I was fortunate enough to be able to get access to the bloggers lounge at SXSWi. This is a closed off area at the conference where bloggers can come and hang out, write or broadcast and generally mingle.

There were podcasters, video bloggers, and regular bloggers all working along side each other.  A dizzying array of devices being used, laptops, palmtops, professional mixing desks, professional cameras, flip mino video cameras and even, pen and paper!

It was a great opportunity to meet some of my personal favorites like Chris Brogan, Amber Naslund, and others whose blogs I have been reading for a long time.  What was very interesting was to watch the interactions between everyone. Some were head down typing away, others chatting and greeting as new people arrived in the lounge.  The overall buzz was high energy and highly creative. It really validated a personal sense of being a blogger and being in such great company.

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