Note: I gather the idea of a blogathon is to write a bunch of blog entries.
9:15 am Arrive at Blogathon.
9:30 am Realize where I am (Link Co-working) after coffee kicks in.
9:45 am Apply more caffeine. Hey, this office chair is 10 times more ergonomic than the one I have at home! And it’s green! For me to bounce in!
10-11:00 am Attend (i.e. walk 10 feet to) Talmadge Boyd talk on video blogging. Best advice: “Who should video blog? Anyone who’s not afraid of their face.”
11-11:15 am Meet another former college educator. Agree that students are beasts, teaching them to read just doesn’t pay enough.
11:30 am Realize I’m supposed to be writing.
12:00 pm My laptop’s desktop is now spotless.
12:30 pm My Gmail is totally under control.
1:00 pm I am literally the first one to the lunch buffet.
1:05 pm Chat with neighbor to right.
1:10 pm Chat with neighbor to left.
1:15 pm Realize the live stream camera is pointed in our direction. Our table is wolfing on camera, what fun!
1:30 pm Chat with neighbor behind me.
2:00 pm Oh no, we have to turn off the network to let more people on it! Darn, just as I was getting focused.
2:15 pm It’s getting really noisy. Still nearly 4 hours till happy hour.
2:30 pm Guess I should write something…oh, another talk! On WordPress stuff, gotta listen to that.
3:00 pm Coffee break.
3:30 pm Snack break.
4:00 pm Chatting with tablemates.
4:20 pm Actual writing! Yay!
4:30 pm Last presentation, on separating personal/business life. Clearly, that’s not going to happen but maybe I’ll learn something anyway…
4:50 pm People are throwing down on the Twitter stream! It’s gettin’ ugly!
5:30 pm Must…write…before…beer.
6:00 pm Happy hour. We’re done here.
Your neighbor on the right, well I think I recognized him from a picture at the Post Office. Just saying…
Ha, who knew our table had criminal element. Is that why they were pointing the camera at us?
This seems pretty accurate. We didn’t chat, but I was sitting across from you. You looked very busy and important, but I had no idea he magnitude of work you got done until now.
Oh, you should have thrown something at me! I’m told I often look busy and unapproachable, but usually I’m just spacing out
So what was the throwdown on Twitter all about? I’m curious. Also, did you get to see (and hear) Kristen Lamb?
The Twitter throwdown started with some good-natured smack Tweets about @austindirtydog, but she smacked right back. Also, you should ask Bob (above) what happened to his Twitter handle…and I don’t think Kristen Lamb was there, I think she’s more Dallas-centered.