What does Yom Kippur, a search engine, and a bunch of posts about infertility have in common? I'm not entirely sure myself, but these things always sort themselves out by the end of the post. So stay with me for the inevitable punchline. ******* Today is Yom Kippur, a day of atonement in Judaism. I have already said my apologies on my main blog:

This past week, I gave a talk at Arse Electronika, the conference about sex and technology and culture with my friend Viviane on blogging, transparency, authenticity and identity. Viviane is my friend I met through reading sex and relationship blogs right after my divorce; once we met in person we became fast friends and use social media, email and the telephone to stay connected.

In a time when the conditions in Darfur are worsening, Maw Books Blog is leveraging her more than 20,000 monthly visitors to raise awareness about Darfur.  For the month of September, blogger Natasha Maw will be Reading & Blogging for Darfur.

I have to admit right up front, I'm not a blogger who gets really excited or really bummed about blog comments. I love and appreciate the comments that I get but I spend next to no time worrying about whether a post has comments or not. I don't blog for comments and I spend enough time knee deep in metrics to know that comments do not necessarily indicate success or good writing.

The Changeblogger movement is growing!SocialButterfly took the bloggers listed on my post, Changebloggers List + Wanna Meetup Up? and set up the Changeblogger Wiki, Changeblogger Twitter feed, and the first Washington D.C. Changeblogger meetup.

Why do you write? Why do you blog? Is writing therapeutic for you? Does it make you feel better? For many women, blogging is kind of like writing in a journal. Only, it's a journal that is open for anyone (everyone) to read. Blogging about our troubles, can actually help us get through them. Writing about the pain of a broken relationship, can help you move on. Blogging about medical problems, can help you feel like you're not alone. There are all sorts of ways that blogging can become a therapy, a stress reliever, or a healing process.

Last week in Denver I had to grovel for credentials. Not regular Pepsi Center credentials or floor passes so that I could see right up Beau Biden's nose, but for Big Tent credentials. Basically I had to promise my first born to someone in order to sit in a giant outdoor tent, kept warm by the sweaty heat off of people's bodies and MacBooks. I had to beg to be with my fellow geeks. Fist bumps for twittering through Bill Clinton's 20 minute standing ovation.

Update: On Wednesday August 8,2008 I was able to talk to Suzanne Elliott of Dress For Success. We would have chatted Monday or Tuesday but my schedule prohibited an earlier chat. In response to this post, Suzanne said that Dress For Success Worldwide is doing very well financially and that their budget has increased 40% this year.

You know the movie "The Truman Show?" The one about Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) who discovers his whole life is a TV show? Since the day he was born, he lived on a TV set disguised as a town, was followed by hidden cameras, and his friends and family were really hired actors and actresses. Well sit down, because I've made a disturbing discovery. I've discovered I'm the star of "The Megan Show."

“Blogging is like a marathon that doesn’t stop. Ever.” Elise Bauer So, how do I process the mountain of information that was BlogHer 08 ? By figuring what I recall without having to dig too deep into my notes. I did a similar conference round-up last year and found it a great way to organize what I had learned in the three information-packed days at BlogHer 08.

I'm back from BlogHer '08 and it was such a jam packed weekend, I'm still processing all the great experiences.  The women were as varied as their blogs, the parties were loud and fun, and the event itself ran, from my point of view, flawlessly.Melissa Silverstein of Women & Hollywood and I had the pleasure of hosting an entertainment bloggers' meet-up and I wanted to use this first post after BlogHer '08 to showcase some of those women and their blogs.  Anyone I don't mention in this post, I will make every effort to mention in upcoming posts.

This morning at the BlogHer Conference, about 40 "green" and "social change" bloggers, organizations and companies got together for a Birds of a Feather Meetup. I asked folks to give me their cards so I could share who attended with you. Give 'em a click and find out about the work they do (Is anyone except me surprised by how many companies attended?). Abbey McDonald, Debroff Debrief Abby Jaramillo, Urban Sprouts