Blog World Expo in Las Vegas this weekend is by far the most social, friendly and generally “buzzing” conference I’ve been to in a while. Bloggers are opinionated, natural networkers. Many bloggers might not be as open in other situations, but here amongst several thousand other like-minded individuals, people open up. Plus, it’s Vegas baby.
Here are a few of my favorite photos so far from Blog World Expo:

The audience during the “Blogs and PR” panel I was volunteered to join at the last minute. Fun!

Blog World Expo Founder Rick Calvert and Programming Chair Dave Taylor

Beautiful people blog too: Valerie Combs and Brian Solis

Chris Brogan aka ‘Jones Soda Famous” and moi

Woot Woot for the Blog Team! Geoff Livingston and David Berkowitz

Making new connections: Toby Bloomberg of Marketing Diva & Steve Hall of AdRants

Rohit Bhargava and me post interview

TechSet Pool Party at Bare in Mirage

Hanging out at the TechSet Party: George Athannassov, Michael Gray, Stephan Spencer and Des Walsh

BEW08 Geek Squad: David Alston – Radian6, Michael Brito – Intel, Tac Anderson – HP

The Blog Squad: Lee with Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff

SEO and New Media Panel: Brian Clark, Stephan Spencer, Michael Gray. This session was packed and well received.

Minnesota bloggers in Vegas! Connie Benson, Lee Odden & Greg Swan

Yep, that’s right. There was a cement mixer manufacturer exhibiting at Blog World Expo.