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Monday, July 10, 2006
Blogger BBQ
Hey, they had that blogger bash yesterday at North Beach. I was sorry I couldn't attend. I took advantage of my last day of vacation to do some much, much needed housecleaning. I would rather have been at the BBQ, but my very patient partner finally threatened to toss the contents of my home office in the trash if I didn't clean it by last night. So it goes.
I was surprised to read Odum's account saying that only Shay from the Vermont Guardian showed up to cover the event for the "traditional media." I wonder if the organizers sent out press releases to let the media know they were having the event?
I would have thought the Burlington Free Press would have given it at least a few words, especially since they just launched that new politics blog. (BTW — why don't they sign their infrequent posts? You can't always tell who's writing what. And though the header says it has three authors, one of their recent posts was apparently contributed by Ashley Matthews, who's not one of the three).
But Odum's not surprised by the lack of press turnout. "I would've been shocked if any had showed," he writes. "The TM guys really really really have little use for bloggers. Buncha amateurs steppin on their toes."
I'm not sure that's true, but it's clear from the candidate turnout that the pols are recognizing a new, growing constituency. And once that happens, I bet the press will come 'round.
It also occurs to me that as far as blogging goes, the guys at GMD and VDB are the pros. The traditional media are the amateurs.
July 10, 2006 at 11:02 AM in VT Blogs | Permalink
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Nope, no press releases. Just word of mouth (as I understand it to Freyne and Allen and Totten personally), web and email, along with the omnipresent buzz. I understand Scudder sent out something to his list encouraging turnout (and it showed! Lots of Scudder shirts). Somebody got a got picture of Scudder and Charity Tensel deeply engaged in conversation. Very cool. Love to see it posted.
...and thanks for the "pros" comment (but if I'm a pro, where's my paycheck? In the mail, no doubt...).
Posted by: odum | Jul 10, 2006 11:19:58 AM
Sell some ads, dude. That's how the rest of us make money.
Posted by: cresmer | Jul 10, 2006 11:25:36 AM
gettin there... on the ad thing, I mean. Big plans. Bwahahaha...
Posted by: odum | Jul 10, 2006 11:28:23 AM
You were missed, Cathy...
I'll have photos up at What's the Point? this evening...
Not sure about Scudder and Charity, but, I'm pretty sure there's one of Ms. Tensel and Mr. Baruth, at least.
(And Charity, if you're reading, it was great to meet you and talk about our lives in Rut-Vegas.)
Posted by: Vermonter | Jul 10, 2006 12:17:46 PM
...oh, and it should be noted that Shay wasn't just there to "cover" the event, he brought the kids and kicked back with the rest of us! Big fun.
Posted by: odum | Jul 10, 2006 5:55:19 PM
Man, you're just rubbing it in. I'd wanted to show up with my baby in tow, too. But no, no, I had to clean my freaking study.
It's not even close to being clean yet, by the way. If anybody cares. But I did manage to get rid of the old desk that I got for free when I found it in my room at the Green Mountain Student Co-op in 1999. That was a step forward. I replaced it with an historic drawing table first used by the New York Times bestselling author Alison Bechdel. Maybe it'll inspire me to get to work on some bigger, longer, book-length projects.
But whatever. I missed the BBQ. Sigh.
Posted by: cresmer | Jul 11, 2006 8:39:54 AM
Be sure to check out patagonianomore's recap of the BBQ at Ibrattleboro.com. The only thing is you'll need to hit the Refresh button like 10 times to get to it.
Turns out Ibrattleboro is switching over to a new server right now.
Still... check it out!
Posted by: Brattlerouser | Jul 13, 2006 11:38:33 AM
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