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Wish I were there

Sorry to miss today's blogfest in Chapel Hill. But I'm sure you'll all fill me in.

I'm a recent arrival to the blogosphere precisely because of a similar conference last fall at UNCG. The Grand Potentate of Local Blogging, Ed Cone, ran the show Oprah-style (he has a future as a talk-show host), navigating through the audience, mike in hand, as if he'd known everybody for years.

In reality, some folks he'd never met. At least not in person. But Ed still knew them.There were folks from Charlotte, Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem and beyond. There also was a sense of connectivity that I've rarely seen 'round here in recent years.

In an era in which many people don't know their next-door neighbors, maybe this is the way to get people talking to each other again. Maybe blogging will not only help restore our sense of community but extend it or even reinvent it.

And maybe not.

It's hard to know where all this is going. But I'm sure it'll be somewhere interesting.


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Sue said:

Comments will be showing up all over the place as the day goes on. I've got some photos online at http://onlinegreensboro.info/conf0205/

Hopefully, others will send theirs and can borrow mine. I'm still looking for some ID'ing assistance. I got to Whole Foods (why isn't there one in GSO?) and met some very fine people.

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