The quiet tapping of the progressive blogosphere on its computer keyboards keep rhythm with the speakers at Netroots Nations, which has convened in Las Vegas 7/21/10-7/25/10. The 2,500 or so participants who have 10s of millions of daily page views greatly influence the country’s thinking. The participants inhale information in the workshops and information sessions and almost instantaneously exhale it in tweets, blog posts and Face Book entries. Panels comprised of unlikely environmentalists discuss global warming; senior journalists recite investigative sources of information; techie consultants describe how to redesign your website; and media consultants share tips on writing persuasive op-ed pieces. The purpose? To positively influence the country by fact checking assertions of the press, investigating issues to reveal corruption in our political operatives, support non-profits who care about justice, peace, civil liberties, civil rights, and the environment; among other topics.
Five years after Markos Moulitsas (Daily Kos) started the conference as Yearly Kos, the initial gathering morphed into Netroots Nation. As the day closes with the progressive blogosphere passionately firing off the last of its day’s missives to its preferred social media outlets, the writers take their tired fingers and brains to the clubs and bars to socialize and network with each other. It is a sweet time.
Submitted by Marta Turnbull 7/24/10
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