am and filed under WordPress News. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.
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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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1.
By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network

Copyright Lorelle VanFossen, member of the 9Rules Network
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This entry was written by Lorelle VanFossen and posted on July 28, 2007 at 9:14 am and filed under WordPress News. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.
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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well oka