We were blessed with so lovely an afternoon that only the elite came to hide from the glorious sunlight in the assembly hall of the Sulzer Branch of the Chicago Public Library. Paul McCann opened our symposium with a very thorough PowerPoint presentation on weblogs, their histories, varying definitions, and the different categories in which he groups them. He then introduced us to Dan Hartung (whom Iíd read at Lake Effect, but hadnít associated with the dhartung of metafilter), Naz (whose work was entirely new to me), Jim McGee (whom I knew from Christ Church and from crossing paths online a long time ago), and me.
The turnout was modest but sterling; Jason from somnolent.org (metafilter user number 117!), and Kurt Heintz, from e-poets.net, and Andrew from me3dia.com [whose name escaped me before] and Cinnamon, and more. One kind visitor already sent an appreciative noteóthanks, Earl!
Posted by AKMA at October 6, 2002 10:38 PM