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Distributed picture-taking

An experiment in distributed storytelling: while attending South by Southwest, every time I went to take a picture, I was preempted by another, more photo savvy individual. So where’s my photo album? Take a tour with some of my friends:

playing kickball, acquiring a “tan” (that’s me way in the back, credit: min jung)
first meal with real live bloggers (credit: erica)
they’re just like real people!
umm, yeah, could we have a table for 42 please? (credit: anil)
how the other half ate (credit: anil)
proof: I was on a panel (scroll down a bit, credit: wes)
last night dinners (credit: leia)
instill fear (credit: pamela)
in those with empty cameras (credit: pamela)
Look ma, I’m famous! That’s me right next to John Tesh and Jason Kottke

Jouralist Josh has a backlash

Josh had quite a reaction to our panel at SXSW.

St. Pat’s, Boston Stylee…

I might lapse from existence this weekend, thanks to St. Patrick’s Day 2002. You’ll find me at the oldest St. Pat’s parade in existence (first in 1737, annually since 1901), in the heart of historic South boston.

Viral fact checking

Okay, so the mass media attention to weblogs has officially tipped, thanks to the blogger manifesto and a host of articles from microcontent news. Yesterday’s article in the daily standard, “Reading, Writing, and Blogging” is yet another of what will be the landslide of articles touting or discrediting P2P Journalism. What I found facinating from this one was the mention of Smartertimes, a site deditacted to fact-checking stories in the New York Times.

Kiss your March goodbye

Oh my god.. someone slap me! I almost forgot to waste the rest of the month watching March Madness! Already 4 upsets only halfway through the first round, it’s shaping up to consume my entire life. More addictive than metafilter.

Blogdex policy?

Something brought up in my SXSW panel was the policies I have towards racist and otherwise hateful speech contained within the blogdex index. I’ve posed the question to the community, and am eagerly waiting the reaction.

Bloggers volley.. Google returns

Recent coverage of googlebombing by the BBC has prompted Google to respond: Google strikes back.

The most covered session in the West

Okay, maybe a *little* comment. The aforementioned panel went well, according to the feedback I received from some audience members. At one point Doc asked the question “Who here is blogging this panel right now?” to which Wes and Cam raised their hands. Actually, there were three people taking notes, and Doc was one of them!. I think that’s the first blog-while-presenting that I’ve ever heard. I nearly wet myself when I realized what he was doing. Anyway, heeeeere’s the shizz:

Hmm.. no comment.

I’m back. No comment.

Cam x SouthWest

This is, by far, the most travelling I’ve ever done in my life. I feel like a horrible cliche musician under the duress of “road life,” who longs for the relaxing and stable environs of home.

Pshaw. I’m exaggerating, as the domain states, but I am off to SXSW today, probably the most exciting trip of recent times. It’s quite a surreal experience heading to an event where so many webloggers will be present. I’m really looking forward to putting real faces to the identities that I’m so familiar with.

I’ll be participating in Meg’s panel Peer to Peer Journalism: Weblogs and Collaborative Media on Tuesday at 12:30pm, as well as crossing my fingers for Blogdex’s nomination in the Web Awards.

The Cam Cam will be in full effect, so expect a mini-documentary upon return. I hope to see you all there!