Many of us are so used to using social networking sites daily that we forget that there is a big world out there. I admit, I have also become accustomed to living life under 140 characters or less. The allure of being able to network in my underwear has become all too tempting. Finally, having enough of staring at status updates about someone's lunch, I put some pants on and attended the Tech/Social Media conference Barcamp Tampa Bay 2009 on Sunday, September 27th at USF.
This article appears in Sep 2-8, 2009.