This is more reportage than blogging per se, but it’s been “told” that I’m blogging the conference, and so, here I am 
. I do hope to have a more reflective post at a later date when I’ve had the chance to step back and chew the cud on the experience, so keep your eyes peeled.
Well, the place is hopping. Cyprien Lomas and I led a pre-conference semiar on emergent technologies, and it was an eclectic group of participants. We had a couple of faculty, some It folks, and some library, library tech people in there with some great insights to share, and incisive questions to ask. It was my first pre-conference seminar – Cyp’s the pro – and it was exhilirating and intense and we’re still basking in the afterglow of some of the positive feedback ww’ve received.
This is certainly the year that’s seeing a greater influx of media in presentations, I’ve seen at least two today that featured video. PowerPoint of course, is still the popular presentation app, but there’s definitely been less “reading the slide” and more imagery on the slides.
The soul of any conference though is embodied in the attendees, and in that regard, this has been the best SWRC for me personally to date. I’ve had the chance to reconnect with old friends and colleagues, and make new buddies, and I mean that in every sense of the word since my IM buddy list has expanded considerably. I’m hoping this sense of community and relationships hold strong as we return to our regular, and usually busy, lives.
