Yesterday afternoon, in a meeting about social media and one of our titles, a journalist suggested that maybe online communities could have a strong offline component. It was one of those occasions when I had to resist the urge to go "well, d'uh". Despite the mainstream media's obsession with "virtual" relationships not being real relationships, I've always found that relationships formed online rapidly go offline, and vice-versa.
Thus, the webby conference scene is something I love, both for the chance to catch up with old contacts and meet new ones. Oh, and for the conference content, of course. Last year I had to miss the Web 2.0 Expo in Germany, because of Mum's chemo therapy. This year I'm free to go, and will be heading over to Berlin for some serious networking and some juicy brain meats from the programme.
Web 2.0 Expo Berlin Discount
If you're interested in attending, the organisers have provided me (and some other bloggers) with a discount code that gets you 35% off the entry price. Just register online and use the code webeu08gr9 to get some Euros off, which is pretty damn useful in these credit crunched times...
Thus, the webby conference scene is something I love, both for the chance to catch up with old contacts and meet new ones. Oh, and for the conference content, of course. Last year I had to miss the Web 2.0 Expo in Germany, because of Mum's chemo therapy. This year I'm free to go, and will be heading over to Berlin for some serious networking and some juicy brain meats from the programme.
Web 2.0 Expo Berlin Discount
If you're interested in attending, the organisers have provided me (and some other bloggers) with a discount code that gets you 35% off the entry price. Just register online and use the code webeu08gr9 to get some Euros off, which is pretty damn useful in these credit crunched times...
My, I was contacted for the Berlin expo as a blogger but said I'd rather be there as a journo to have a broader reach. Then I forgot aboout it, the scatterbrain journo mentality kicking in: this means I should really get me act together and register for press pass then? Hmm... never been to Berlin (which is great plus in my book: new place to explore... )
I did think about registering as a journalist, but as I'm not actually writing for anyone at the moment that seemed a little cheeky.
Besides, I wanted to see how a blogger outreach programme worked from the user end, as it were. :)