Hi, I Need The Ugliest Corsages You Can Make

Published
by
Matt
on Apr 8, 2008
in ANM and Marketers
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bs08.jpgWell, unless you’ve been living under an internet-rock over the past couple weeks, you’ve probably heard about Blogger Social (or Blogger Prom as some called it, hence the title of this post). It was an amazing weekend in NYC, with even more amazing people.

I didn’t bring my camera with me because I knew there would be people there that were better photographers with better cameras. Which you’ll find is completely true if you check out the Flickr Group.

bs08_2.jpgSo I’m going to approach the whole “lessons learned” thing in the very same way. There are better writers with better blogs that can fill you in on the all the goodness. As of this writing I’d check out (if I missed you, let me know) John Wall, Amanda Gravel, CK, Steve Woodruff, Lori Magno, Darryl Ohrrt, and yes even Verdino.

But I will say this. There is absolutely no substitute for face-to-face interaction. (F2F? idk my bff jill?) No matter how great the tools get on the web, no matter how many times they let us “connect” with people, it’s all just preamble to really meeting someone.

photo credits shashi, verdino

  • Yes, yes, yes. Love the social digital world but nothing can be a real hug and convo over coffee, a vino or on a boat ride around the "lady."
  • Matt, it was great meeting you and hugging you as well. Great post title. @lindasherman
  • Matty:

    You were totally the best dressed gentlemen of the entire weekend -and those were some damn ugly corsages!
  • Toby,
    Awesome meeting you. Glad you had as much fun as I did!

    Linda,
    Awesome meeting you too. Way to stick it out to the last call.

    Lori,
    While I might not have been the best dressed, those corsages certainly were hideous, god bless their little hearts.
  • servantofchaos
    So true about social media being the pre-cursor to face to face meetings. It's all about the desire to connect.
  • Gavin,
    I think it's important to look at social media as a means to building relationships but not the end result. Actually meeting people and hanging out face to face is way more fun. Thanks for stopping by.
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