{"id":1716,"date":"2007-07-31T07:34:26","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T14:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2007-07-31T07:36:12","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T14:36:12","slug":"left-out-at-inman-the-truth-is-kris-berg-is-a-blogging-supernova-and-her-cosmic-brilliance-leaves-everyone-glowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1716\/left-out-at-inman-the-truth-is-kris-berg-is-a-blogging-supernova-and-her-cosmic-brilliance-leaves-everyone-glowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Left out at Inman: The truth is, Kris Berg is a blogging supernova, and her cosmic brilliance leaves everyone glowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a Carnival of Off-to-Inman Posts? If so, <a href=\"http:\/\/sandiegohomeblog.com\/2007\/07\/31\/august-means-vacation-time-for-a-road-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kris Berg<\/a> won:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So, this morning, I am off to the Inman technology conference in San Francisco. I am off in theory, at least. I haven&#8217;t exactly packed. Packing Plan A always involves meticulously planning out wardrobes, including appropriate accessories, neatly laying out the items the night before, and then, the morning of the flight, casually arranging the military-folded articles in the suitcase. I&#8217;m going with Plan B. Within the next hour, I will be shooting every item of clothing I own out of a cannon into an undersized carry-on and hoping for the best. Pity the poor, random power cord. If it simply looks like it might fit into one end of a camera, video recorder, voice recorder, iPod, or laptop, it&#8217;s coming along for the ride. I will have enough electronics and peripherals to inspire the Port Commission to beef up staffing at the security check point, and I can all but guarantee that at least half that make the journey with me were designed to power the VCR I sold at a garage sale in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Not a convention goer by nature, I was sucked into this one for a couple of reasons. I am looking forward to <i>actually<\/i> meeting the many people I have met online over the past year. Mostly, though, I am hoping I can bring back some better mousetraps to help us with our business. I&#8217;ll try to report back with updates, that is, if I can find the right power cord.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the break-out sessions at Inman Connect is called &#8220;The Blogging Superstars.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?author=12\" target=\"_blank\">Kris Berg<\/a> is not on that panel. In rebuttal I offer this lengthy argument:<\/p>\n<p>Ahem.<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Inman\" rel=\"tag\">Inman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Inman Connect\" rel=\"tag\">Inman Connect<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/connectsf\" rel=\"tag\">connectsf<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/RE Connect\" rel=\"tag\">RE Connect<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a Carnival of Off-to-Inman Posts? If so, Kris Berg won: So, this morning, I am off to the Inman technology conference in San Francisco. I am off in theory, at least. I haven&#8217;t exactly packed. Packing Plan A always involves meticulously planning out wardrobes, including appropriate accessories, neatly laying out the items the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1752,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1752\/wagging-the-dog-at-the-carnival-of-real-estate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1716,"position":0},"title":"Wagging the dog at the Carnival of Real Estate","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 6, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Our policy is that Cathleen Collins chooses our nominees for real estate carnivals. 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