Nervous for what?
Why am I getting nervous for this weekend? Is it because it's the first time I'm the REAL head-hancho for the Outdoor Heps coverage? Or am I just excited for it?
I got all of the event previews from my volunteers in by the end of Monday, and I've got them all set for publication through the end of the week. I'm awaiting information on my media credentials and parking my car for the meet. No hotel room yet, but I'm wondering if I should just pony up to getting one tomorrow afternoon. Also waiting for the live results link to be active or confirmed so I can update links accordingly.
Some interesting little hiccups: two of the events got pushed back due to the heat, so now they will be contested after dark. Originally, P was going to join me for a dinner/evening in Philly at the end of Day 1 activities, but this schedule change could put a damper on things. I've given P an out, and he's thinking about it. But I'll be the only HTC person there, and I keep wondering how I'm going to do live tweeting with blog updates AND video interviews. I did the tweeting and blogging at Indoors, while another person attempted to do the interviews (result = not good due to sound). But who needs the interviews? I don't have to do them unless I REALLY have the time to do them.
But here I am, sitting here in my office chair, getting butterflies in my stomach thinking about all of this. I'm not getting paid for doing this, so the only person who really would care if the quality wasn't "the greatest" is me. At least what I am able to provide is better than what the conference does already, even though they do have the bonus of doing a paid webstream for the Sunday action only (I wonder how many people tune in for that?) but my coverage can at least be easily followed on mobile devices without paying additional money.
I know I frequently set mental goals to be "perfect" and that I almost always am critical of setting such goals or failing to meet them (I just can't win). It's annoying to do this, but I often cannot help it. Grrr...
I should probably just go out for a run.
I got all of the event previews from my volunteers in by the end of Monday, and I've got them all set for publication through the end of the week. I'm awaiting information on my media credentials and parking my car for the meet. No hotel room yet, but I'm wondering if I should just pony up to getting one tomorrow afternoon. Also waiting for the live results link to be active or confirmed so I can update links accordingly.
Some interesting little hiccups: two of the events got pushed back due to the heat, so now they will be contested after dark. Originally, P was going to join me for a dinner/evening in Philly at the end of Day 1 activities, but this schedule change could put a damper on things. I've given P an out, and he's thinking about it. But I'll be the only HTC person there, and I keep wondering how I'm going to do live tweeting with blog updates AND video interviews. I did the tweeting and blogging at Indoors, while another person attempted to do the interviews (result = not good due to sound). But who needs the interviews? I don't have to do them unless I REALLY have the time to do them.
But here I am, sitting here in my office chair, getting butterflies in my stomach thinking about all of this. I'm not getting paid for doing this, so the only person who really would care if the quality wasn't "the greatest" is me. At least what I am able to provide is better than what the conference does already, even though they do have the bonus of doing a paid webstream for the Sunday action only (I wonder how many people tune in for that?) but my coverage can at least be easily followed on mobile devices without paying additional money.
I know I frequently set mental goals to be "perfect" and that I almost always am critical of setting such goals or failing to meet them (I just can't win). It's annoying to do this, but I often cannot help it. Grrr...
I should probably just go out for a run.