Busy, busy time

15 Dec 2008 @ 12:06 AM

pre-conference It’s been a while since I’ve written here, so what have I been up to? Well, if you follow my Twitter account you’ll have a little bit more of an idea, but if you haven’t, the basic reason is that I’ve been busy. Outside of regular work, I was heavily involved in putting together a conference in Las Vegas for SIPA (Specialized Information Publishers Association), which ran from Dec 8th to the 10th. I thought it went great, with a few minor hiccups, as you’d expect from such an event. I’d like to especially thank Frank Gruber, Li Evans, Stoney DeGuyter and Dana Todd for coming along and speaking to the publishing community. For those that weren’t there, I believe that Frank became the first ever keynote outside of an educators conference to attempt to get the crowd to join in on a verse of “The wheels on the bus”.

After Vegas I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at Search Engine Strategies Chicago on the topic of Reputation Management. Despite being the last session of the last day, and up against the popular ‘Black Hat tips and tactics” session, we still managed to pull in a decently sized, attentive crowd.