If you read one blog today, make it Hoco360.
You should scroll through past posts to see wonderful photos of Howard County, then make it a place where you check back again. Hoco360 is a visual journal aimed, as the author writes, "to show you things you might otherwise miss in a county that on the surface might not seem so interesting."
I don't think blogs will replace the journalism that we have lost as the Sun and WPost retrench, but there is a growing web of blogs -- many collected at Jesse X's Hoco Blogs -- where you can get news and other commentary about Howard County. Hoco360 adds a photo department.
Hoco360 isn't signed as far as I can tell. I'm certainly not the kind of hooligan who would kick off his Twitter feed by outing a fellow blogger. ;-) So I will just say that I'm stunned at the quality that Hoco360's author can get from an iPhone 3G. This isn't even the iPhone 4 with the new, better camera. It is just beautiful work.
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The photographer behind hoco360 is supah-stah blogger and photog, David Hobby, known across the globe as Strobist. He was recognized by Time magazine recently as one of the top 25 bloggers of 2010.
And, personally, I find him thoughtful, intelligent, strategic and funny. His wife Susan is one of the American City Girls.
Dave took the photo of me that I currently use on my blog.
Hey, Brent,
Thanks for the link. Gorgeous photography. The notes on the photos, though, indicated that these photos were taken with a Nikon D3. It was a relief to read that because I was really starting to think my smartphone was holding out on me. :-)
Joking, people. Joking. I was teasing David about his Twitter habits and about who would illustrate a blog with a cell phone.
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