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Homeward bound

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Homeward bound
: First and foremost, give a hand to Dave Winer and the Harvard Law School Berkman Center for throwing Bloggercon.

Fine, Dave’s a controversial figure. Fine, some sessions were better or worse than others; always the case. And, yes, I hated being away from the kids for a precious weekend.

But if you didn’t go, you missed something good.

What struck me most, in the end, was the community in which I now find myself. I started making a list of all the people I already knew — in person or via blog — whom I’m glad I got to see here and added in the new nice and smart people I met and it’s a long list (in no order, with no links, just a few: Dave, David, Chris, Chris, Scott, Doc, Dan, Joi, Glenn, Halley, AKMA, Kaye, Dan, Ed, Oliver, Elizabeth, Len, Hylton, Adam, Andrew, Britt, Cam, Gene, Scott, Susan, James, Jay, Josh, Matt, Phil… you get the point). The hallways were great.

So thanks, Dave and company.

: More posts on the remainder of the day later, on the other end….

4 responses to “Homeward bound”

  1. joy Avatar
    joy

    OK, if I am not mistaken Jeff, you had your fee paid for you so all you paid was for travel and your room.
    I’m just wondering if the folks who paid $500 + travel + hotel room felt like it was worth it.

  2. Shannon Okey Avatar
    Shannon Okey

    Thanks again for the dumplings at dinner last night – probably my favorite “session” all day.
    I’m sorry to have missed your political session today – word on the street (blog? RSS feed?) is that you were an amazing moderator! :)

  3. craig Avatar
    craig

    Excellent job with the moderating in the political session – I really enjoyed the way you kept the quality of the discussion very high!

  4. Jeff Jarvis Avatar
    Jeff Jarvis

    Joy:
    I paid the fee. I was on expense account, but I tend to be very miserly about such things. And I’d say this was worth it. One can certainly argue about the size of the fee. I’m just saying it was a good, if exhausting, two days.