Pod Camp Update!

Guess what?

I'll be speaking at PodCamp this year.

Actually, it'll be a discussion I'll be having with Congressman Mike Doyle on how social media (blogs, facebook, twitter, etc) have changed how members of Congress and Congress as a whole do their jobs. While it'll be a political discussion on a political entity, it won't be a partisan discussion of how:

• Those evil Republicans in Washington and their enablers in the media have ruined the country or how
• Those evil Democrats in Washington and their enablers in the media have ruined the country.

You wanna have those discussions (and I wouldn't blame you if you do), go have them someplace else. The Congressman and I will be discussing how changing technologies have shaped how members of Congress communicate.

Some other sessions of note:

• Ed Heath (of Cognitive Dissonance) will be discussing "how anonymous blogs and comments affect political discourse on the web." I won't be able to see this one because it's scheduled at exactly the same time as my session. (THANKS, Podcamp! LOL)
• Michelle Hammons (of The Burgh baby) will be discussing how to keep a blog going.
• Sue Kerr (of Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents) will be participating in a panel discussion on devoting social media for social causes.
• Eric Williams (of Funkydung) will be part of a panel discussion about blog trolls.

Check the PodCamp website for more info.

See you there!