The Twitter expedition known as #blochat and led by Amy Africa (pictured left) last night (July 26, 2009) was driven with Amy's Google phone. This woman has been called many things in her life, but I'm sticking with "Amazing!"
There I was sitting at my laptop with multiple tabs open and notepad beside me.
She had a cell phone.
Pre-chat Prep
Before the chat got underway, I saw this tweet from Mack Collier (host and genius who thought this up):
MackCollier: RT @avasiare: Tuning in to tonights #blogchat in Tweetgrid http://tweetgrid.com/
Curious, I explored Tweetgrid knowing that keeping up with the chatter would be challenging. I picked up on the "party" tip from another tweet by @avasiare. I appreciated the fact that Tweetgrid includes the #blogchat hashtag when you tweet. That's a good idea, and I could have used that feature as I forgot to the hashtag twice while posting, but still I went with the familiar: Tweetdeck. I flat out love their dashboard.
I set up my Tweetdeck windows with those I knew would be key players. I added others as the chat progressed. I also kept Twitter and the blogchat tab open so I could go to the raw data and refresh when needed. Bottom line, I did not want to miss a thing.
Knowing I'd write a post the next day, I also opened a blank word processing page (Open Office) and begin to paste in the what I considered to be the best posts in the on-going conversation. Copying and pasting was easier for me than writing. I actually made only three notes on paper.
I also opened Snagit to have it on hand in case something appeared that I would want to use a visual later. I did not end up using Snagit, but I'm glad it was available. I will do the same in future chats.
I was like a first-timer on a safari, loaded with gear, while our fearless guide, Amy, forged ahead with only a cell phone. Again. Amazing.
If you could not join us on last night's incredible journey, then I highly recommend following @amyafrica and @mackcollier on Twitter.
- Complete transcript of the blogchat, click here now!
- Mack's top 10 take-aways: #Blogchat 7-26 Recap; How to Use Your Blog to Generate Sales and Leads With @AmyAfrica
- My 11 take-aways, posted on Handshake 2.0: Drink Up - The Morning After Blogchat with Amy Africa
- Update: Here's Stuart Feigley's (@stuartfeigley) great post with link to PDF of #blogchat: http://stuartfeigley.wordpress.com/
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