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February 15, 2007
Social Media Thinkers vs. The Weather
Today and tomorrow I'm hosting a small group of really interesting people from the Web 2.0 universe as part of a social media advisory group I'm putting together for NPR. The plan is to start at 3pm today with some informal orientation activities and a visit to the All Things Considered studio, before diving into the meat of things with reps from the NPR leadership at dinner tonight and tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, this week's meteorological Valentines Day Massacre is wreaking havoc on people's travel plans. David Weinberger had a Kafka-esque experience with United Airlines in Boston last night; at last word he's en route via Amtrak. Doc Searls appears to have made it, despite the horrifying doppler radar image on his blog. Euan Semple was forced to take a bus from New York - and this is after getting off a plane from Cairo - while Rob Paterson managed to get here after being stranded in Montreal. Farai Chideya cancelled due to the storm as well, though I'm hoping we can kludge together a videoconference from the NPR's new digs in New York. Now it's just a matter of tracking down Zadi Diaz, Jeff Jarvis and Jay Rosen.
Needless to say, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that everyone gets here without frostbite or lost luggage. But given the horror stories I've heard so far, I'm not exactly holding my breath. Save travels, everyone. -andy
Tags: David Weinberger | Doc Searls | Euan Semple | Farai Chideya | ice storm | Jay Rosen | Jeff Jarvis | nprsocialmedia | Rob Paterson | travel | weather | Zadi Diaz
Posted by acarvin at February 15, 2007 9:27 AM
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