#ifbcon

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I am sooo honored to be part of the IFB conference and blogging live right now for Windows 7 on a 1/3 pound Sony tiny tiny tiny laptop sponsored by Windows 7 !

5:30pm

We started a little late, but its off to a fabulous start! The Future of Blogging panel is a star-studded blogger affair, and Tavi just admitted that she doesn’t have a  laptop or phone with internet on it!

5:34pm

Still getting used to the  capabilities of Windows 7 and the Sony computer — taking in so many good quotes right now – basically everyone on the panel agrees that there is no overnight success-most people have said that they have spent years on their blogs – NOT an overnight success! This is definitely the panel that everyone is waiting for — Tavi is so poised and thoughtful –

5:41pm

Still talking about bloggers vs editors- Tavi is saying that this whole ‘Tavi is sitting in front of me, I cant see around her hat’ got so blown out of proportion!!!!

5:45pm

The shake and toggle features on this Windows 7 comp are super cool – definitely going to miss this feature when I got back to my MAC notebook at home!!! My thoughts are that the editors fear the unknown, which essentially is the whole online frontier!

5:50pm

Tavi was referenced on the show ‘The Family Guy”, so great! She ismarc  extremely modest fame– ‘I mean I’m not giving concerts every night, or on a talk show’ Bryanboy is super flattered by Marc Jacobs he says, but wants to be more than a bag! Tavi is totally rocking this conference – she is so profound!

5:53pm

Talking about the stigma that comes with getting free products: Lauren at Fashionisa – ‘We are all writers that happen to work online.’ Fashionista is talking about standards in journalism and blogging – checking sources, etc. Tavi kinda has a Jody Foster voice  -just realize why it sounds so familiar!

5:58pm

Now the subject has shifted to the term ‘blog’ and if it’s negative, positive — what it really means! Britt & Lauren from Fashionista are talking about reader comments, how Fashionista is a news source, and it’s hard sometimes not to jump in on vicious blog comments.

6:02pm

Talking about negative comments – someone in the audience asked if the panelists read their comments — so far everyone says that they read their comments, and respond.

6:05pm

OOh! great question – someone in the audience wants to know the marketing strategies, in increasing traffic. Tavi says ‘I like other blogs, I had a lot to say so maybe some other blogs started coming to my site. “Blogroll-the more you have, the less each one (links) means.” Bryanboy is talking about why he leads blogs- to be entertained — Tavi says its important to write about what you care about, because other people will like it too!

6:10pm

Talking about blogs that are needy, just spamming bloggers posts in the comments –Lauren says the ‘cream rises to the top’ — if you have something that no one else is offering and you are really loving it – people will come to you (round of applause).

6:10pm

Someone just asked – ‘what is the future of fashion blogging?’ – to Susie and Fashionista.com. The answer is that no one really knows – ‘It will change, it will grow, but it’s not going away’ – Lauren from Fashionista.

Thanks again to IFB and Windos 7!

-Julia DiNardo