America is calling.
If I was rich on time and in the pocketbook, here are the upcoming blog conferences I’d like to attend:
Blog Business Summit in San Francisco, August 17-19. $895. I attended this conference last year and thought it was great. I met Darren Barefoot, whose blog I’d been reading for months. Darren is also a speaker at this year’s conference.
I met Travis and Susie, who I share interesting publishing ideas with, and all the blog gods like Robert Scoble.
Janet Johnson from Marqui is also a speaker–Janet who I recently met at the SFU Future of Publishing session.
There is a very fine list of speakers again this year. But August … things are gearing up in the publishing world and I’ve just received my security/tracking ankle cuff, the latest chained-to-your-desk innovation. Sadly for me, I will not be able to attend.
Instead my hopes are set high for Number 2, Blogon 2005 in New York City Oct 17-18. $1095. I’m going to start lobbying the powers that be now … New York here I want to come. I recall at BookExpo America there were all sorts of bloggers who came out of the wood work. Cool people. I want to be there. The campaign starts today.
Any others I should know about?