Besides going to Amsterdam [1], I also have been invited to speak at or participate in several other events.
This Friday I start participating online in the Media Center's "Media Center Conversations". The Media Center is a media-technology-society think tank; and in this online collaborative project, bloggers and journalists get to mix it up to talk about culture, advocacy, public policy, etc. This will go on until their Global We Media Forum, which is happening in London this year. I'm penciled in to go. I don't have all the details about the online comings and goings but know that LittleJudy and Ron Mwangaguhunga from The Corsair are editors who have lined up evil geniuses like Perez Hilton, Ronni Bennett from Time Goes By, Nichelle Stephens from the Nichelle Newsletter, Ramiro Burr from the San Antonio Express-News and the fellas at Yahoo!Buzz Index.
On February 11th there will be a progressive bloggers "summit" here in New York City at the Grassroots Media Forum [2].
Amsterdam is going to be a hoot. Lawd have mercy! I will finally meet some of my faves like Perez Hilton [3], Amanda Marcotte [3], Ezra Klein [3], Jeralynn Merrit [4], and ... [insert here girlie scream ] ... Tony Pierce [5]!
Even more of a networking orgy will happen at Austin, Texas; starting March 10th. It's SXSW [6] and I will be moderating the Better Blogging Brainstorms panel [7]. I know a whole bunch of people are going so holla back if you are going.
Right after that I scoot over to Washington DC to talk about the b'ness of blogging on another panel. This is not as exciting as SXSW but, damn, if the Cable Television Public Affairs Association [8] asks for help in understanding this here thing called the blogosphere, then I am more than happy to oblige.
I sometime during this spring I will be going to Puerto Rico to visit my mom and family, catch some rays and show my kids their mama's previous life.
If I can't make it to London, I'll have a bit of a stretch there. I still have not decided it I am going to YearlyKos [9] since ... it's around my birthday and I still have not found a good reason why I should spend my big 40 around a sea of kossacks.
But the one big blogger date I have is with BlogHer. By hook or by crook I am getting my ass over to San Jose [10]. And y'all should too.
Which brings me to the point of this post. Please tell us where are you going to be this year. It does not matter how big or small is the event, let us now so we can represent; either by going to the event or sending some good vibes your way.
Use your Add an event form [11] to include it in our community calendar.
You gotta represent y'all!
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