Thanks for discouraging live blogging of space (and other) conferences (not to mention anything else), Keith.
[Saturday morning update]
The lesson here is that you have to be careful to delineate your editorial comments from the reportage (I usually do this with parenths, I think, though I'd have to go back and look at some from the past to be sure--I might use square brackets) when transcribing, because it is easily confused otherwise. But as I said, we shouldn't let things like this discourage us from doing it. This is the first conference like this that I've missed in a while, and I really appreciate what Clark and others are doing. I've always wondered if what I was doing was worthwhile when I live blogged other conferences, and now I know that it definitely is. Well, at least when others do it...
You can get back to wiggling out of your concentration camp faux pax now, Rand.
Please do, Rand. That's what makes this site great: even when you bungle, it's more interesting than some fifty-year-old man enthusing like a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl over the inane drivel on Twitter.
Where have you gone, Mike Godwin?
Ah, another "anonymous" audience participant from ISDC without the gumption to say this to my face ... have fun with this kids ....
I guess live blogging means 'gospel' for some people. For me, it is a given that live blogging consists of rough notes. Errors happen. It is a difficult juggling act to listen and type much less get everything 100% correct.
If I want more clarity, I'll drop an email or wait for the final posts.
BTW, I appreciate all the live blogging that does happen. When people take the time to get the word out about event I cannot attend, I really appreciate it. Keep up the great work all.
Ah, another "anonymous" audience participant"
Ah, another whine about anonymous sources from NASA Watch, which relies entirely on "anonymous sources."
What's sauce for the goose isn't sauce for the gander, I guess, eh, Keith? :-)
Ah, another "anonymous" audience participant from ISDC without the gumption to say this to my face ... have fun with this kids ....
I wasn't at ISDC. And whether I was or not says nothing about your preoccupation with the goofy Twitter silliness.
But by all means, Keith, twit away. Or tweet. Or whatever the teens call it.
And I wouldn't have any problem saying this to your face. I'm only remaining anonymous on the web because your childish vindictiveness has a tendency to grow into long-running, tedious, multi-site flamewars. Yawn.
Hi Rand,
I'll definitely continue my blogging of conferences and events of interest. I've gotten a lot more positive feedback than negative, so I see no reason to stop. E.g. I will post my notes at the Space Frontier Foundation meeting in July.
Maybe I've just not found them but I was surprised there were so few people blogging this meeting. Seemed to be more at SA'08. I certainly saw lots of people typing on laptops. Shame that more of them didn't share their notes and impressions with the wider community.
Yes, I definitely will try to refrain in the future from mixing notes and commentary in a confusing manner. This should be easier at the SFF meeting since I doubt there will be any presentations about the marvels of Constellation!
Thanks for the support.