The first Blog World has been fun meeting some highly-influential people and doing the glad-hand thing – although I wouldn’t want to do it forever. Two days are just fine. Rick Moran has it right when he says that thisevent is a sign that blogging has grown up – arrivederci Wild, Wild West, hello marketing men. That’s good and bad, of course. But I’m not overly worried, as I indicated on a panel: There will always be plenty of wild and crazy new blood pumping through the Internet.
I suspected in advance the smartest thing I could do for myself at Blog World was wear a good pair of walking shoes and I did (Ecco’s). The second smartest thing I could do was make a reservation at some good restaurants. These days for me, Vegas is eating, not gambling. I can’t stand losing, so it keeps me away from the gambling tables and headed for those other tables (restaurants). Don’t know which are better long range for my health but Wednesday night Sheryl, Madeleine and I ate at Rao’s, the Caesar’s Palace branch of the New York Italian with eleven tables (allegedly impossible to get in – I never tried). Here it seems to have a hundred. The food was great. I had a bone-in veal parmagiana. Recommended. Tonight: Boulud Brasserie before we lumber onto the plane.
It sure looks and sounds like fun and will hopefully be productive. One caveat though. When I looked at the Professor’s site today, he indicated that when bloggers get together they mostly interview bloggers. Again, that’s surely a good time. But remember that the MSM is in love with talking about itself and to each other. Be wary about going too far down this path or we could end up saying: meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
“meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
No kidding.
I still don’t understand how you guys make a living with internet ads, or how most internet advertisers get much bang for the buck from the ads they place. Having recently started watching tv again and listening to car radio, I’m finding sitting through the advertising in those mediums more intolerable than ever. If internet ad revenue keeps everyone happy and well fed, i say hallelujah.
When you return home, will you be walking the picket lines? Any hope for a settlement soon? Cordially Z