Like everybody else, I suppose, this has been a challenging week. As I am trying to catch up, I am thinking about three of the people I met at the ProBlogger Meetup this past week beside Darren Rowse himself who I remember because they impressed themselves on me in different ways.

• I finally met and spent some time speaking with Philip Liu, whose blog I Help You Blog (with its nifty new tag line "Demystifying Blog Worth And Increasing Blog Value") says it all. Philip is brimming with ideas, and it is great to see somebody with such focused ideas blogging in their spare time. I suppose Philip does not need much sleep, especially with all the work he puts into his blog. Having read Philip for some time, it was nice to finally meet.
• Rachel Clarke I have seen at Social Media Club NY, but have not had the opportunity to speak with before. When I got to the meetup, Rachel was the first person who smiled at me and, while she was also an attendee as well, made me feel welcome. I am fascinated by those who write about online marketing and technology, and look forward to speaking with Rachel again at the next SMC.
• I also found myself sitting next to and eventually having a lovely conversation with Valeria Maltoni, whose work in communications and conversations in particular was most evident in how engaging she was. I enjoyed speaking with her, and find her blog a rich source of information and thoughts that may help with my own communications courses I teach.

Interesting how one event brings different people together. I hope Darren holds another one in June, as he mentioned recently; who knows who will meet then to develop the next big thing!