I’m sitting between Newscoma and Aunt B. I know you all are hella jealous.

Update 1: There are a lot of bloggers here. Besides Aunt B and Newscoma, whom I already mentioned, there’s Kerry Woo, Lesley, Rob Robinson, Holiday Grinch, Jackson, Squirrel Queen, Paul Chenoweth, and I’m sure lots of others I haven’t even seen yet.

I’m now sitting in the “Griffin” loft upstairs at Exit/In sipping some yummy Mystic Brew. It’s great to be surrounded by so many geeks.

Update 2: I like what Chris Houchens had to say about using social media for corporate marketing. It’s about reaching the audience that has already identified itself as your audience; it’s not about sales.

Bryce Wells is really breaking down the nuts and bolts of podcasting. I wonder how many people have a good podcast in ‘em and just don’t know how to do it.

Update 3: Yay! Here comes Mitch Joel.

Update 4: Rob Robinson is also liveblogging.

Update 5: Quote from a video Mitch Joel is playing: “I wish I had a lesbian tongue.”

Update 6: “48% of leisure time is spent online.” from Center for Media Research. Bloggers really skew those numbers high.

Update 7: Gavin at Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd is also liveblogging. I think he and I were standing around outside together in the heat without knowing we (sorta) knew each other.

Update 8: I posted a pic of the main floor at my blog. Taken from the hot upper floor.

Update 9: Mitch just threw up a slide with his quote about 71 million blogs and that some of them have to be good. He followed it up by saying “not all of them are just pictures of cats.” No offense, Jeffraham.

Update 10: Stepped out for a while to cool off and get a snack with Kat and Ivy at Fiesta Azteca. Back now, and just got a hot, sweaty hug from Nashville Knucklehead.

Update 11: And now Jackson is on! Woo! Go Jackson.

Update 12: According to Jackson, 3D social networking is not only about who you know, how you know them, but also about how much time and attention you give them, and how much time and attention they give you.

Update 13: More insights from Jackson: point 1) Depth and strength of relationship should be a factor in how we parse our content. Point 2) Being aware of your behaviors can help you change them. Point 3) All this information is there, but there’s no interface to share it between all these applications.

Update 14: Gosh, maybe I’m partial because he’s a friend, but I think Jackson had some of the coolest content yet.

Update 15: Chris WAGE on the STAGE. Woo!

Update 16: Web 2.0 will not do your dishes. Who knew?

Update 17: Lesley, standing behind me, just observed that Chris just plugged his photography through the innocuous example of typing in flickr.com/tags/nashville+skyline. Except in a bizarre turn of events, none of his pictures show up in the first page. Why? Because he hasn’t tagged his own photos with nashville skyline. (Yes, we’re e-heckling. But we love Chris. So we’ll compensate by linking to where you can buy his photos.)

Update 18: Sitting in the front of Cafe Coco with Grace and Klinde’s German, cooling off and catching some WiFi goodness. The back of Cafe Coco is where the presentations actually are, but I can’t seem to get the WiFi connection to work. But I’m headed back there right after this update to hear Ivy and Kat speak on “Hyperlocal self-publishing portals.” Woo!

Update 19: Grace and I are both back in the heat of Exit/In. Kat & Ivy did great. Their post was unscripted and totally organic, which was both appropriate to the topic at hand (of developing an online community through organic methods) and true to the spirit of BarCamp. They fielded a lot of questions (many from MCB-affiliated bloggers, sure, but they were all unscripted) and handled all with grace and humor. Oh, and speaking of Grace, I would say she ended the session with a coup de grâce — ’cause it was so perfect — but I don’t want to imply it needed killing.

Anywho. Over here at the Exit/In, John Ellis is talking about effective paid search marketing. Good stuff.

Update 20: I’m up to update #20! Woo! Anastasia Holdren is now speaking about the need to get in the local search game.

Update 21: OK, we’re back! Had a quick dinner at Fiesta Azteca, a few margaritas, and an embarrassing amount of chips. But now Parker Polidor is talking about “Community Powered Media” and Nashflix. And shortly, Brittney will be up to talk about blogging. Woo!

Update 22: Christian Grantham (a.k.a. Mr. Nashville Is Talking Isn’t Dead Yet!) is gushing about how cool the “internets” are.

Also, Grace just found a guy to flirt with, and made him drop his iPhone. That’s just the kind of effect Grace has.

Update 23: Brittney is up! Yay! And she’s had a few margaritas, so she may be even more fun than usual.

Update 24: Brittney’s advice: the “rules” say that you need to specialize, standardize, have a mission, write for your readers, and make money by selling ads. She says - not necessarily! Some of the biggest blogs don’t have a central theme. “Many people read your blog because of who you are.” Your blog doesn’t need to be like everyone else’s. “Write when the mood strikes. Use the medium to its fullest.” Forget who you’re writing for; trust yourself; write for yourself. Ads are not necessary.

Update 25: Brittney adds: post often. Mind your manners. Don’t feed the trolls. (Though she adds that she shouldn’t comment on those last two points since she can’t seem to follow her own advice.)

Update 26: OK, Penelope Trunk is up. She’s ready to give us some career advice. I’ll keep you posted.

Update 27: Penelope Trunk says job hopping is OK. (I think she’s right, sort of. I did a lot of job hopping in my twenties, and in a lot of ways it has helped me — by giving me broad experience and perspective — but it has cost me in terms of perceived reliability.) She also says not all office politics are about screwing people over, and that doing good work is overrated. Being savvy and easy to work with is a better skill. (Again, I half agree and half strongly disagree. Having interpersonal skills is a huge asset, but that without being good at what you do will erode your credibility over time.) Penelope also says promotions aren’t necessarily good if they don’t align with your lifetime career goals. She says a study has shown that promotions can be more traumatic than divorce.

Update 28: Per Penelope, graduate degrees are not necessarily an advantage. MBAs — unless you’re going to a top 10 school — are worth so little that you should only do it if you go to night school.

Update 29: This one I relate to: Penelope says there’s a myth that entrepreneurship is risky, but it’s actually less risky than working in the no-guarantees corporate world because once you do it, you always know you’re capable of it. (I must say, that one rings true for this former two-time business owner.)

Update 30: Penelope points out that blogging anonymously is a waste of effort because you’re not getting credit for your work. If you’re concerned about privacy, use your judgment about what to share. You already know how to deliver appropriate content for context — you don’t tell Grandma about your sex life (usually). (I’m totally behind her on that one. In my years of being online, I’ve had little drawback and a lot to gain by using my real name. If people don’t want to hire me, for example, because of what I genuinely have to say, I’m glad to know that in advance so I can steer clear of those environments.)

Update 31: Wow, Chris Wage asked a question that resulted in Penelope answering that if you’re good at your work, you won’t need to give your boss a blow job. Wow. I think she may have misunderstood his question.

Update 32: David Mason is talking about product design, and has started out by talking about what beauty is. He also started with one of my favorite quotes: “Have nothing in your house that you don’t know to be useful or believe to be beautiful” by William Morris.

Well, campers, I’ve just about finished. There’s more coming from BarCamp before the night is through, but I’ve reached my limit of being hot and uncomfortable. It’s been awesome! Hope you’ve enjoyed following along.