I’ve had several opportunities to be “the new guy” throughout my life. Whether it’s being the new guy at school, the new guy on the job or the new guy in the country. Being a recent addition to any population allows you to observe certain things that those already involved might take for granted. So being a blogger infant has given me the opportunity to see certain patterns within the blogosphere, as it’s called, and they bear a striking resemblance to those I see in the offline world.
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One of the most integral stages of any design process is research. Which is why, even though I consider myself to be relatively tech-savvy, the decision to attend the Blog Savannah Un-con this past weekend before launching our own blog was a wise one. I thought I knew what blogging was, and through the discussions (and disagreements) of those 1.5 days, I realized just how much my conclusions were based on impressions rather than fact.

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We had some great soundbites from Mr. Miller and the TCCi bunch, both during and before the Un-con, so here are a few highlights.

Paragon finally has a blog.

After much hemming and hawing, Drew, Phil and I have finally gotten this show on the road.

We’ve been talking about getting this blog going for a while, and the BlogSavannah Un-Conference ’07 is what finally tipped the scale. I think the three of us were motivated through meeting so many interesting folks, and of course, we learned a fair amount as well.

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