Not surprisingly, there’s lots to read about the Blogfest. I am feeling tired from last night so I swiped these links from Gowanus Lounge about the Blogfest. Thanks Bob (I knew you’d understand).
· Brooklyn Blogfest [Reclaimed Home]
· Gratitude [New York Shitty]
· Brooklyn Blogfest 2008 [Sustainable Flatbush]
· Blogfest 2008 Coverage [Flatbush Gardener]
· Blogfest 08 Photoset [Flatbush Gardener/flickr]
· Brooklyn Blogfest is a Hit [Brooklyn Optimist]
Everyone had a lot to say.
Brooklyn Skeptic wrote with her signature skepticism that the Blogfest was an exercise in self-absorption. She did, however, like the free beer. Angela Freeburg with NBC Universal made a short video and had a more upbeat take on the event.
Hundreds of bloggers came out to promote their blogs, discuss the
evolution of blogging, and network while munching on Mexican food,
sipping Brooklyn Beer, and indulging in sweets like wasabi brownies
provided by Brooklyn Fudge.The blog-fest enabled blogging pros
and new bloggers to discuss the blogosphere, a rapidly changing world
that covers everything from vegan food to hyper-local news.
Creative Times listed some of her personal highlights, including
The evening concluded with the Shout Out, where roughly 60 bloggers
from the audience came to the mics up front to introduce themselves.
People
stayed well past the ending of the program to dine on the donated
edible goodies, mingle, and get their portrait taken by Hugh Crawford
of No Words Daily Pix from Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.A
personal highlight from Blogfest was being part of the team of bloggers
and non-bloggers who pulled together as Staff to make every aspect of
the event go well, from the food to the DJing, to the sound system. It
definitely takes a village to raise a Blogfest.
New York Shitty, who delivered a terrific speech at the Blogfest about her life as a blogger, seemed to enjoy the fest even if it was in Park Slope:
Anyone in the know will tell you schlepping one’s ass from Greenpoint
to Park Slope and back is no picnic. This usually entails taking the G
to F. Getting to the Brooklyn Lyceum is a bit more complicated. Do I
want to transfer at the 4th Avenue Station for the M(aybe) or R(arely)?
No, I have more faith in my feet than those trains, thank you very much,
All in all, a good time was had by all. Personally, I’d like to thank Gerritsen Beach for all his help during the clean up help at the end of the night. I am now, officially, a fan of his blog, which is dedicated to Gerritsen Beach Offering current news, links and reviews and not memories.
R
I can envision next year being at BAM and also being a day-long event (on a Saturday or Sunday) that would start with opening remarks and a shout-out and then move into break-out sessions where people would lead sessions on different blog-related topics.
We’d have to start the organizing pretty early.
Kudos to Louise and her crew for putting together this event. The space this year was good. Having managed a grass roots organization for 10 years, I can appreciate the work required to put on such an event.
Being a little less crunchy than most of Park Slope, I have to agree with Brooklyn Skeptic about the roster of speakers:
“bloggers stood up to congratulate themselves on the totally mind-blowing awesomeness that is blogging.”
Self praise is the phrase that came to mind while I listened.
Thinking about how to make Blogfest better, I think following a model similar to PodCamp may work well, where people volunteer to teach/talk about different subjects.
Then the Blogfest could truly offer tangible benefits to those who attend, people could learn the nuts and bolts of blogging as well as really “discuss the evolution of blogging”
Having a Blogfest mailing list would enable people ( like myself ) who don’t read many Brooklyn centric blogs to keep in the loop.
I give credit to the organizers that from what I can tell, Bruce Ratner was only mentioned once, by the angry guy with the green shirt in the shout out portion.
As I offered last year after attending Blogfest, I am ready and able to help plan the next one.
And I invite you all to come to our monthly social get-together of Web 2.0 types, BKLN 2.0 http://web.meetup.com/54/
Thx, eric http://www.green-house.tv
Your welcome! I had a great time and thank you for your kind words. I was glad to help.
I didn’t mean for it to happen but I was the first one in and last one out.