Guest from July 18: Elizabeth Spiers

This week, we were joined by Elizabeth Spiers.

As the founding editor of Gawker, the founder and former publisher of Dead Horse Media (home of Dealbreaker and Fashionista, among another), she was chock full of stories about what it means to blog professionally -- as a writer, and as a business owner.

Thanks, Elizabeth, for stopping by!

Guests from June 27: Gregory Galant, Amit Gupta, and Angus McIntyre

We had three guest speakers last week -- multiple guests for multiple media. They were Gregory Galant, host and executive producer of Venture Voice, as well as CEO of RadioTail (podcasting); Amit Gupta, founder of Photojojo (photoblogging) -- and pictured; and Angus McIntyre, senior developer of Blip.tv (videoblogging).

Guest from June 20: Tery Spataro

Last week's guest speaker, Tery Spataro, works as senior strategist, interactive media, for Siegel+Gale, a branding firm. She's also an active blogger, contributing to Daily Eats and BlogHer.

Having been active in online communities almost as long as they've been around, Tery shared some stories about her experiences and ideas. She also brought delicious chocolates!

Guest from June 13: David Krell

We were joined by two guests this evening. One, Mary Lou, was a friend of Carrie's, who came by to check out the class. The other, David Krell, was our featured speaker.

David is a practicing attorney who focuses on intellectual property. He received his LLM in intellectual property from Cardozo Law School in New York City in 2005. He also earned a J.D. from Villanova Law School in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

Having worked with Broadway Video and Classic Media to research the history of entertainment properties in order to strengthen their protection, David works with clients who are beginning their first venture into business and intellectual property. Current clients include a fashion designer and the founder of a nonprofit.

Interestingly, David is also a television historian. An avid TV fan, he is a frequent commentator on Talkin' Television on KSAV.

Over the course of his remarks, David mentioned the blog Likelihood of Confusion.

Guest from May 16: Maura Johnston

Our first session's guest speaker was Maura Johnston. Maura maintains a personal site and writes for the music blog Idolator, which is part of Gawker Media. Previously, Maura maintained bittersweets.org (You can learn more at a fan's appreciation page.). You can also find additional material from that project via the Wayback Machine.