closing out barcampnashville

what a day! erin i started out early this morning, did some errands as we made our way to west end for barcampnashville. my notes currently consume the blog. it was fun to have erin there, she got to geek with me for at least a day. her coming was in part though to develop some dream ideas of growing the family biz through some innovative marketing ideas. be on the lookout for an erin blog or podcast in coming months. here are my highlight thoughts in no particular order.

• barcamp opened with a bang. chris and mitch were awesome in presentation and content. the 20 minute talk (40 min for keynote) limit stacking people on top of each other is a cool format. they also appeared to be some of the more seasoned public speakers/presenters.
• very cool to see some of the nashville blogging crew. i didn't know many of them this morning, and still don't know all of them, but i do know more. i'll be jazzed to get more involved with the mcb crew.
• people seemed surprised to find out a youth minister was there.
• learned some cool stuff about google... more than i probably wanted to know, but i'll be sure taking advantage of google a bit more.
• enjoyed the dinner break, the organizing a place helped in meeting new people. since we sat in for the main sessions we didn't network during the event.
• brittney's presentation wasn't mind blowing, but wonderful. she has an endearing spirit about her that comes across and i think that's why people love her. you could feel that sentiment in the room.. or maybe that was the room getting a little cooler. naaah

thanks to the sponsors, it was way cool. erin & i were glad to be a part of it and it was well worth our time in the sometimes too hot exit-in.