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Ten Reasons Why #Echo10 Was Worth The 18 Hour Drive

July 31, 2010 in ETC with 6 Comments

Yes, I drove to the Echo Conference (known on Twitter and in my brain as #echo10) from Brunswick, GA. The conference was hosted in Dallas, TX which means that it was about eighteen hours (1,000 miles) each way.

But it was worth it.

It was worth waking up at 4am and driving ten hours on the second day, it was worth making the sacrifices in our budget, it was worth it.

I am going to spend several days unpacking what I learned and how it will change what I do, but I still have to process (and I will have a lot of time to think as I drive) so here is a short list of the ten reasons why it was worth it to attend.

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I Feel Excited But Stupid Too

July 30, 2010 in ETC with 5 Comments

Alright, so on July 21 I posted the following on the blog:

Hey.

Just thought I would let everyone (meaning my mom and a the faithful base of readers) know that I am taking a break from blogging for the next several days.
And then I posted this on Facebook (and a shorter version on Twitter):

Took a break from blogging for a few days recently and I loved it so much I am retiring as a blogger (no, really). I hope y’all enjoyed it (it was
fun most days). Why am I doing this (thanks for asking)? Just simplifying my life and focusing on other things (which sounds too …serious).

As of this writing, I am at the Echo Conference (thanks to a free ticket from my friend Adam Kring) and I attended the breakout led by Scott McClellan called “The Most Epic Blogging Breakout Ever”. And because I had tried my hand at blogging and help manage several other people’s blogs, a lot of the content was reminding me of stuff I already knew but in a positive way (a refresher course).

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Blogging Break

July 21, 2010 in ETC with 0 Comments

Hey.

Just thought I would let everyone (meaning my mom and a the faithful base of readers) know that I am taking a break from blogging for the next several days.