I got a request to write up a article on SoCon via the Skribit app in my sidebar.  It was quickly voted up so you folks must want to know what went on.

Truth be told,  I did not spend a lot of time at SoCon.  I went to the networking dinner on Friday night and made it a point to network.  Met some folks I did not meet before.  Saw a lot of old friends.  Then left at about 9:30 to go to my first ever tweetup that Tessa put together at Octane.  I used to hang out at Octane as an office when I was working on a startup awhile back.  Never had been there at night.  Somewhat bizarre bar scene with everyone in the place playing with their mobile device be it a laptop, MID, or smartphone.  I found the real life conversation somewhat like twitter itself.  Interesting, with spurts of chatter and spurts of silence.  Hung for about two hours drinking a beer that had been aged in bourbon casks.  Tasty!

I only was able to make it to the opening general session on Saturday morning this year.  Unlike last year, I actually said something.  Something about how one of the big changes that I have seen in the last year is traditional media’s rush to embrace the social aspects of the web and predicting what the next big thing is extremely hard to do, and that is part of the wonder of the Internet.  The joy of discovery and the unknown.

Afterward I found out there was a live blogging back channel going with all the kewl kids that I wish I could have been a part of.  I do think that as Simon would say, things got a little pitchy at times.  Amani Channel has a nice video that captures the essence of the event.  Checking out these links will tell more of the story than I am capturing.

The SoCon gang once again pulled off a great unconference and I will be there in 09. Once again I ripped the picture on this post from Josh.