Last night I posted On my way to Social Networking Conference in Miami and today I arrived and spent most of the day so far with my WAA Social Media Committee Co-Chairs, Jared and Elena, at the Miami Convention Center (where the Miami Antique Show is also going on).

Tired, and the trip is catching up with me - but here's my Twitter Feed for today; you'd read it from the bottom up to get the chronology right.

I just checked into my room at the Royal Palm Hotel, unwinding 4 a bit about 1 hour ago from web

I think the newness and inness of social networks make it interesting but the speakers don't seem to be saying all that much about 3 hours ago from web

think I need to take a breather….the content here is good but it's the networking with people that's better about 3 hours ago from web

I have yet to really hear something today that is that interesting. on the other hand, it's an interesting mix of people attending about 3 hours ago from web

I am having a heard time staying awake, I think the trip down here has caught up with me about 3 hours ago from web

finding there is not that much new content that I have heard yet about 3 hours ago from web

mobile social networks are different than what they'd do while on the desktop about 4 hours ago from web

innovate on the unique aspects of mobile sucha s merge social network and your mobile address book about 4 hours ago from web

leverage the power of Mobile Push with something "actionable" about 4 hours ago from web

Blackberry RIM did work with Facebook lately and did some interesting stuff about 4 hours ago from web

mobile social networks don't replace the desktop, they complement it about 4 hours ago from web

the speaker this afternoon mentioned that more people buy mobile phones when advertising to a social network than otherwise about 4 hours ago from web

10 golden rules 4 social networks are being presented now about 4 hours ago from web id="status_actions_663413462">

mobile internet session at Social Networking conf about 4 hours ago from web

@frankgilory great, thenks! just read my tweets, I will be live blogging this about 6 hours ago from web

Mark Lesnick isn't saying anything we haven't hears before about 6 hours ago from web

buddywave.com, flock.com, avatars, Oddcast..(boaring…) about 6 hours ago from web

microsoft invested 240 mill on Facebook which sends a big message of confidence about 6 hours ago from web

facebook users who are young don't want to be on the same network as their parents, seeking a replacement for facebook about 6 hours ago from web

ipart.cn, a popular Chinese social network about 6 hours ago from web

how do u make more money using your social network? about 6 hours ago from web

people are spending a lot of time on social networks, this is from Mark Lesnick of Social Networking Watch about 6 hours ago from web

and I think that's how bloggers are looked at, as well, when they live blogs about 6 hours ago from web

but I look at a blogger at a event like this one as a reporter about 6 hours ago from web

this about the legal ramifications of blogging at events in terms of who owns the event or runs it about 6 hours ago from web

illusion of control, people are twittering from events (as I am) and using mibile camaras.. about 6 hours ago from web

as I well know, since KMM has been penalized by Google and it has cut down traffic, including mine, by 2/3 about 7 hours ago from web

however, I am of mixed minds about that as Google has also gone on a rampage against blogs about 7 hours ago from web

speaker seems to think most of the top websites in traffic are blogs and blogs have emerged as a viable business model about 7 hours ago from web

at the end of the Technorati session about 7 hours ago from web

here in Miami live blogging the Social Networking Conference, ran into a few people I know already about 7 hours ago from web

at LGA with Elena ready to take off for Miami about 12 hours ago from web

 

I'm going to be in Miami for the next couple of days and posting may be light - kinda depends on how much time I have to post.  Earlier tonight, I uploaded my presentation to the WAABlog in a post titled Speaking at the Social Networking Conference in Miami, Feb 1st, 2008 which any one can freely download.

Also, we're making progress with Testing WAASOCIAL - the WAA's Social Network

Check it out and feel free to join if Web Analytics is your thing - but bear in mind WAASocial is continuing to evolve - and we'll be adding new features to it gradually - but we (the WAA) will probably not opt to formally launch it - we'd rather let is just spread, naturally. 

I visited Etsy.com's headquarters last year for a party in Brooklyn, Handmade Music night at Etsy.com and Make.com Party in Brooklyn, not far from Junior's - a resturant I have gone to frequently over the years.  I also wrote a post about how to rank well  in Etsy.com shortly after (What does it take to rank well on Etsy.com?); but since then, I haven't had much contact with Etsy.

Tonight, I read Etsy Raises $27 Million; Accel’s Jim Breyer Joins Board on TechCrunch and noticed ComScore's traffic chart of Unique Visitors over the last  year or so:

The chart goes nicely with a similar one that I can get for free from Compete.com

 Both charts show steady growth, but I'd tend to go with the Compete.com chart over ComScore as it pulls data from actual internet traffic vs. ComScore's panals.

Anyway, I'm glad they're getting more funding and hanging out at Etsy.com is fun - I should try to go over there more often - I've certainly been meaning to.