Maybe you're not a person. Maybe you're a server bank? Maybe that's why you moderate while lying on the floor?

My comments about your panel moderation and my cognitive dissonance are playful kidding only. It definitely was a fun session and I think it was very worthwhile (I recall more from that session than most others). Some of the audience was bemused while some were bewildered, but you got loads of them engaged in the discussion, and that was the whole point.

Yes, we are all full of contradictions galore. Ain't life grand?

I too am more cautious about what I write than what I say. I edit edit edit, polish, and then publish (or send or submit comment or whatever suits the medium). I agonize over phrasing, then if I re-read it the next day I always see my words as unclear crap in desperate need of editing.

OK, this comment stream is fully baked. No need to reply here, but thanks for your earlier reply.

p.s. Love that "SUBVERT.COM" domain name.

I am truly complimented–"insane but useful". Can't wait to promote that to IBM :-)

To respond to your cognitive dissonance: I am human and therefore a contradiction :-) Or perhaps its I'm full of contradictions and therefore human.
The heart of it is that one of the reasons I love live performance is that I allow myself to be completely present and in the flow which seems to lead to comedy for me. My writing process (without others) has been more inhibited by my personal anxieties about perfection and a desire to have everything figured out before I "put it out there."

Hey I'm not just an advocate of Open Source Management (OSM) . Open business / Open Living At All Times, I'm someone who needs ministering too.
Reading Kevin Kelly's site (he is posting his writing for a book as he does it) as well as the inspirations I cited above helped me feel I could try to write/video (coming shortly) on this blog as I perform.

You have a double architectur-ally great name. Thanks for participating in the panel!

On the one hand, we have the moderator of a serious SXSW panel who spent a fair chunk of the session LYING FLAT ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM, SPEAKING WITH AN AUDIENCE THAT CAN'T SEE HER.

On the other hand, we have the person who wrote: "I am used to published polished pieces.Would this writing come across as unprofessional?"

Which one of you is the impostor?

Seriously, it was fun speaking with you for 30 seconds after your insane but useful panel. Best wishes with your marriage.

Welcome to the blogosphere! Nice meeting you last week. Great interview!

–Bryan