What happens in Vegas, pretty much gets posted on the Internet – at least when you’re attending Blog World Expo (Editor’s Note: Minus 10 points for using the same line that probably 100 other #BWE09 attendees used to open up their summary blog post).  After four days that somewhat blended into each other, I am ready to recap the relatively tame weekend that I had.

I arrived in Vegas a lot earlier than I planned and was able to attend Pistacio’s opening Keynote.  From there, I checked into the hotel and unwound from my travels.  I went to Pool ‘Con with Jeremy Tanner, Andrew Hyde, and Jeremiah Owyang for a bit before heading back to the convention to check out Scott Monty’s keynote during lunch. (Editor’s Note: Thanks to the Fiesta Movement from providing impromptu travel arrangements).

The convention center was a buzz of activity.  People were coming in from their travels, attending sessions, and just conversing in the lobby.  The lobby, for me, is always where the best things happen during these conferences and Blog World was no exception.  I was able to connect with so many people that I work with, get introduced to some of my professional idols, and just converse about various things surrounding blogging that I grew as a professional every second I was out there.  It was also nice running into the friends that I so rarely get to see.

The next few days were a complete buzz of activity.  I met so many new people and connected with so many friends – it’s hard to keep track.  I do want to give a shout out to the people on my two panels: Jenn Fowler, Lucretia Pruitt, Lindsay Lebresco for the Panel on How to Work with Big Brands and Not Be Treated like a Mommy.  For my panel on Blogging as the Springboard to community – we have Jeremy Tanner, Jennifer Van Grove, Keith Burtis, and Bryan Elliott.

Considering it was Vegas, I actually kept things relatively low-key.  I spent a lot of time hanging out with friends away from the craziness of the parties.  While this was definitely better for me health wise, I did miss a chance to see a lot of people that I wanted to spend time with – and cause some mischief with weddings and false rumors (Editor’s Note: Did Barry ever show up?).  Tech Karaoke relieved some of that – as I was able to get on stage in front of most of the conference and sing “Rump Shaker” with Wayne Sutton (along with a background dancing appearance by the Queen).

You can take a look at the live updates that I’ve did during the weekend using the tag “BWE09″ on this site and via Twitter. Also, here’s a Flickr Slideshow of the search “BWE09″ to capture the weekend.  I don’t know what people posted on there but that’s part of it – I can’t capture everything from the weekend in just a few words.  This probably will summarize everything a lot better than I could: