Journalists and Bloggers, what's that all about?

Recently, I was surprised to be asked if I was attending the Autodesk World Press Day. I responded: “No, I’m not Press, I’m just a blogger!”.

As the press and “deskers converge on San Francisco it appears Roopinder Tara has been pondering the whole question of Journalists and Bloggers;

CAD Insider: Journalists and Bloggers - Old School Meets New School
Major CAD companies have indeed recognized blogging as valuable. Has their treatment of bloggers given bloggers cred? Does the old school resent the intrusion? Do bloggers play by the rules -- or do they even have rules? I'll try to examine some of these issues in an ongoing series of posts. And as usual, I welcome you to chime in with your opinion…

It will be interesting to see how his series develops, and what emerges from Autodesk over the next few days.