I am sitting on the floor of the west ballroom at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square,
as the staff cleans up around the dispersing crowds.  The
Syndicate conference was an impressive public display of enthusiasm for RSS, this conference.  Doc Searls
(man, is he right about the elevators) nicely ended things (and I only
caught the end) with a fine schtick on cognitive linguistics and with a
reminder that this space is and will be what we (users) make it. 
The show overall has been “industry” heavy, unlike blogger conferences
I’ve been to, but not exclusively so — Mary Hodder just walked by me, and she is the ultimate blogger IMHO.  The NYTimes, Google, and Nooked made news. 

Dave was missed, but present.