I can’t believe it’s over.

Note: Now with links!
And I just have so much to say. And considering it was a blogging conference, I feel like I had no time to blog.

I think the one word that could best describe my Blogher experience right now is Overwhelming. The thoughts, the sheer number of people, things to describe to you which I just haven’t, the blogs and business cards to give out and URL’s floating around and so many things to be organized.

I enjoyed the sessions today. Jess had a good perspective on the mommyblogging panel this morning, which I think was particularly astute; I sat at Heather Armstrong’s panel on blogging for money, and I swear I could listen to her talk all day long. She’s quite a talented public speaker. The third session, and my runaway favorite, was the panel called Is Your Blog A Gallery Or A Canvas or something to that effect. I don’t know if there was just a lot of good karma in the air or what, but I really felt inspired and proud to be doing the random, uncategorizable things that I do. A lot of the writing about blogging has to do with business blogging and niche blogging and ads and yadda yadda, but I far prefer to think of Supafine as self-expression. From the design to the copy to the photos and other material I post, my number one reason for blogging is not to share stories, per se, and definitely not to make money. It’s not even for the community, even though I’ve met some pretty special people thanks to this web site. Supafine’s raison d’etre is to serve as a platform for the things I create, that I think about or sew up or imagine or photograph. I am loathe to define it or narrow it; my interests wax and wane and flow and overlap. Sometimes it’s a craft blog; sometimes it’s a mommyblog; less and less these days it’s a tech blog or a journalism blog or a local Baltimore blog.

Mostly it’s just me, and since I have a hard time seeing myself as one thing, I have a hard time seeing Supafine as just one thing, either.

Anyway. Maybe I’ll tackle some thoughts on the social aspect of Blogher, but that’s for another post. Thank you all for reading. I’m off to bed.

July 30, 2006 | Filed Under Blogher

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Comments

7 Responses to “I can’t believe it’s over.”

Mama C-ta on July 30th, 2006 11:24 am

This sucks, I so wish I went. But you? So happy for you, sounds like a great, inspiring time!
HVM on July 30th, 2006 10:04 pm

well said- I feel the same way about my blog. i think that’s the reason i waited so long to start it- i thought it had to fit into a category. bull.

so glad you enjoyed yourself- can’t wait to hear about it in person!
LL#2 on July 31st, 2006 5:04 pm

sounds like you had a great time (i knew you were afraid and nervous over nothing!) it also sounds like they ran you ragged and you need a good 10 hours of sleep to recoup.

i’m not a blogger, but i’m jealous of the chance to get out of town and away from everything else for a while!
Mom101 on July 31st, 2006 11:53 pm

I liked meeting you too, lady! And it’s GOOD to be undefinable, uncategorizable (is that a word) if you can pull it off. The most creative people always are. And then there’s me, who just makes up words.
wordgirl on August 1st, 2006 12:15 am

Mom101 is way better than she gives herself credit for and I love the way you write as well. I’m sure you were a welcome addition to BlogHer.
Y on August 1st, 2006 10:09 am

I can’t believe that you were there and I didn’t get to meet you.
Elizabeth Perry on August 2nd, 2006 12:33 am

Thanks for your kind words about the panel, and for your great photo-documentation of the red caterpillar incident!