As I was trying to get caught up on some blog reading that I am so terribly behind on that Google Reader is starting to mock me, I stopped by This Full House. As Liz went on about how she was warning others about bringing her “skanky-ass toes” to BlogHer, I started to get excited. (NO, not about her toes… weirdo).
BlogHer ’08 is less than a month away. No, I am not attending BlogHer. Don’t get me wrong. I would love to actually see these events unfold live, and try and count how many people actually attend the breakout sessions vs those that attend to just be there. Not to mention it has been quite a long time, and San Francisco is such an awesome town to visit. But thanks to $80 bajillion dollars it would cost to fly out there these days… it is just not going to happen.
So, I will have to sit back once again and just wait… a watch… and wonder…. what will be this year’s controversy? Will we have a new term as once again a group rally against the term MommyBlogger instead demanding they be known as Female American Bloggers (FAB)? Will somebody complain that a food company adds something to the goody-bags that {gasp} has something to do with the kitchen and thus insinuating that a woman’s place is in the kitchen, and conveniently forgetting that perhaps the fact that they are a FOOD company and there is no ulterior motive behind it? Will battles continue to rage whether you have the right to monetize your blog? And how many blog posts will be written about people licking, kissing or dildos?
Don’t get me wrong. I am sure there is a lot of useful information, I know (and read) some excellent people that speak or are (were) on BlogHer panels, and there is certainly value to the conference. But, that is rarely what you see when people return home and start blogging about the events.
I doubt this is the sort of reputation that the folks BlogHer really are looking for, but it is exactly the sort of mid-summer entertainment I have come to expect (and even occasionally enjoy) as the outcome of BlogHer.
