Writing from sunny California

I just finished a bout of self-flagellation in response to my recent lack of blog production. I’m feeling much better now, thank you.

I’m out in sunny L.A. helping with a little podcasting project at the American Council on Education’s 88th Annual Meeting. I’m doing a little recording and editing, but I’m not sure when the podcasts will be available. That’s up to the ACE. It’s interesting to observe an organization trying to wrap its collective brain around something like podcasting. ACE is the premier organization for university presidents and they’re a pretty conservative group. It’s a pretty modest podcasting effort at this year’s meeting, but I think some seeds have been planted.

This event is a good reminder about how scary the whole blogging and podcasting thing can be to the establishment. The meeting schedule has a number of exclusive sessions for university presidents only and even the plenary sessions have a private feel. I wonder what would happen if several of those presidents started blogging the sessions and a whole back channel annual meeting emerged. That might stir the pot a bit.