It was like a cross between a trip to the salon, summer camp and startup weekend. It was wild, it was funny at times and it was definitely proof to me that women are not the underdogs of tech. They are the superstars-in-training. BlogHer ‘07 reminded me that putting nearly 800 strangers in a room together to talk about their passions is juicy, inspiring and uplifting. Here are the stars that really shined this weekend. This list is by no means comprehensive and if you think I’ve missed somebody super special, do let me know.
BlogHer Superstars
Electrolicious’s Ariel
Penelope Trunk
Keri Smith
BlogHer Best Biz Card Design
Devil’s Lunchbox: sturdy cardboard phone number ends in “6660″
Scrapblog: Cute, simple, clean.
Sk-rt.com: cute, tiny, rounded corners but not in a “2.0″ way
BlogHer Coolest Mom Blogger
Rebecca Woolf. Rad card. Tag: “welcome to the new and improved titty-flashing all-nighter”
Best BlogHer Booths
Lulu.com (Katie Jamison, web scavenger. cool titles!)
Lynda.com Sign up sheet w/a card w/pass to free 24 hour training. Cool! No people, no problem
Best BlogHer Twitterers
http://twitter.com/swirlspice
http://twitter.com/afexion
Funniest Moments at BlogHer
Finding out that somebody brought weed cookies to the conference
Finding out that one of us orgasms on the treadmill
The after-parties at the W
BlogHer Best Piece of Advice
Find and hone your focus. You’ll never go Pro if you talk about “whatever”
Subscribe to Google Alerts and get daily info about who’s blogging you
Publish your book, if that’s what you decide to do next w/your blog, w/self-publishing tools
Most Inspired Ideas
Lijit.com: A tool that allows others to use YOU as a search engine
ProjectExperience: Anonymous social network based on what, not who, you are
Smith: Sum your life up in 6 words. As Founder Larry Smith says, whatever comes to mind first will be best
Sk*rt: The girl version of digg. Try it out by sk*rting this story.
Flickr photos coming in the next 12 hours. Stay tuned to see your pretty face (I’ll Photoshop lightly).
Hands down the best Blogher wrap up I’ve seen so far. Awesome.
Excellent recap. I love it.
Thanks for sharing the info, even with us guys.
Thanks for mentioning how neat Experience Project is. It was so great meeting all of you!
-Armen Berjikly
Founder, http://www.experienceproject.com
Whoa! Thanks for the love, mama. Fab meeting you. You’re lovely.
If I’m a super-star, it’s only because your some of your butt-magic rubbed off on me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariel/952236613/
so great. and so lovely meeting you. sk*rt loved gwen bell business cards too. loved.
what about dancing it up at the children’s museum????
good times at blogher07….
thanks for the experience project shout out!
Bossy loved meeting you. Super fun to talk with people you only know online. All the booze didn’t hurt.
Come on over to Bossy’s place for an additional BlogHer recap. The Reader’s Digest Version available at no extra charge.
http://iambossy.typepad.com/i_am_bossy/2007/07/bossys-excellen.html
Gwen, thanks for the shout-out. You are an awesome Lijit wingwoman. I had a great time and sharing a hotel room with you was one of my favorite things about BlogHer.
Hey all,
Thanks for all your comments & love-back! I happily pimp out those princes & princesses of the blog-world. You all keep representing! (And, Ariel, I had no idea how snuggly I’d gotten with you. People can’t help it when they see you. They want to give you butt-love.)
Oh sweet I got mentioned :0) Great meeting u at BlogHer - yeah I’m like 3 weeks late, but you are on my twitter fwends now - and yes, it is glutEs not gluts *lol*