I spent the day at Podcamp Nashville and had a great time. I want to thank Dave Delaney, Kelly Stewart, and Marcus Whitney for their roles in pulling it all together. I believe Allison Groves and Lizzie Keiper were also instrumental in things running smoothly today. Big thanks to these folks and any other behind the scenes people of Podcamp Nashville.
Now, reflections on Podcamp Nashville 2008:
- I like The Cannery Ballroom. It was a really good venue. More spacious than Barcamp was over the summer at Exit/In.
- Everyone seemed to think the wi-fi was super slow...I didn't have my laptop with me so it didn't matter. This was a point at which I was glad I didn't bring the computer with me.
- Cliff Ravenscraft was a good presenter to start the day off. This guy does 17 different podcasts. 17. That's crazy...but he seems to have enough passion to make it happen.
- It was great to meet C.C. Chapman in person and talk about launching new media marketing consulting. We realized we both jumped out on our own at the same time (October, 2007) so it was interesting to compare notes. He was the first of two keynote presenters and did well. He let pictures run randomly the whole time during his presentation. It was a different sort of experience but quite good.
- Dave Delaney did a very solid Twitter presentation. I picked up a few tips there.
- Moes served a good lunch as always. I have always liked Moes...but I've said that before.
- PowerPoint ate my presentation and I had to show it in the "edit" mode rather than presentation mode. This was a point at which I really wished I brought my computer with me.
- Scott Schwertly did a great presentation about presentations. It was good to reconnect with him. I hadn't seen him in probably two years or so when we both had other employers.
- Joseph Jaffe was the other keynote. It was interesting to hear his optimism about podcasting (both audio and video) in a time when some people are already saying that podcasting is dead. The stats seem to agree with Joseph. Steve and I had a few minutes with him after his presentation and he talked about his motivations to move into video blogging/podcasting more extensively. Quite interesting.
- I officially met several people I have known of or met online like: Ginger, Keith, Nathan, and Darrin.
- I didn't see Kate, Rob, or Ben. Did I miss you guys (and girl)?
Bonus thoughts...
Nathan and I recorded a quick episode (10 minutes) of The New Mediology at the end of Podcamp Nashville today too. There are random shout-outs to Kelly Stewart and Allison Groves as they walked by and Nathan Ketsdever walked up to talk and then realized we were recording. It was pretty funny but also a cool thing about podcasting on the spot.
All in all a good day. Met some great people. Made some good connections and even reconnected with some people I didn't expect to.
Side note: I think this is the single most hyperlinks I've ever put into a blog post.