Two sessions, opening and closing the conference.

At the National Anthem session we sing a song. Seriously. Then we have a discussion about something that's of interest on November 6. It's not so important what is discussed, rather how it is discussed. This sets an example to make sure all the discussions have some kind of consistent quality.

I explain the groundrules, as outlined in the Newbies document.

It always goes really fast, and then when we're ready we all go to the first session, to talk about Podcasting and why we love it so much.

The Fat Man Sings

When I first spec'd this session it was The Fat Lady Sings, but then Betsy Devine pointed out that I'm actually a man (or something like that, my memory isn't so good, but Betsy was involved in some way).

Anyway, yes I do sing, not very well, andI don't lip-synch.

Then we talk about what we learned, and what we want to do at the next BloggerCon.

At the last one we decided we needed to welcome Newbies more, resulting in Rebecca MacKinnon's Blogging for Newbies session.

Then we say tearful goodbyes, gurgling sounds are made, and then we go to dinner!

# Posted by Dave Winer on 10/5/04; 8:26:55 AM - --