One of the session leaders, Geoff Livingston, recently posted an interview with me about BlogOrlando:

BB: What made you create BlogOrlando?

JH: The idea started last year (2006). I was on the conference circuit on the West Coast and thought, “Why am I always traveling to California or the Northeast for events? Why can’t everybody come to Florida?”

Originally though it was going to be a private event. I was going to invite 15 or 20 close friends within the industry to Florida for a few days. We’d hang-out and talk shop for a day, then spend the rest of the weekend at Disney. I started planning things and figured I’d just open up the event to everybody. BlogOrlando was born.