After 2 days of multiple meetings and seminars, I am moving on from OpenCamp here in Dallas, TX.

I’ve learned quite a bit by bathing in the world of web development, social media and the such. Some of the subject matter was over my head but I didn’t drown in the massive amounts of information that was discussed. I did feel a little like the nerd hanging out with the cool kids at times. Everyone was so kind and I met so many people with so much knowledge of these subjects. It was great to just pick their brain.

At lunch today I sat with the host of a new TV web podcast called WebBeat.tv. Her name, Pelpina Trip, will start this program in a few weeks as part of Revision3‘s lineup. Pelpina was a social media reporter for the local TV station, KDAF-TV here in Dallas. It did bring me back to the days of working at CNN by talking a little shop with her and others around our table.

Pelpina Trip
Shot by Giovanni Gallucci, Social Media Consultant http://blog.gallucci.net

In the morning I am heading to Palo Duro Canyon State Park near Amarillo, TX and find myself a campsite. Eventually I plan to make it to my favorite national park which is Zion and do some hiking and bicycling there.

It’s has been quite a while since I have posted on my website. I wouldn’t say life has been dull but it has been pretty stationary. Except for last month in Mammoth Cave National Park, I have been in Ohio for the most part with family and friends. I’ve been teaching myself programs such as Dreamweaver and Apple Motion down at what I call my “church”. It’s the coffee shop “The Emporium”.

Now I am burning some tread west again. (surprised?) I love it out there.

First I am stopping off in Springfield, MO to visit my sister and her family for a day and a half then I am going to Dallas, TX. Yep…this Miami Dolphin fan is going to cowboy country. I am bringing my Miami Dolphins jersey and if I have some time, I might wear it while visiting Jerry Jones’s huge monstrous stadium. Maybe I will go find a star and lay my jersey on it for a picture….lol

While in Dallas, I will be attending a conference called Open Camp. OC is a multi-web platform conference with seminars in Drupal, WordPress and different types of social media just to name a few.

After Open Camp, I plan to do some camping in a couple national parks, (probably Zion NP) and visit Albuquerque before I head back to Ohio.

As something different this trip, I thought I might add a video journal to my site from time to time. Doing something like this is much easier with video camera phones now. Main drawback is that the video quality isn’t that great.

I look forward to taking many pictures on the road, which I will post too. (Seems hard to take a bad shot with all the beauty out west quite frankly)

I recently purchased a road bike and I am quickly catching the bug, so I hope to be riding out in the national parks much of my trip too

Catch you next time on the road.