I noticed a couple of other mentions around the blogosphere that I thought I'd share as well since I really liked their blogs and I've added them to my RSS reader. You should too.

First up is raypawulich.com (just because I laughed when I read his post's title - "Getting Noticed the Bil Browning Way"):

Right now I'm hearing Bil Browning talk. Never met him before but he's the publisher of The Bilerico Project, which is one of the top LGBT blogs in the country. This is probably one of the most valuable sessions as far as breaking in to the larger blogosphere, although my interest is more in bootstrapping a local media property, which is a slightly different beast. Still, Browning is your classic opinionated media queen and this session is about whipping the stupid out of you.

Media queen? Who are you calling a queen, Ray? *grins* I loved the "whipping the stupid out of you" quip. I tried to keep it at a high enough level to interest the more advanced bloggers while still popping a few misconceptions newbies have. I guess I succeeded.

Next up is a blogger I really wish had introduced herself at the conference. I'm sure we would have had some great conversation. I'll be adding her blog - The Feminist Review - to our blogroll on Bilerico Project and Bilerico-Indiana.

I was glad that one of the workshop leaders and panel speakers, Bil Browning, is the publisher of the Bilerico Project, the second-largest LGBTQ blog in the world. His participation was not only in the context of being a gay man, but specifically focused on this site. This was unapologetic, as it should be.

I noticed right away that while there were a couple of people obviously uncomfortable with my blog's subject matter, it didn't stop them from taking copious notes. About half the room looked up in shock though when I referred to the site as a "queer political blog" during the panel discussion later that afternoon.

Speaking of the panel discussion, I thought it was much more on topic and in depth than the first day's panel. The addition of a moderator helped quite a bit; Scott Abel did a spectacular job of questioning the participants while still adding his own ideas. Steve Dalton and Renee Wilmeth were also panelists who gave really good advice to the attendees. I'm a fan of both bloggers even though Steve and I don't see eye to eye politically. (Hey, if I can be friends with Josh Gillespie and Ryan McCann, I can handle Steve!)

All in all, it was an enjoyable experience. I met a lot of new people and connected with a few Hoosiers I only knew via e-mail and their blogs; Doug Masson and Steve spring to mind immediately.

I'll be there next year. You should be too.