Sunday, October 17, 2004

Today's newspaper column is about the rush of new weblogs from the News & Record. "It's called a conversation, and it's the next big thing in local journalism." Read the whole thing. I interviewed John Robinson, the editor of the regional daily, about his decision to launch a blog of his own, along with several other web journals. "Robinson did not have some kind of Oprah moment that convinced him to just share a little more of himself with you all. His business is changing. He has to adapt. 'We want to be the marketplace of ideas for the community,' he says. 'We've done that with the newspaper for 100-plus years. We need to learn to do it online now. Blogs are one more way.'" 6:01:15 PM    comment []

An unplugged weekend with family and friends in Blowing Rock. Perfect. Elijah's friend Ben described the somewhat muted fall foliage in this rain-soaked year as being drawn with color pencils instead of magic markers. Hiked, read, ate, drank, was merry. 5:47:04 PM    comment []