My brain hurts from trying to come up with witty titles...
Westportnow is interesting because it seems to be completely different in purpose and function than the other types of blogs we've looked at. It's not political, it's not trying to be first with the latest memes (I don't think), and it's not personal. It also, according to the article, is read by "stay-at-home" moms and various other members of the Westport community. It seems more akin to the traditional hometown-newspaper-telephone-party-line than what we've seen before. It makes me wonder if we've pigeon-holed blogs too quickly as a tool of "bloggers," and all that implies. Really, they are just another form of website, right? They are available and useable by everyone, not just computer wonks, students, and unemployed journalists in their pajamas. Are we manufacturing a "blogger" image that doesn't really exist?
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