| Back in 2004, our good friends at the Tank had an idea. They wanted to offer a space to work for the bloggers who were coming from around the country to cover the Republican National Convention. At their old space up on 42nd street, they hosted a couple dozen bloggers with wi-fi and some pizza every few hours. Usually in the afternoon, a hat would be passed around and someone would fetch a case or two of beer. It was actually completely awesome and so many freindships were forged that week.
This year in Denver, the idea that was born in NYC four years ago has gone huge. The Big Tent is orders of magnitude larger than the effort at the Tank, but the idea has remained largely the same, namely to provide a welcoming space for bloggers to work, to socialize, to network and just generally have a good time. The Big Tent is exactly what it sounds like, a big, two story tent that offers wifi (there is none in the Pepsi Center) food and drink, and even some stuff like free massages (no, I'm not making that up) and a stage upstairs that hosts some great panels and discussions all day every day.
It's our office and our lounge and our meeting place and the folks who put it together have done an awesome job.
Yesterday, I and several other folks here were interviewed by MSNBC about the space, the convention and the work we are trying to do. Take a look. You can see it here.
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