You might recall a few weeks ago seeing me live blog some conferences I attended using CoverItLive which is a great tool.
Whilst it's pretty challenging typing and listening to the speakers at the same time, I have found that the notes I have been able to keep have been a great resource to others in my social network or reader of my blog who were not able to attend the conference and for my own research and archives.
Proving this valuable information also supports your reputation and personal brand online as someone providing great resources and information to your network. And of course you can always add in your own perspective and point of view - you don't have to report only the speakers comments.
However everywhere you go, you are not guaranteed a great Internet connection - or any connection at all as I found at a recent conference I was speaking at?
On that occasion I used my Blackberry to live tweet from the conference and then add a hash tag so that it can be found later. Hash tags are particularly helpful if several people use them so you can find all the Tweets about an event - such as the hash tag we use for PodCamp Ireland #pci.
However another alternative which I have yet to have the opportunity to try out is LiveTwitting.
It's easy to set up you just need to follow @livetwitting on Twitter learn a few commands, and start LiveTwitting!
You can use any means of Live Tweeting - the web, IM, SMS, Twhirl or Twitterific.
You also can edit or delete your events, sessions, and coverage at any time from the manage page on LiveTwitting.com
What I particularly like is that if you don't like typing in "livetwitting", you can use "livet".
So if you have a conference you are attending soon and can not guarantee there will be an Internet connection, or want to be less conspicuous and not have your PC or Mac with you, why not try Live Tweeting the conference using LiveTwitting.com?
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