Elisa Camahort

When planning the first BlogHer conference back in mid-2005, we knew we wanted our session format to be a bit different than the conference norms at the time. Interactive. Engaging. Participatory. Practical. And no shilling (aka commercials or stump speeches masquerading as usable content and actionable information).We enlisted the help of a volunteer to draft our initial Speaker Guidelines and then worked with a volunteer committee to fine tune them.   Read more

And we have one other serious topic to address! Can we talk? I think it's time. I've been sitting idly by, hoping that So You Think You Can Dance would solve its problems on its own, but clearly that's not happening. It's time for an intervention. Oh, no no no. I'm not talking about the rash of injuries on the show. First Alex, then Ashley, now Billy Bell. No. I'm talking about host Cat Deeley's wardrobe. Because every time she was on screen last night I simply could not stop myself. I had to say out loud: What. the. HELL????  Read more

Oh noes! Dancing has apparently gotten more dangerous. Like last week, this week started off with me turning to my viewing companion and saying: "Hey, I thought this was the Top [fill in the number]. Why are there only [fill in the number, minus one] dancers on the floor?" Yes, another week, another dancer down ... this time, Ashley. With a rib injury. Unlike Alex last week, she wasn't in the audience, and they didn't talk about potential prognoses. Which doesn't sound good.  Read more

Lots of drama last night, and apparently lots of controversy ensued. And. Oh yeah. Good dancing. The first thing host Cat Deeley springs on us is that fan and judge favorite Alex Wong is injured. And by all accounts, it sounds not good at all. They're hoping against hope he makes it back for next week, but in the meantime he's automatically in the bottom three this week -- and eliminated if he can't dance next week. And unlike American Idol, you can't exactly say, "Oh he'll be fine, he's gotten his break he can get a recording contract," etc. The dance world isn't quite the same.  Read more

This holiday weekend I got a little bit of what I suspect some of the rest of you did too: Talking to friends and family who just don't "get" blogging, let alone Twitter, Facebook and the like. Their questions go something like this: "Why?" "WHY?" And "who has the time?" And "who cares what anybody had for lunch?"  Read more