It’s tough to describe the awesomeness of the conference we just ran at MIT. It was exhausting, yes. But I designed/printed the conference program, helped set the schedule, managed 200 attendees, kept an eye on an intern, and got to work with some incredible colleagues.
Based on the syntax of that last sentence, you can tell I’m exhausted. But I got to meet some folks that I’ve admired for a long time, such as Dan Gillmor, and got to promote the 2009 Knight News Challenge winners.
I’m conflicted. This conference was the last big set of tasks from now until the fall, so I’m glad I can rest a bit. But it was why I wanted to work with MIT’s Center for Future Civic Media—a chance to rock out with media innovators and meet a few of my long-time heroes.
I’m glad there’s a full year until the next conference, but I hope I get to convince all of these folks to come hang out at MIT before then.