Use web 2.0 tools to prepare for a conference

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In his block post Chris Brogan details 27 things to be done before a conference. It is fascinating to see how many steps involve web 2.0 tools. Like if you want to meet people at the conference:

• Search recent images of them on FlickR or Google Image Search.
• Find their blogs or Twitter streams
• Search for the conference blog
• Blog search (Google Blog Search or Technorati) for posts about the event.
• Announce that you are attending using Twitter, blog or social network like Facebook
• Research people you want to meet by LinkedIn or similar
• ...