Silly Boys, Blogs are for Girls.
I’m a girl. And I have a blog.
Seems pretty simple– but I’ve found that a majority of people that I connect with on this whole technology/social media/blogging/UGC thing are guys. Now, I don’t have a problem with that- I actually like boys (!) but it is nice to connect with a female on this topic once in a while.
While researching technology conferences coming to my area this fall, my friend George informed me of the BlogHer conference. The main event is in San Fran but BlogHer is coming to small(er) cities as well. I’m planning to attend the Atlanta event.
In researching the event (which seems pretty cool), I found a special note from Katie Couric, who is supporting the event. Then I came across a whole conglomeration of Mommy blogs, including the NYC area, and Silicon Valley.
But the coolest thing is that these moms are making a road trip from Northern Virginia to San Francisco in a (sponsored) fully-loaded hybrid vehicle complete with wireless, gps, cameras, video games, video cameras and more. And they’re blogging the whole thing. All to go to the blogher conference!(If i wasn’t in Danbury for training I would love to fly out to san fran for this!)
“Women have the been the majority of Internet users for three or four years now,” said Lisa Stone, co-founder of BlogHer, a site for women who read and write blogs. “You are seeing the confluence of the world’s most powerful consumer, the American woman, and a user who finally has the tools she needs to express herself.”
