This summer and into the fall I’m doing quite a tour of PodCamps and conferences. I’ve been to Boston, I’ll be in Philadelphia, Montreal, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and possibly Denver. It’s left me a lot of time to think about how these conferences can improve the experiences that their communities have. This is just a short list of things I’ve observed and heard from speaking to people who have gone to more of these than I.

Twitter was all over PodCampNYC this year. I was either meeting people that I already was following on Twitter or I was making new friends to follow on Twitter. Just about everyone had an account and just about everyone was active on it.
Twitter was how people coordinated their plans, announced which sessions they were in [...]

Update: Roland has posted the audio with a post New Media Sandbox: http://www.newmediasandbox.com/2008/05/03/podcamp-nyc-session-straddling-the-technical-editorial-line/.
Listen here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Earlier today, I gave my first talk at a conference of any variety. I always wondered who the people who gave these talks were, and now I know I’m one of them. (They’re not crazy)
The [...]