As you might have noticed, I, along with A-Heldin, live-blogged the Handelsblatt event in Düsseldorf on Wednesday. I was a little disappointed in the general direction of the event. It was a blog-reading, and, as such, was more about little stories people have written on their blogs than about the uniquely dynamic nature that makes blogs what they are.

Although I managed to get all the names wrong while live-blogging, here are some of the writers that were showcased:

• 'ix' from Wirres.net; worst punctuation ever. Why do thousands per day visit a website without capital letters, all written in an undersized monospaced font? Because the German blogosphere is a ripe apple, waiting to be picked, that's why. his account
• "Melancholie Modeste", who I wrongly accused of eyeing my unit. In retrospect, it may well have been 'ix'. She really doesn't get that many hits, so I'm kind of wondering why she was chosen to represent the biggies. It must have been her perkiness.
• Don Dahlmann, from "Irgendwas ist ja immer". Didn't catch it, as I was busy pinching the bottoms of unsuspecting bar wenches.
• Frau 'Nuf' from 'dem Nuf'. I cannot actually recall her being on the stage, as this was during my 'blackout period'. No telling how many hits she gets, either; she has 4 counters on her page, and all of them are closed to the public.

In retrospect, I didn't do a very good job of covering the event. I'm not even sure who won, although it looked like Dahlmann was a shoo-in owing to a strong showing in the swimsuit competition.

So, enough readin', let's see some pictures!

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Rube Liveblogging

The bar, she was open

Free tucker

The madding throngs

From the official Handelsblatt page on the Düsseldorf Blog Reading:

Julius Endert, Managing Editor of Handelsblatt.com, demonstrates with barrier-tape what a 'Trackback' is.

At which point, a member of the crowd walks on stage and kicks Endert in the groin, demonstrating what 'comment spam' is.