Going Solo

It’s been a week now since Going Solo, and judging from immediate and more delayed feedback, it was clearly a success. I’ve been travelling a bit this last week (I’m now settled in Leeds until next Thursday) so I haven’t had as much online time as I thought I would — but all in all it’s not a bad thing as I need some time to recuperate. I came out of Going Solo positively boosted and full of ideas (almost too full!) about “what to do next”, so these next weeks are going to be a bit about sorting that out and making certain things happen.

A survey made with SurveyMonkey, which I found really easy to use, has been sent to all registered attendees. Most people have filled it in and I’m finding the feedback from the responses really interesting. If you haven’t sent in your responses, please do!

If you haven’t seen them yet, do check out the videos of the conference (all the talks are online now!), the interviews Charbax made during the day, live-blogging notes by Suw, Jaap and Urs, as well as the photos (official or not) — and give a hand with the tagging if you feel so inclined. If you understand French, you can also check out this interview of me on Culture Pod. You’ll find more posts about the event on del.icio.us.

So, what’s next? Here are some of the things floating in my mind:

• write a proper round-up of blog posts, videos, etc. related to the event and the talks
• collect quotes that make Going Solo look good 😉 (if you have something quotable, e-mail it to me!)
• secure venue and date for Going Solo Leeds so that ticket sale can open and discussions with sponsors can start
• discuss how the programme will evolve with speakers and advisors (it will be very much the same, but we can make it even better)
• get a discussion mailing-list started for freelancers in Europe, so that we can continue exchanging tips and experience in the spirit of Going Solo
• think about how the Going Solo blog can evolve into a real community ressource
• write about the Big Wifi Adventure (both a disaster and a success story for Swisscom, from different angles)
• analyse the survey data
• see if my workshops-the-next-day idea leads somewhere (and continue tossing around other similar ideas for Going Solo development)
• tie up some loose administrative strings (welcome behind the scenes) like paying bills, etc. 😉

Anything I’ve forgotten?