The Do's and Don't's Live Blogging an Event

I lived microblogged my second event today, the goodbye too Roel van Duijn. It was quite fun, and I was getting some interesting looks from people as I was typing my commentary into my BlackBerry. I wasn't entirely satisfied with the ease. Both of the events I used Ping.FM, the first using GTalk, which was easy, and the second using Ping.FM Mobile, which is terrible together with the BlackBerry browser.

Firstly I learned I should have read the following two articles, which contain handy tips:

• How to Live Blog a Conference
• How to Get Into Live Event Blogging

I really should have prepared before I went, I didn't know the names of all the guests and didn't know the schedule. I was slightly late, and as I didn't know I was going I didn't really have time to prepare. I really should have used HashTags, I did think about it, but it was all going fast enough that the fleeting thought was discarded.

So I'll know for next time to:

• Do come prepared
• Do know who is speaking
• Do use an easy to use tool
• Do use hashtags
• Do take pictures
• Don't forget the names of the speakers
• Don't attract too much attention
• Don't arrive late

I'll update this list and repost with anything which pops into my mind, and naturally comments are welcome.

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