Category: BlogHer 2007
Editorial: If you're a foodblogger...don't be a jerk
The Czarina spent a very interesting weekend at BlogHer 2007. It was absolutely wonderful to be around so many smart women devoted to combining technology and freedom of expression with whatever their passion happened to be.
I liveblogged the Foodblogging session but had to take a bit of a time out to ask a question of the panel that definitely had the potential to stir the pot, so to speak. I don’t consider myself a foodblogger yet, but I would like to incorporate some foodblogging and restaurant reviews into Stylefool. Prior to doing these reviews I wanted to get a handle on whatever existing contemporary foodblogging ethics there were, and how to be gracious about invading a chef’s territory.
To that end, I asked the panel what they thought about Mario Batali’s quasi-recent diatribe against foodbloggers.
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This session is moderated by Jan Kabili (J), and the panelists are Bea Peltre (La Tartine Gourmande) and Lara Ferroni (L) (Cook and Eat; Still Life With), foodies and photographers.
BlogHer07: Art of Life: The Art of Foodblogging
This panel consists of Shuna Fish Lydon (S) (Eggbeater), Jasmine (Cardamom Addict) (J), Nupur Kittur (N) (One Hot Stove), Susan Voisin (Fatfree Vegan Kitchen) (V), Alanna Kellogg (A) (A Kitchen Parade), and Kalyn Denny, (Kalyn’s Kitchen) facilitator (K).
K: We are thrilled to see people here and faces we don’t recognize. Foodbloggers are a community oriented group. We’re going to pass something around and if you want to write your blog down go ahead. We are celebrating the diversity of food blogs…you’ll realize there isn’t just one way to do a foodblog. Different recipes for a successful foodblog. We’re going to tell you what we think makes a successful blog.
BlogHer07: Community: Privacy, Exposure, Risk: Can you maintain safer spaces online?
The moderator for this discussion is Lynne D. Johnson (L). The panel includes Susie Bright (S), a feminist erotica writer, Ann Crady (A), a parent blogger, and Tara Hunt (T), a writer.
This session is broadcast on SecondLife.
BlogHer07: Technical: Getting Custom: What Web Designers Know
Welcome, BlogHers!
The speaker for this sub-session is Nelly Yusupova from Webgrrls International, and the focus of the lecture is on building design and usability into your blog plan. In this lecture, blog and website are used interchangeably.
Webgrrls is a networking group for women in technology. Today’s session is about creation of a plan for your website with the goals of increasing traffic and keeping faithful users.
Online, an impression is made about a website in the blink of an eye - literally. Visual appeal is very important; if it is not appealing at first blush, the user will navigate away from the page and you will not be able to influence them. It takes “too long” to recover from a bad first impression.