Leave it to Doc Searls to come up with a Mashup Camp zinger. Ted Shelton overheard Doc say, "we're all Type O" -- referring to they type of blood that can mix with any other. That was a huge A-ha for me. Why? As one of the only non-geeks in the crowd, it illuminates exactly what I'd been somewhat struggling to say, in answering the curious questioners of "who are you and why are you here?" over the past day +.
I've been digging in deep over the past several months...into Web 2.0, technologies, people, companies, and bloggers who are doing, saying and producing very interesting stuff right now. Both Mashup Camp and TechCrunch Meetup5 were a physical manifestation of this all coming together: sharing knowledge, thoughts and ideas, all Under one roof. Or one roof and a tent in some cases. :-)
The opportunity to once again be in a space with 300 or so very smart people is nothing short of invigorating. More to come on the Best Mashup and more interesting discoveries after we vote, with our wooden nickel, later today.
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