Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
My mind is exploding. I’m at Blogworld New Media Expo and there just aren’t enough hours in the day. There are so many new things to discover. I wish I didn’t have to shut down my mind and go to sleep so I could keep learning 24 hours a day. My brain hurts.
Let’s start at the beginning. I’m meeting up with old friends like Kim McAllister from Emergiblog, and I’m making new friends, too. My newest friend is Brittney from The Nerdy Nurse. She’s a hoot. She’s real smart, too. Kim and I had dinner with her last night when she started talking about new things that are circulating around in the blogosphere. Stumble Upon, what’s that? And what do you say about affiliations and blogs? My mind started racing. Brittney didn’t miss a beat when she started rattling off the facts. My mind flashed back to when my younger daughter, who was eleven years old at the time, taught me how to turn on a computer and sign on to AOL. Then she taught me how to use email. That’s when my life changed forever. Now, so many years later I’ve started learning everything all over again. Kim and I just looked at each other. We are two old gals with a lot to learn.
Brittney must have noticed that deer caught in headlights look in our eyes. She gave us a poor pitiful look and said, “I need to help you ladies out.” She’s coming up to our room tonight to give us a tutorial.
Blogworld New Media Expo rocks. I’m coming again next year come hell or high water. Any blog affiliates out there want to sponsor my trip?
George
November 7th, 2011 at 5:52 am
The nerdy nurse has been one of the favorite online resource and I too have few friends over there..
thenerdynurse
November 13th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
That’s the right idea! Start early for sponsorship. I was so blessed and shocked that my scholarship fell into my lap. Nerdy little dream come true and I had such an awesome time with you ladies.
thenerdynurse
November 13th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
I get a little… excited… when it comes to technology. Passionate, I guess, would be the best way to describe it. But rambling crazy lady would cover it too.
I totally can help you ladies with some neat bloggy stuff. I am confident that I have more to learn from you that you do from me!
Rick Calvert
January 23rd, 2012 at 1:24 pm
Wow, reading your post is humbling. You have no idea how happy it makes me feel. I can hear your excitement just jumping out of the page.
Kim at Emergiblog knows what a dream come true BlogWorld has been for me. To see so many bloggers getting together, learning and networking from each other is amazing.
Thank you for joining us in LA this year. I hope you are able to come back again and again.
Sincerely,
Rick Calvert
CEO & Co-founder
BlogWorld & New Media Expo