I'm With 'My Blog'

With all the blogging going on, deciding who gets a conference press pass must be getting tougher.
-Later, Doc:

"Aside: I got an email today from another conference where no visitors are granted permission to report on what's said there. They want me to sign an NDA before I even show up. Pretty self-limiting, no?"

Particularly given these things aren't cheap, yet thanks to the real-time coverage I bet O'Reilly's already hammered with registration requests for the next one.