Dope on the Slope and I exchanged emails over the last couple of days. Dope is putting together a directory of Brookyn Bloggers so if you were at the Brooklyn BlogFest but didn’t speak please leave a comment here so you can be included in the directory. He wants this to be a comprehensive list of Brooklyn bloggers so tell him about blogs he doesn’t know about, too.

I am also wondering if we should set up some kind of informal Brooklyn Blog
Association that would
–provide a directory of Brooklyn Bloggers
–spread the word about Brooklyn blogging
–provide info useful to bloggers about technology and other matters
–Help people set up blogs
–Provide outreach
–increase readership

I will definitely do another Brookyn Blogfest next year. I think we’ll do it in May – June may be too
steamy. I may also do a couple of smaller events before then. If anyone thinks this association is a good idea let me know. Dope on the Slope had this to say.   

We probably should start some sort of unstructured association designed
to promote blogging in general and connect people with each other. I’ve
heard a lot of talk about the relative homogeneity of the group from an
education, economic and ethnic standpoint. This is easily explained by
the fact that bloggers are a self-selecting audience – you have to like
reading and writing, you have to have internet access, and you must
have rudimentary computer skills. I was really inspired by Hugh’s
upbeat idea of connecting neighborhoods, but it may be awhile before we
see a demographic breakdown in the blogosphere that matches that of the
street. On the other hand, from a gender standpoint there seemed to be
a pretty good balance. I think the goal for next year’s event would be
to make sure we extended the reach…

Dope had a lot more to say and I’m sure he’s gonna be writing about it on his blog so stay tuned.