3.03.2011

Boat? What Boat?


While at the EMS Today conference in Baltimore, I popped by the EMS blogger party hosted by Zoll. (Thanks, Charlotte!).

What an amazing time. What an amazing group of people! I met some of the brightest, sincerest and funniest bloggers out there. I realized that my recent inactivity and general decline of blogging has led me to miss the boat. Social media, facebook, twitter and the increased interconnectedness that we get from that has transformed EMS blogging.

I started it as a diary of sorts of my times and efforts becoming and then working as a paramedic. Now, these amazing professionals share information, teach each other, engage in collaborative learning that would not have been possible 10 years ago and would have been unusual 5 years ago.

I feel like I took a long nap and then woke up to find my house full of the smartest, most motivated people I've ever met and they're all clamoring to do cool stuff.

People like Tom Bouthillet, the Happy Medic and so many others were there last night and I have to say to all of you, thanks. You have made me feel welcome again into this growing community of blogging EMS providers and I'm really glad to be back. You have inspired me.

--maddog

3 comments:

Greg Friese said...

Glad you came to the meet-up. First I had ever heard of your blog.

Even with social media we still need the face to face to share and connect.

Steven Kanarian said...

Well MadDog I think of the song by America, "A Horse With No Name."
Breaks are good, they give us perspective.

Christopher said...

Enjoyed meeting you sir! Let us know if you're back stateside.