Third Tuesday

I am very interested in learning more about identi.ca. Evan has some big plans, and since it is a Canadian product we should at least be knowledgeable about it. - Connie Crosby

Yes! I think a discussion of this, plus Twitter and the whole microblogging space in general would be terrifically interesting. - Michael O'Connor Clarke

I agree with all of the above. I'm also interested continuing the discussion about whether or not microblogging is where all blogging is headed. - Eden Spodek

I really like this idea. The timing is right given the recent launch and I think it's a compelling change in the industry at a pretty mass level that creates intrigue. I think this also has enough weight that you could reach out to a growing audience of professionals who maybe aren't yet completely in the loop with social media but are starting to see the importance of learning. It's a familiarity that will allow people to get comfortable crossing over. Very smart. - Jacquelyn Corbett Cyr

Although I might be a bit biased (CNW employee here) I like the idea of a panel of people discussing the SMR. However, I think the panel should also include someone from the blogging/journalism side of the fence that SMRs are intended to reach. - Parker Mason

David - I thought about that too, but thinking about the audience (generally social media-savvy) I wonder if there's much that people would get out of a broader discussion like that. - Dave Fleet

As a former CNW employee, I, too, am biased. But I agree with Parker - get a voice from the media side. - Bonnie Dean

I would be interested. As a blogger I am still getting lots of traditional press releases sent to me, and have yet to see an SMR sent. Even though the concept is familiar to some of us, there are a lot who don't know about them yet. - Connie Crosby

I think Parker is on to something. We can talk about SMRs all day but we need to know what value, if any, they provide to journalists and bloggers. Maybe we could get someone like Mathew Ingram to participate. He may be able to shed some light on this from the perspective of a blogger/journalist. - Eden Spodek

I'm very interested in hearing from the AideRSS team. I wonder it has broad-enough appeal for a season opener. - Eden Spodek

Agreed with all. I'd love to learn more about this tool from many perspectives. - Rayanne Langdon

Absolutely. This would be a great season opener. - Michael O'Connor Clarke

Hey there Joe, don't exactly know how to pull this off but what if we had a cross-country video based Third Tuesday with all of the various cities (projected on screens in each location with webcams capturing crowd) We could have some speakers in a central location to kick it off (like Tdot) and then have a second speaker or breakouts in the rest of the locations after the "keynote". Could be neat. We sorta did this with Brogan live on webcam from SNCR to the Fredericton one. People liked it. - David Alston

I really like David's idea of connecting all the Third Tuesday events together. I was in Halifax last month and they have a regular event called Third Thursday. What do people think about asking them to connect? Third Thursday is their first attempt at gathering people with similar interests from Halifax and surrounding areas. - Eden Spodek

Neat idea David. I like the idea of pushing the technology to bring people together in one virtual space at one time. Can the folks who organized the Fredericton event help us to work out how we might do this? - Joseph Thornley

Intriguing idea - for the new year, perhaps? Montreal has Sept, Oct and Nov booked (and don't expect anyone to show up for the 3rd Tuesday of December:) Keep us posted! - Michelle Sullivan