Halley: I think we might be fooling ourselves. I think getting to know someone online creates a false sense of intimacy that can't compare to a real world connection.

I have met several bloggers in real life too and I agree with Halley's opinion that the real life experience is always different from the on-line one.

But overall I must say that in most cases it has been a very good experience. Maybe because even if we only knew the on-line side of our personalities it was more than nothing. Maybe because the reason I met fellow bloggers was because I choose to meet them after reading their blogs, thus creating a sort of filter.

I find it's amazing how business meetings change if you are meeting a blogger. Non-bloggers meetings usually start with at least 30 minutes of introductions, friends of friends talking, who is who investigations. Meeting a fellow blogger means talking 2 minutes of the last Technorati feature, 3 minutes of Dave (it always happens) and then you get to the core of the conversation. Cool.