The best coverage was live Tweets and conversations on FriendFeed. That's what http://search.twitter.com and FriendFeed's search is there for. But, yeah, it would be nice to be able to bundle all that learning up into something with a single URL. - Robert Scoble

My question there, Robert, is that if you put hundreds of bloggers at an event with good discussion and potentially news, that there should be "recaps" or "highlights". Journalists do this all the time, reporting panels and speakers. It's what I did for Bret and Loic's panel the other week. Using only Twitter and FriendFeed are the easy way out. - Louis Gray

There are a few of those here: http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsea... - Robert Scoble

what a good question and ironic answer. - jeneane sessum

Jeneane: is Twittering blogging? In my mind it is. - Robert Scoble

hello - Virtualgoodz

Robert, no twittering isn't blogging. it's ubiquitous IM. - jeneane sessum

jeneane: I disagree. Who wrote the rule book that said that a blog needed to be longer than 140 characters? :-) - Robert Scoble

And yes, Robert's link to Google Blog Search does find some good ones. - Louis Gray

@Robert, a tweet is not a blog post. It's a tweet. Louis' point was that for a blogging conference, the lack of blog posts (reflective, substantive, and I have more adjectives if you want them) covering the goings-on is noteworthy. - jeneane sessum

Jeneane: and exactly what is the difference other than one is limited to 140 characters? A blog is an individual voice of a person. My Tweets are my voice. - Robert Scoble

So then if anyone other than those who were there care about BWE, they can search Twitter and sort through idle chatter, meet-up organization, and weblebrity sitings, Jeneane. Otherwise, the information presented there is only for those cool enough to have been there. ;) - Cyndy

Robert - again: substance. If blogging is the same as twitter and friendfeed, then quit your blog and just use those formats. Consider yourself dared. Cyndy +1. - jeneane sessum

jeneane: I use the right tool for the job. A lot of times it's Twitter. Sometimes I have more to say, that's when my Wordpress-powered blog comes into play. Sometimes I want to post a picture to communicate with you, that's gonna be up on Flickr. Sometimes I want to do a video. etc etc. Personally I go to conferences nowadays to enjoy myself, not to be a reporter or a PR person for the conference. I don't get paid to go to conferences, when that starts maybe I'll start doing work at them. :-) - Robert Scoble

wasn't twittering originally called "microblogging"? I'm still struggling to know when the right tool is for the right job, but I use FF for most discussions ABOUT posts, twitter for microblogging casual stuff in under 140 chars, and my blog for anything that's longer than a few paragraphs (which I try to post at least once a day). - Justin Long

It's funny that we haven't talked about the real reason why this conference didn't get blogged about that much: every blogger knows that anytime you blog about blogging your traffic goes down by 10x. Unless you are problogger. So there's actually an anti-incentive to covering a conference about blogging! Interesting that no one posted that yet. - Robert Scoble

Robert, I don't find that to be true. Blogging about blogging trends can at times be as engaging as blogging about services. - Louis Gray

Actually I think it depends on audience. I've been writing in part about using blogging as a tool for missionaries trying to explain their purpose and vision, and I've seen my traffic go up steadily over the past week. But if your readers ARE existing bloggers, then traffic would probably go down? unless you have something new and powerful to say. - Justin Long

Louis: well, you are sort of in the same bucket as problogger. Among other circles they know they are losing their audience when they do that. Imagine you have a blog on, say, Alzheimers. Why would you write about a blogging conference to your audience? (I met a lot of people who blog on topics like alzheimers or quilting there). - Robert Scoble

Would be nice to here a summary of trends, or thoughts on how things have changed or where they are going (from those "creating" the industry)...ACEdge - Alan Edgett

I agree the live tweets were valuable. I probably should write up my insights, but I probably fear they'd seem trite once I put 'em down. - Paul Rodriguez

Alan: trends. Video up. Blogging steady. Microblogging big up. Aggregators up. Monetization mixed. Mobile video: new on scene, expected to be way up. :-) - Robert Scoble

Robert, you think the reason that there weren't more posts about BWE from bloggers is that bloggers didn't want to lose traffic? ("It's funny that we haven't talked about the real reason why this conference didn't get blogged about that much: every blogger knows that anytime you blog about blogging your traffic goes down by 10x.") I doubt that's the case. Your point about people wanting to enjoy conferences instead of blogging them these days is well taken. But you sound defensive. - jeneane sessum

Alan: more trends. Watch networks of bloggers. Way up. Oh, and watch them to become media companies and move away from blogs. - Robert Scoble

jeneane: I don't have a bet on this table. So, I don't really care and if I'm defensive it's cause the info is already out there and those who complain about it are in a position to gather the info together and bundle it and add some value. The world is changing and conferences won't be blogged all the time. I know I hate writing about conferences or covering them. Other people make the money and I get less traffic thanks to competing with others for the same stories. - Robert Scoble

For instance, Louis was there. Where's his "coverage?" I only attended one or two things, but hung out with my friends most of the time (or my wife). I followed a lot on Twitter, though, and didn't see any real news that made me say "oh, I have to write about that." The few things I saw I liked on FF so my readers would see them. - Robert Scoble

maybe all the good bloggers were on the panels ;) - Owen from twhirl

maybe all the good bloggers stayed home. ;) - Cyndy

Robert: I'm now siding with you on Micro-blogging = blogging. Thanks for the summary, hugely helpful for a Corporate soc med guy like me to hear your take on trends (even in 140 bits)! - Alan Edgett

Maybe all the good bloggers ate roast beef, or maybe they had none, or maybe they went wee wee wee all the way home. - Jason Carreira

I think conferences like these are mostly useful in the way that they connect different bloggers in real world so that they can share experiences and even more like get feeling of community. Also, could be great way to get new friends and learn about different things. As for topics of blogging, many people write about wide range of topics but still have some specific things that they mostly cover. It's about what you and your readers are mostly interested and that depends on what type of blog writer does. - Daniel Schildt

And does it really matter if conference had or did not had some more of really popular megastars of blogging? Events like this don't always have to be hyper. The most important thing is people, whoever they happen to be. Everyone learns something when talking to different people interested of writing about different subjects even if there wouldn't have been any of the panels. - Daniel Schildt

Robert, I wrote a blog post about blogging a little while ago for LouisGray.com and it ended up on the front page of Techmeme, so I disagree as well that blogging about blogging reduces traffic. It's all about learning to write good posts - you can really write about anything with good content. - Jesse Stay

Robert, the last few posts I've put on the site have mentioned findings from the panels I attended or participated in, and referenced them. But no, I didn't recap the panels myself, so partially guilty as charged. - Louis Gray

I've got notes from Louis's panel I'll be posting tonight, btw - Jesse Stay from twhirl

I blogged about on one ourI blogged about on one our daily vibe today. The panel with Tim Ferris was blogged by daily vibe today. The panel with Tim Ferris was blogged by Rohit Bhargava. http://blog.vibemetrix.com/2008... - VibeMetrix from twhirl

yuck. I don't know what Twirl just did, sorry about that :/ - VibeMetrix from twhirl