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Found this post as I was skimming through blogs today. Kinda random, but so cool, I had to share. Watch the entire clip.

No I’m not going…..but for all my friends out there that are be sure to catch CC Chapman while you’re in Austin and check what he’s up to. It’s not often you get to call him a newbie, so suck it up while you can.

CC and mdialog, client of The Advance Guard, are capturing the SXSW experience from the prospective of the first timer, aka newbie. Have any advice you’d care to share? Want to post video of your experience? Sign up for mdialog, grab the mloader, and e-mail CC for access to the channel.

Have fun for me too! I’ll be watching to see what yall are up to.

I don’t typically discuss politics on my blog, but I’ve watched this video countless times. And today, in light of the Ohio and Texas primaries, I wanted to put this out there again.

So….always remember ‘Yes We Can’

Amazing and some what disappointing at the same time. The event started at 9pm, so I eagerly took my seat at 8:30 (Oprah refers to it as her classroom, and the login button says ‘take a seat’). Prerequisites for today’s class: print out the new earth companion guide/workbook and download the move media player.

All was well for the first 15min before problems with the video connection began. But the majority of parts I did see were AMAZING!

The opening Post-it commercial did give me a little chuckle. After an inspiring 30 mins of preview material and introduction to the book, a poorly placed post-it ad wasn’t exactly what I was expecting.

I’ve said before with my post regarding Oprah’s youtube channel, that I didn’t feel she quite got social media. Oprah’s all over the place, who knew she had an xm radio show. Maybe social media just isn’t her spot? Well….she (or her people) are starting to figure it out, and I applaud her willingness to try.

With the help of skype, which is now going to be a household name, she conferenced in live questions from people watching the class and as the picture above shows a literal class gathered in an IL Borders. The only element missing, although completely out of the question with this size audience, was live chat.

So there is a good question. How on earth do you prepare for the largest online webinar/conference/class audience in the history of the net?

You can’t. But now that you know what to expect, let’s hope things run more smoothly next time. I sure it’s not my Oprah’s fault (or her people) that things were rough for us viewers, who are these move media folks?

Tonight’s session will be available for download tomorrow at oprah.com. 9 more sessions to go, I’ll post more after next weeks session.