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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Blog Geek: live locally, blog locally: placeblogging

I stumbled across a website called Placeblogger. Their description of a placeblog gives me something to consider:
A placeblog is an act of sustained attention to a particular place over time...Placeblogs are sometimes called "hyperlocal sites" because some of them focus on news events and items that cover a particular neighborhood in great detail...Placeblogs, however, are about something broader than news alone. They're about the lived experience of a place. That experience may be news, or it may simply be about that part of our lives that isn't news but creates the texture of our daily lives: our commute, where we eat, conversations with our neighbors, the irritations and delights of living in a particular place among particular people...Placeblogs spring from a fiercely non-generic America that's not about big-box retailers or the type of polarizing discussion about politics, culture, and the economy that's the product of journalism that happens at the 30,000 foot level. Often, they are a delightful and vivid look at cities, towns, and neighborhoods from an insider's point of view.

2 comments:

  1. that's fantastic! are you going to do one?
    i'd love to do one about the cats in our backyard, but i think it would only appeal to the others if it was a vlog...
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  2. I'm considering doing it here on this blog, rather than setting up a separate one. That way, I won't have to worry as much about updating multiple blogs on a regular basis. Check it out.

    And you should totally do a kitty vlog!
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