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BlogHer

Blogging tools and other systems around blogging are called "social software," but we use these tools in isolation. At the BlogHer conference this past Saturday, we got social in a non-virtual way. Yay! I met:

A Cool Friend (not something I often do face-to-face), Sharon Whiteley, CEO of Third Age; a purple-haired blogger called Badger; her compulsive-writer friend Jo, blog name: Spanglemonkey; a mommy blogger named Mary (subtitle to her blog: sanity through online journaling); a knitter called Little Judy, whose excellent blog showcases her knitting projects among other things; Tricia, whose blog name I love: cheekyattitude.com; and Jory Des Jardins, one of the organizers of BlogHer, whom I hereby welcome to our blogroll.

For commentary on the conference, I refer you to them. Read Badger here, Jo Spanglemonkey here, here, here, and here, Mary here, Judy here, Tricia here, and Jory here.

All have two things in common: They're women, and they write damn well.

Cathy Mosca posted this on 08/02/05.

Comments

Thanks for that Cathy. I just spent an hour reading some very clever, intimate, and honest insights from several of the women whom you met. It actually inspired me to be more honest in what and how I write. Still, I find it very difficult to lose my inhibitions when writing, even in private journals. I am overly concerned with who might be reading it and what they might think of it. These women are brazen, in-your-face, like-it-or-lump-it scribes. What they write about is real, it's life, and it's empowering.

Muchas gracias!

Posted by Tom O'Leary at August 2, 2005 2:58 PM

Exactly!!! The absolute best breakout session I went to was the one on mommy-blogging. The rules: 1) decide what level of secrecy you want to maintain to protect your children, 2) let it all hang out.

I'm glad my post started you on self-assessment. I couldn't ask for more!

Posted by cathy at August 4, 2005 10:26 AM