BloggerCon, Tejas-style?
BloggerCon 2003, the big $500-a-whack Hahvud shindig that you weren't invited to, along with roughly two million of your closest friends, is beginning to attract some backlash among the trailer trash* of the blogosphere. You know the ones. They have the digital equivalent of pink flamingos on their home page, and their blogrolls are up on blocks, awaiting a hemi-transplant. You wouldn't want 'em marryin' your daughter (unless you were already related, but that's another story) or borrowin' your 12-gauge.
But you would want to party with 'em. And you'd be a fool if you didn't want to blog with 'em.
And it's those kind of fine, salt-of-the-earth buckaroos who are proposing an Anti-BloggerCon convocation. It's a fine idea, if you ask me, especially since the idea seems as natural in a Texas location as a rattlesnake in a brush pile.
So, here's my advice. Drop on by The Fat Guy's hideout -- especially if you're a Texas blogger (living here, or simply wishing you were) -- and give him some input about what, how and when. He's already got the why down cold.
*I just hate having to flag my satire as such, but you can never be too careful nowadays, you know?
I vote for "duh," although "yankee" might also apply, depending on which part of the post *really* confused you.
Just kidding. Really. I'm sorry that this post is overly obscure, but that's why it's in the category of "navel-gazing." This term flags posts that are, essentially, blogging about blogging, and they are not intended to be understood and/or embraced by non-bloggers. I'm not trying to be exclusionary, but I suppose, in a way, it is a geek-dialect. At the very least, these posts will often refer to things that only bloggers are likely to know or care about.
I'm also sorry that I'm fresh out of West Texas gossip. It is far more interesting, I agree. Umm... do you have any you'd like to share?
Posted by: Eric at August 12, 2003 05:40 PMYour gossipy little friend can still come down (slide over?) for the music and the beer.
Gad. I'd hate sitting around talking blogs for a weekend my own damn self.
Posted by: Scott Chaffin at August 12, 2003 10:58 PMAny gathering that involves talking about the act of blogging just doesn't seem that exciting to me. Now, if it involved a couple of cocktails, well, mabye! *grin*
Posted by: Nicole at August 13, 2003 12:33 PMHey, I'll take a weekend in Texas (Glen Rose even) over harvard any day!
Posted by: bryan at August 13, 2003 03:13 PMAbout the publisher
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Re-read your 2:51 p.m. post about "bloggercon, tejas-style" and try to imagine you are not a computer-meister. What do you think it reads like? I read it twice and I don't understand one sentence. Am I just duh? or what?
Posted by: Dummy at August 12, 2003 05:25 PMThis isn't a criticism, more like a critique. Maybe you only expect geeks to read your blog. I was looking for West Texas gossip.