Blogging is going to be light for me this weekend because I’m off learning how to be a better blogger, and teaching a few of my own tricks as well, at WordCamp Dallas 2009!
The ENTIRE EVENT is going to be live streaming, and if you blog, I can promise that you will learn more than you ever though possible by watching the videos.
Tune in Sunday, June 28, 2009, 11:15am CST to hear DB Ferguson (that’s me!) do the presention “The WØRD: Authority – Bringing Credibility To Your Content“. For those of you who are new to the site, you’ll also get a great history lesson about NFZ and how we came to be the best Stephen Colbert fan site on the web. I hope you’ll join me!
Click here to watch WordCamp Dallas 2009 – Streaming live! (courtesy of GeekBrief.TV)
Full WordCamp Schedule from the WordCamp Dallas 2009 site
For those of you WordCampers visiting from the UT Dallas campus, click through to see the videos, site features and stories that I reference during the presentation.
The full videos from the intro slide
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Plague of Bloggers | ||||
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| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Bloggers | ||||
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Examples of exclusive content:
MILESTONE: TV Squad.com (Annie Wu) – The Stephen Colbert Bridge needs you! (8/10/2006)
MILESTONE: The Huffington Post: Eat The Press (Rachel Sklar) – Stephen Colbert’s Web Dominance: How “The Colbert Report” Is Fast Becoming The Leader In Web-TV Integration (8/22/2006)
MILESTONE: Ben & Jerry’s Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream ice cream
- After our exclusive story was picked up by Salon.com, the story was picked up by numerous high-profile blogs and news sources, such as The Huffington Post, USA Today, BoingBoing, VH1′s Best Week Ever, and OhNoTheyDidn’t..
MILESTONE: Colbert Branson Interview Trainwreck
- After breaking this story from a comment left in our blog, the story was picked up by MediaBistro.com, and then by BoingBoing and Wired.com, and confirmed on the blog of Colbert Report guest Ian Bogost. The story was then picked up nationally and internationally, and the story was even mentioned on the show as buildup for the presentation of the interview.
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Colbert-Branson Trainwreck | ||||
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MILESTONE: No Fact Zone gets the Colbert Bump
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Mahmoud’s Non-Consensual Endorsement Deal | ||||
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Have fun at ‘camp’, DB! I’ll be watchin’ ya’ll.
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This is one of those times when I curse my location and the fact that I have to use dial-up. Without better internet there’s no way I can watch, which I hate hate hate.
Maybe I can try getting an internet USB plugin tomorrow. I really wish I could see this.
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Have an awesomely wonderful time, DB! Thanks for all that you do. I really enjoyed the clips, esp.”Ted Hitler” & its effect on Jon. I wish I could watch your presentation, but I have family commitments all day tomorrow.
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This is so exciting! Good luck tomorrow, DB. I’ll be watching your presentation.
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Have fun at WordCamp, DB! I’ll be watching tomorrow! :D
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geekbrief TV ~ love it !
good for you DB
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Best wishes and have a great time!
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Have fun and good luck! Not that you’ll need it though. : )
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Aw man. I won’t be able to watch it when it is streaming. Will it be recorded so that I can watch it later on? I really hate to miss it!
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It was recorded – not sure when the videos are coming out.
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Yay, you’re scheduled for during my son’s nap (thanks for working around that!) – I’ll be watching! Hope you have a great time at Camp :)
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Wait, is that Central Standard time (GMT -6), or Central Daylight time (GMT -5)? I know not everyone switches to Daylight savings, and I don’t want to miss your talk!!
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Have a great time, DB! :D
I wish I was able to tune in tomorrow, or that it was rerun four times later in the day.
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I won’t be able to watch tomorrow, but I was wondering – did you post your slideshow on here a few days ago, or did I hallucinate that? I thought I remembered seeing that you posted it here, but I couldn’t look at it at the time and meant to go back and view it. Now I can’t find it. Of course, it’s quite possible I mis-read something in skimming through the post headlines.
Have a great time at Camp! I’m so glad we get to benefit from your knowledge and expertise here! :)
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Milestone! Wow.
Have a marvelous time, DB.
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Heck yeah, you’re on my Milestone list! I still quite proud of that little link, and am so glad you’ve stuck around and supported us.
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DB, I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. You did an awesome job! You came across as professional and very likeable. I learned some things from your talk too. Kudos!
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Well done, DB!!! Great job – your enthusiasm was contagious.
(and I got a shout-out, too!)
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Yes you did. I was going to do more shout-outs, but I was so nervous I forgot about them. I think it went well, though.
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DB, great presentation! Very informative. Keep it up!
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I feel so bad that I completely forgot until now. I hope the video will show up here soon.
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I don’t blog, but I thought I’d watch just to see how one of my favorite fan blogs works. Fascinating and fun! I really liked hearing your voice, it’s very easy on the ears. Congrats on the presentation and your blog. You must be very proud.
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Hey DB. Turns out I was able to catch your presentation this morning. Great job! I think the audience was so engaged by your presentation that they began throwing out questions before the presentation ended:) I loved it when you got distracted by those three pictures of eye candy. Ha!
John Pozadzides, the MC, seemed like a very nice guy who genuinely appreciated your work!
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DB, I was able to see the 1st part of your presentation after all – had to leave after Milestone #2 (rats, I was hoping to stay for Stephen’s NFZ shout-out!). I enjoyed hearing about how and why you started NFZ. The way you interspersed the Milestones added a sense of drama. Most of all, it was great to finally hear & see “the great and powerful” DB!
Are you going to be able to post the entire workshop here – once you’ve had a chance to sleep, catch your breath, sleep, …?
The eye candy was soooo tasty – you included two of my favorite photos.
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Oh, trust me, I’m not that great and powerful. But it was a lot of fun to talk about Stephen for 30 minutes. :)
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Nope, the slide show isn’t online anywhere, but there should be video soon.
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Arrgh! Man, I missed it!
DB, is there a chance where I can watch the video now? :-)
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