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Archive Home > 2008 > March > 08 > Behind the screens, a community link

Behind the screens, a community link

For many in the region who share their lives online, it’s the ‘at-a-distance familiarity’ that keeps them writing

By Peter Sachs / The Bulletin
March 8, 2008

When 30 bloggers filled one of the rooms of The Blacksmith restaurant at happy hour one evening last month, it was the first time many had met face-to-face.

Pints of Mac & Jack’s African Amber beer and cocktail glasses in hand, the crowd chatted like a group of high school alums....

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