The session also focused on Creative Commons and how it applies to today's technological communities. Our group discussed the benefits of the open source-influenced copyright concept and how best to work with others who want to use your intellectual property.

Other sessions included how get your own web site up and running, producing radio shows, women-of-color bloggers, privacy on the Internet and a history of the media.

In between sessions, I was able to check out the registration area where media outlets and independent businesses set up shop for the weekend to promote themselves and their causes. Participants could even make their own wireless Internet antennas out of tin cans for their computers to take home.

What I enjoyed most about the conference, and found to be very beneficial, was learning how many participants used blogging/podcasting/etc. while at the sessions to share content with their own audiences. Mediageek is a perfect example of that. He was able to record the discussion on independent media and then post it on his blog for others to enjoy if they weren't able to make it to Ohio. This happened throughout the weekend as various media groups reported back to blogs and web sites on what they learned during the 2006 AMC.