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How NewYorkCountryLawyer became a Twit

Event Interactive 2010
Format Solo
Organizer Ray Beckerman Ray Beckerman, P.C.
Description I am a lawyer who authors the blog "Recording Industry vs. The People", about the RIAA's lawsuits. I would talk about how I entered upon blogging in 2004 as a form of grassroots online organizing, wound up in Slashdot's hall of fame, and and am now a power Twitterer. If possible would also do session for Music part talking about RIAA cases.
Questions
Answered
  1. How I first started blogging over the Ohio 2004 election
  2. How I moved into blogging about the RIAA litigations
  3. How that led into Slashdot & entry into Slashdot hall of fame
  4. How I became active in Twitter
  5. How a set of links on the Peru indigenous uprising became a 'blog' in a sense
  6. How blogging can be used as information collection & grassroots organizing, rather than commentary
  7. Interplay between blog and site like Slashdot
  8. Interplay between blog and Twitter
  9. Independent use of Twitter
  10. What is key to Twitter enjoyment
Level Beginner
Category Blogging, Community / Online Community, Social Issues, Social Networking