March 2, 2008 Comments

The 2008 Prosper Days Blogger Panel

I’m very pleased that I was asked to sit on the blogger panel at Prosper Days. If I hadn’t been invited, I probably would not have made the trip. The other panelists on the blogger panel were Jim Bruene, Editor in Chief of the Online Banking Report and NetBanker blog; Kevin Gillett, Editor in Chief of the Official Prosper Blog and CTO of Panoramic Software; and Dave McClure, Master of 500 Hats. I was in excellent company and I really enjoyed the discussion that took place.

I was a bit surprised to learn that we were the only session taking place in our time slot. With no other session taking place, everyone was observing the blogger panel. I was surprisingly at ease and wasn’t all that nervous. It probably helped that there was a crew filming the session with 10,000 watt light bulbs that made it difficult to see the crowd. It also helped that I hadn’t prepared a whole lot and simply responded to questions with my experiences and knowledge.

I’m anxious for the video to come out so that I can see how I performed. It’s difficult for me to assess my own performance, because it almost seemed as if I would just open my mouth and words would come out. I have a difficult time recollecting the things I said and how well I answered the queries. I’ll post a link to the video as soon as it’s available, along with my self-assessment.