It’s inevitable.
At every major gymnastics competition people are live blogging. And posting to Facebook.
How long can it be before bloggers will be issued press credentials? Access to the media areas?
Here’s another nice development on the community front: For the first time, Oracle is issuing blogger credentials for Oracle OpenWorld. A group of “A-listers” (as Scoble calls them) will soon receive (if they haven’t already) invitations to accept full conference passes carte blanche, and to enjoy the same type of access that the mainstream press typically does (including a designated blogger area in the press room).
This may seem like a little thing, but for Oracle, it’s far from it. It’s active acknowledgment that the world has changed (no small feat for a huge corporation), and I applaud everyone involved for making it happen!
I will make some requests to competition organizers this year on behalf of Gymnastics Coaching. If approved, we may even be looking for guest bloggers.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 