Blog Entries by Liz Henry

BlogHer 2006: Mommyblogger Sex Radicals

Posted July 31, 2006 | 04:03 AM (EST)


"Me. You. Me." Jenny said. "That's my sex policy."

There was a two second pause around the poolside table as we stared at the slightly tipsy, trash-talking Jenny Lauck of Three Kid Circus and Mommybloggers.com. Then we all burst out laughing. Jen from mommyneedscoffee.com/ said, "Yeah!...

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Blogher Day Two: Naked, take two

Posted July 29, 2006 | 08:20 PM (EST)



This panel, Next Level Naked, is a continuation of last year's "How to Get Naked" at BlogHer and "We Got Naked, Now What?" at SXSWi.

[I missed the very beginning.]

Politics. Lauren (founder of Feministe. Taken more seriously in political blogosphere when people read her as a...

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BlogHer Day Two: Sensitive Topics and Outreach

Posted July 29, 2006 | 07:13 PM (EST)


[The room crackled with emotion during this panel, and I have to say it really pushed my comfort level and brought up difficult issues for me. There were times when I found it hard to keep listening. I wonder how many people in the room were crying? I was -...

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BlogHer Day Two, In Which We Burst Into Song

Posted July 29, 2006 | 12:32 PM (EST)


The BlogHer triumvirago is up on the stage ready to welcome over 700 people to day two of the conference!

Lisa Stone: "There's supposed to be great samba music playing."

*silence*

Someone at a front table starts singing the instrumental prelude to "All You Need is Love" and...

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Podcasting Lessons at BlogHer '06

Posted July 28, 2006 | 06:12 PM (EST)


The Blogher conference hands-on demo of podcasting has split into small groups within a large room.

- Nicole Simon from Bloxpert. She invites us to come to the table with the little gadgets so you can admire them and say "oh I want one of those."

- Susan...

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Scattered Bits of the 2006 BlogHer Keynote

Posted July 28, 2006 | 05:02 PM (EST)


The Blogher keynote is facilitated by Marnie Webb & starring... Meg Hourihan (Megnut) of Blogger, Pyra, and foodblogging fame & Catarina Fake, co-founder of Flickr.

[I'll put my thoughts in square brackets, like this - my usual convention for liveblogging.]

Here's some notes from the...

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