"After writing on this weblog for almost three years, I could say it has become a place. Not only a metaphorical or virtual place, but a real physical place. I feel like this weblog is an extra room in my house--the one with the funky pink wallpaper." (Fezoca, The Chatterbox)
"The combination of the graphic design elements of the web and the prominence weblogs give to the individual writer's voice enables a strong sense of place." (Numenius, Feathers of Hope)
Teaching the Tensions
"Because a place blog is not itself a substitute for the place it represents, its job is not to keep people there; it is only rhetorically successful if it convinces readers to leave it. Place bloggers hope you will return, but only after engaging with places first hand...place blogging can sometimes create a conflict between the time one spends in front of the computer writing and the time one spends exploring actual places."
"This is the dilemma all place bloggers struggle with, but it can be a productive tension if it serves to make the technology more visible to those who use it."
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