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So far so good. It looks like I will be able to attend the Blog Indiana 2009 Conference in August.
I’m pretty excited about the conference because there will be some well known people from the blogging and social media world there that I follow. It’s not that I’m all “OMG! Chris Brogan is a rock star! I wanna have Jason Fall’s baby!” It’s more of a “these guys are well respected in the real world for making the Internets the real world” and their blogs are very informative so I can imagine that they will share great info for people who pay.
Maybe I’m wrong. All the same, I’m more excited about this conference than pretty much all of the other work related conferences I’ve attended. The only thing I’m not so hot on right now is accommodations. Downtown Indy is cracked out on conventions/conferences during Blog Indiana.
With 30,000 extra people downtown just for GenCon (and more in the area for the state fair and the home preseason Colts game and Kelly Clarkson and 40 dozen other things), I still haven’t got my housing for the event set in stone. I’m only a little worried at this point.
I was trying to be clever and save some pennies by staying in a downtown area bed and breakfast instead the nearby hotels. Supposedly there was an available room for about 50% less than the hotels (inflated pricing for the events of course). I’m waiting to hear back to see if my reservation is an actual reservation or just a thanks for letting us see your credit card number…
July 29th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Bah. You do so want to have Jason Fall’s baby.
When we do conventions here we usually send around emails asking if anyone knows somebody looking to share a room. You’d be surprised how many people are more than happy to bunk up and share the cost. The last time I was at a blog gathering I shared a room with 2 other women. We really had a great time. We had as much fun hanging out together as we did at events.
Good luck to you!
I hope you have a blast.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Doh. You caught me.
I did however end up getting my bed and breakfast reservations. Just a couple weeks to go now until the conference.