Just sent out a dozen personal video emails to thank the dozen deputized bloggers who provided way more #i3 coverage than I imagined! Know it’s way faster than a thank you card via snail mail. And with us new media types, maybe video email can be just as meaningful and personal. At least I hope it’s received as such.

A quick video update before I turn in. Need to catch up on my sleep deficit, and taking a long weekend off.

I’ll likely blog from a full-size keyboard some time this weekend, so you can read some of my germinating ideas. So glad and grateful I had the freedom to do lots of research & development during the tech breakout, as we had to improvise what to do with 2 out of 3 session speakers unable to be there.

Here’s one of the recorded segments of the tech breakout, a portion of interview with Terry Storch and Bobby Greunewald by Cynthia Ware — how’d it turn out?

got to worship on sunday at cross timbers… celebrate a friend’s birthday + chinese new year simultaneously… breakfast w dave lee (harvest community church) later this morning…

connected with 100+ people at innovation3, a 1-time-only 1-of-a-kind event; saw bloggers and twitterers generate so much buzz that it showed up on top trends in twitter search page.. amazing how much content & conversation #i3 packed into 26 hours.. Bent Tree Bible Fellowship one amazing host w excellent people who provided vital help; so generous, so collegial..

spontaneously used 3 web tools for tech breakout session, where 2 of 3 presenters couldn’t make it, and @cynthiaware and @kentshaffer masterfully pitched in; we used skype video call, ustream, and tokbox, over wifi, with at least a dozen laptops online in room too, and no bandwidth problem, 60+ joined us online with only a real-time twitter announcement… this session coulda easily been its own conference…

will write more on a real keyboard later… one regret: didnt get to eat at Little Sichuan, oh how i like it hot & spicy..

10+ other bloggers will be covering Innovation3 — see the list over at digital.leadnet.org + Rhett Smith is planning to be live-blogging using CoverItLive (!)

• on-site registration is open for last-minute attendees, so come on down to Bent Tree Bible Fellowship (Carrollton, Texas)
• Innovation3 announcements at twitter.com/innovation3, before and during
• Innovation3 photos via flickr photostream at http://tr.im/i3pix
• latest tweets about Innovation3 are using hashtag #i3

Last time I’m touching the laptop:

info + rsvp at twtvite.com/43vxt8

And at 1:00pm, Innovation3 Gathering starts up! Follow hashtag #i3 for twitter buzz. (psst, sneak preview of #i3 logo, projected 20 feet tall)

The above list was made off the top of my head (I didn’t want to try breaking into the registration database.) So if I forgot you, or if you know someone else who is going, please add a comment and say hey. * Asterisk indicates people I’m meeting f2f in person for the 1st time.

According to the calendar, we are now 49 days away from the Innovation³ Gathering on January 27-28, 2009 in Dallas!

Every day leading up to the Innovation³ Gathering, Leadership Network will count down 50 reasons for why you must attend, one reason for every day!

Reason #50: No stump speeches. Reason #49: not your father’s conference. Check the Innovation³ blog every day for count down of more reasons, or you can follow @innovation3 on twitter.

And, look at the website innovation3gathering.com for more details and you can easily register online. And, follow along with the count down.

[disclosure: I work at Leadership Network and that means I'll be at Innovation³ -- that can count as Reason #51, right? Todd Rhoades is Reason #52.]