tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166475622011-11-24T08:24:25.967-05:00A blog about the ConvergeSouth blog conference in Greensboro, NC, October 8 2005The GSO blogcon bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17285315249962385978noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16647562.post-1128613010968315112005-10-06T11:29:00.000-04:002005-10-06T11:36:50.976-04:00

I hadn't seen anyone suggest a common tag to associate our blog posts, photos, bookmarks, etc. with Converge South, but I notice people are already using convergesouth. I was going to propose convergesouth05 to allow room for future convergences, but I guess that train has already left the station.See y'all soon!= Ruby

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Here's a short film made by Greensboro's own Tom Lassiter (and featuring a cameo by Amanda Congdon) that takes a look at our local blog community.

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Herb Everett, who will lead our podcasting session on Saturday, puts theory into practice with this podcast about the Conference.

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Hello all. This is Duncan Black, perhaps better known to those who know me as Atrios. I run the blog Eschaton and I also work with Media Matters for America. I'll leading a discussion on policing the media, bright and early Saturday morning.Blogging and bloggers get a lot of attention whenever there's some major story which was obviously either discovered or pushed online - Trent Lott, Jeff

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We've all heard the old adage, "You're not supposed to discuss religion or politics in polite company." So why do so many people blog about these topics? Are social norms and etiquette different in the blogosphere than they are at your average genteel dinner party? Or have times just changed, and anything and everything is fair game for discussion and debate?We'll explore these questions, at

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Hi,I'm Cobb. No, I'm Boohab. No I'm Mellow Mike. Actually, I'm none of these people and all of them. Why? Because I'm a cyber-person, an entity playing a role within the context of a project. My real name is Michael DC Bowen, and I've been online in dozens of different places carrying on various roles in writing for almost two decades. I started back in the mid 80s pre-internet days at Xerox as

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Hi Folks, I'm Roch, the founder of Greensboro101.com. If you are interested in a discussion about alternative media on a local level, join me for Saturday's session Local Online Alt Media. I hope we will explore themes, principles, personal experiences, practices and the effects of citizen journalism on communities.Some questions we might explore are how have the traditions of your community

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At the most basic level, a blog is simply a collection of writing that's publicly available on the World Wide Web. The tools we use to write blogs are pretty basic too, a blog post may have a title and some text, and that text can point to other pages. Beyond that a blog might have a calendar, a blogroll, comments, trackbacks and what else? And what else would you like? And what would be the

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If you're looking for technical tips, "Podcasting 101" isn't the place to be. In this session, we won't cover the techie topics of bit rates, microphones or RSS because there's plenty of information on the Web for that. In this session, we'll discuss ways to use podcasts, or audio blogs, to build community.What are podcasts? Well, people have been putting audio on the Internet for years. But

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I am very pleased to be leading a discussion about videoblogging on Saturday morning. My focus will be on creating a "show" type videoblog rather than a personal videoblog. The videoblogs that I find the most engaging show me something I could never see on TV, or understand fully by reading about in a text blog. My plan is to spend the beginning of the session sharing my perspective on what

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What is "Outsider Blogging"? Think of it as blogging outside of the mainstream. "Outsider Blogging" is about being a different voice, and getting that voice heard.A continuation of the dialogue started with this year's SXSW panel "Blogging While Black," "Outsider Blogging" will be a discussion about blogging from a racial, gender, ethnic, GLBT or religious perspective.Depending on where our

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I will be facilitating the Saturday morning session on creative online advocacy. My background is as a life-long activist/organizer and life-long geek who has blogged and advocated from the local to the national level. But enough about me!Some questions we may want to ponder...How is online activism different from "off-line" activism? How is it the same? What are some of the most effective

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Why on earth would a local elected official or other persons involved in the local political scene want to get involved in blogging? What are the potential benefits to you personally and to citizens and your constituents in general? What are the negative aspects and potential pitfalls one might encounter? Is blogging worth the time and energy one needs to devote to it? In my Saturday morning

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Register for the conferenceWhat is Converge?It's a blog conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, Saturday, October 8, 2005, on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University...Preceded by a journalism and new media conference on Friday, October 7 that is hosted by the A&T journalism department.How much does it cost?The conference is free to the public. We'll even feed you lunch. That's all

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