“Bloggers reach world from Ithaca” has gone live at The Ithacan, a newpaper run by students at the Ithaca College, NY. The article features a number of local bloggers–Shane, Tiffany, and Zeke–as well as myself. The article tries to introduce blogging to the local community, offers some suggestions for starting your own blog, and comments about how a blog can be used for political commentary, gay rights activism, classes and technology, or everyday life in Ithaca.

My bit shows how unfocused by blogging is by mentioning all the disparate sites I run:

College bloggers have even found that their sites can be beneficial for class. Elliott Back runs more than one site. As a junior computer science major at Cornell, and an international student from Canada, his sites range from a blog for a class he TAs, to a blog all about Asian topics. His main page, elliottback.com, has links to all of these.

“I do it to connect with people and to meet new people,” he said. “With an audience, it feels like you write something and it does something.”

It’s a small newspaper, and a minor mention, but it’s flattering that the article highlights the sense of community that us half-dozen Ithaca bloggers have! That’s the most important thing to mention, in my mind–and that the article avoids including a picture of me!