The CREATE South conference has come and gone at this point. The day felt fantastic to me and the attendees seemed to generally feel the same way. It had logistical problems at points but the problems were survivable. The real power comes from getting people in the same room, talking about what matters from them and then getting out of the way. The magic trick of organizing this sort of thing is that all the programming is bait to get people to show up, but the people that show up are the real value. People met, talked, networked, learned, taught, ate bbq and chicken bog and generally had a good time.

First, let’s welcome the new bloggers minted at the conference. Jo and Roger have officially joined the blog world. This was part of what we wanted to happen, so it makes me happy every time either of them posts.

There is a Flickr photo pool for pictures from the day and you can also search on the tag “createsouth”.

Here’s some of the reactions around the blogosphere:

I’ll keep updating this as I find new posts. Thanks everyone for coming, participating, presenting and making it a wonderful time!