I would like to mention the importance of conferences for someone in the web/tech world here in this post. I was fortunate enough to attend South-by-Southwest (SXSW) last year and had an unbelievable experience. I was able to listen to the big-wigs of the industry speak at various panels and key-notes. I was even lucky enough to speak personally with Tim Ferriss (4 Hour Work Week, author), Frank Warren (Post Secret, creator) and Tony Hsieh (Zappos.com, CEO). The most important and beneficial parts of the conference were the time between the lectures and panels. I was able to meet, network, and speak with so many different kinds of people surrounding, not only the web world, but film and music people as well. I was able to relate to them with similar interests in anything from running a company to how the new Nokia cell phone could stream live video to the web. I was also fortunate enough to bump into a college classmate of mine, Rob Sandie, that turned out to be the co-founder of the amazing web video service, Viddler.com.

This year I am proud to say that I will be attending the Web 2.0 Expo in NY in September as well as SXSW again in March also. I will be representing Briz.com, the social networking site for businesses, at the Web 2.0 expo and CWS at SXSW. Stayed tuned for a full feature on Briz.com in an upcoming post. I hope to see you all in NY in September.

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