A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics
This is only the second annual conference of the premier (well ok, only so far) conference just for African-American bloggers: Blogging While Brown. This year, it’s bigger, badder and blacker, ‘specially since I’m going. There are some major bloggers coming — including some blogs that represent some of the largest communities you can find online.
I’ll be speaking on 2 panels: The first is with Naoko McCracken of Automattic (producer of WordPress) on how to use the latest tech techniques to power blog with a focus on mobile blogging, plugins, iPhone apps, ways to connect WordPress with other social networking apps, and all that jazz. The second is:
Panel — Netroots in Action
Panelists will discuss how social media tools can be used to affect changes in policy, improve communities, and influence elections.
Moderator: Carmen Dixon Rosenzweig, www.allaboutrace.com
Panelists: Megan Tady, www.freepress.net
Pam Spaulding, www.pamshouseblend.com
If you’re in the Chicago area, come on down. It’s probably not too late to register for Saturday’s sessions. Here’s a list of all the blogs represented:
Cheryl Contee aka "Jill Tubman", Baratunde Thurston aka "Jack Turner", rikyrah, Leutisha Stills aka "The Christian Progressive Liberal", B-Serious, Casey Gane-McCalla, Jonathan Pitts-Wiley aka "Marcus Toussaint," Fredric Mitchell
Special Contributors: James Rucker, Rinku Sen, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Adam Luna, Kamala Harris
Technical Contributor: Brandon Sheats