On Friday my husband & I are flying to Las Vegas for BlogWorld Expo. This is our first trip to Vegas & a great opportunity to meet so many bloggers in one place! I’ve been working full time online for a year & am looking forward to meeting my friends!!
People are leaving comments that they want to meet. So I’ll help you!
- My husband, Stuart, stands out in a crowd at 6′2
(Sushi is staying home)
- He is in law enforcement for the State of Minnesota & has many interesting stories. He’s also heard of most of you & is on Facebook.
- We’ll be with the Network Solutions gang at exhibit booth #230
- Shashi Bellamkonda, Steve Fisher, & Geoff Livingston
We’d love to meet you, so definitely say hi! Stuart will have the camera & 4 gig cards.
I look forward to meeting Darren Rowse, ProBlogger from Australia & Nicole Simon who’s coming in from Germany. From Minnesota, Lee Odden & Greg Swan (We agreed that we have to go to Las Vegas to meet ) Patrick O’Keefe the author of “Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards” will also be there.
And I have a whole list of friends & people to meet including: Stephanie Agresta, David Alston of Radian6, Chris Brogan, David Berkowitz, Rohit Bhargava, Michael Brito, Toby Bloomberg, Paul Chaney, Frank Eliason of ComCastCares, Jason Falls, Tim Ferriss, Laura Fitton, Shama Hyder, Tris Hussey, Guy Kawasaki, Lee LeFever, Becky McCray, Jake McKee, Lionel Menchaca, Scott Monty, Hugh McLeod, Dave Peck, Jeremy Pepper, Steve Rubel, Robert Scoble, Brian Solis, Liz Strauss, Mario Sundar, Robyn Tippins, Kristie Wells …
and YOU!
(because I’ve heard from many of you that you’ll be there!!)
Are you going to the TechSet Event on Friday night hosted by Brian Solis & Steph Agresta? Go, NOW! sign up!! – they want people to RSVP
See you in Vegas! & leave a note here.
September 16th, 2008 on 2:32 pm
I am not as exciting as most of these people on your list but I would love to meet you. Where can you find a list of meetups? Or where can I post a meetup for blogworld.
Cheers and see you soon
mike
http://www.grassshackroad.com
http://www.meetingspodcast.com
http://www.twitter.com/mmcallen
September 16th, 2008 on 2:34 pm
Hey Connie, I’m so excited you’ll be at Blog World this year. I’m looking forward to meeting you and many others including @mmcallen who’ve I’ve followed on Twitter for ages.
September 16th, 2008 on 2:55 pm
Hi Mike,
And I’d love to meet you too.
Well, I’m just me (not sure if that is exciting or not)
I’m asing if there is a wiki or Facebook group for us to connect on this week.
And Merlene, I look forward to meeting you too!
September 16th, 2008 on 3:28 pm
Thanks for the mention. Definitely looking forward to meeting you, as well.
September 16th, 2008 on 4:28 pm
Hi Connie,
Looking forward to meeting you and Stuart in Las Vegas. btw who is Sushi , When I am on the phone and ppl do not understand my name I say its like Sushi but with an “a” LOL
Shashi
September 16th, 2008 on 4:33 pm
Sushi is the cat in the photo. She has to stay home.
Look forward to meeting you too Shashi! Thanks for inviting me to go.
September 16th, 2008 on 6:43 pm
yay! We’ll be there blogging about social media and would love to meet up.
September 16th, 2008 on 8:07 pm
Hey there Connie, looking forward to meeting up with you again and seeing the rest of the gang. Vegas, here we come
David
September 16th, 2008 on 8:07 pm
You’re going to have a GREAT time! I wish I could say “see you there” but it’s not in the cards for me this year. I’ll be speaking on a panel for a conference at the end of the month though (that’s exciting).
Anyway, do have a great time! Take lots of photos and bring them back to share
September 16th, 2008 on 8:50 pm
Hey Adam, I’m going to try out yoono in advance
Looks like it could be competition with Digsby (which crashes)
Yes, Mr Alston – definitely see you there
And Ricardo, I missed it last year, 2 podcamp Boston’s & SxSW – but who’s counting?! Congrats on your speaking gig – rock it!
September 16th, 2008 on 8:59 pm
Yes! Definitely looking forward to meeting — even if we must go to Vegas to meet in person. See you on Twitter!
-Greg (@perfectporridge)
September 17th, 2008 on 6:31 am
Have a great time in Vegas Connie. If you have a chance see the circus show with the Beatles, it is fabulous.
Make sure to meet Stephanie Agresta. She is a great person and very smart. Tell her I said hello.
Jim
September 18th, 2008 on 11:12 pm
Connie – I don’t know which I’m most interested in the sessions, the networking or just hanging out with friends. Can’t wait to see you!
September 19th, 2008 on 6:04 am
Def see you there @Greg.
Jim there will always be another time.
And Toby -I know! It’ll be a great time methinks!
September 24th, 2008 on 12:40 am
Well as it turns out, things worked out for the best and I made it out
(Duh, we only finally got to meet!)
Connie, it was great to meet you in person! And I’m not just saying that to be nice. I really do hope we can get together again some time soon and just sit and talk.
I’m glad you made it out and got to meet your on-line friends, off-line.
September 25th, 2008 on 12:10 pm
So close, Connie, and yet so far. Why did we not meet? Or, did we? No, I’d remember. Next time for sure!
September 28th, 2008 on 8:08 am
I remember how amazing it was about 18 months ago when I met so many of the people who live in my computer for the first time. I gotten to travel all over the country this year and meet more of them. I should have checked to see who from MN was going to Blog World and I could have met some local folks.
September 28th, 2008 on 8:36 am
Hi Teresa,
We will connect sooner than later. I’ll be back down to the Twin Cities for SMB.I just work & live in my bubble up here
Smile – it’s not snowing yet!