These Are the People in Your Neighborhood

Hi folks -- here's an image I did that shows some of the people who blog for AOL (I call them "Editors" as a generic term, though it's not official):

It's for a promotion tomorrow on the People Connection main page that will link to the Blogs main page -- all of their blogs can be found in the right sidebar of the page [Update: After reading what I wrote, it turns out that what was originally supposed to be a throwaway entry, is probably a better destination than just linking to the Blogs page, since I list the bloggers whose pictures you see. So that's what the promo will point to.]

That listing is just a partial listing -- as anyone who's done a directory or listing of any sort, maintaining one is kind of like herding cats. Even something like a wiki (where anyone can add or edit content) only mitigates the problem -- even if people can update their own listings, you usually need someone to crack the whip to make sure everyone does, and that their stuff is correct and up-to-date.

As to the who's who?

Top Row:

* Victoria, one of the bloggers at Animal Hubbub
* Angela of AIDS: 25 Years & Counting
* Ames (TixGirl) of TixGirl's Kickin' Concerts & Live Music for the Masses
* Joe, one of the AOL Community Info Bloggers
* Dan, environmentally-focused blogger of Down to Earth

Bottom Row:

* Kelly, the Common Sense Diva
* Kenny, lead blogger of QueerSighted
* Felicia, of More Than Words
* Me (like you don't already see enough of me)
* John, of Comics Alliance

(There looks like there's a third row that got cut off, but that's only partially true -- the bottom part of the image will have the text box partially obscuring it, anyway, so I just, um, excerpted the Better Body Bloggers).

As I said, this is only a partial list, and even the sidebar listing on the Blogs main page is a partial list. I haven't even included any of the product bloggers in this go-round, and there's lots and lots of other AOL & AIM bloggers that I want to highlight (you can see more blogs on the incomplete-in-a-different way AOL Editors Blogs listing).

I also need to talk more about the People Connection blogs and how they fit into the broader strategy, but that will have to go in another entry.

Mostly, I just wanted to make sure that the graphic I put together would have a life beyond the hours that it's on the PC main page tomorrow...

Thanks -- Joe

Tags: people connection, aol, aol bloggers