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Introduction
The World Wide Web is full of Basement Boi Bloggers offering their expert opinion on the Brett Favre/Green Bay Packers saga for days on end despite the fact that they've never come any closer to Wisconsin than the Arizona Cardinals have come to the Super Bowl. Thankfully, there are a number of area residents who know how to analyze news, spot a trend, turn a phrase and reward the reader for taking the time to click the link to their blogs. Here are a few that qualify as "Best of Show" in the Rochester area.
Jim Johnson: Politics, Theory & Photography
If the sports section and the comics page (even if that includes checking out Doonesbury) are your idea of heavy reading, then don't bother visiting this blog. The Pittsford resident comments on topics including politics, theory and photography, and he's rather prolific; one entry per day rarely suffices.
[Read it]
Howard Owens: Online newspapering
Newspapers have been battered steadily since the turn of the century by a combination of the erratic economy and the rapid cannibalization of ad revenue by the Internet and other new technologies in media, with perhaps a touch of arrogance and stubborness thrown in for good measure. Owens, employed here at GatesHouse Media's corporate office, is a respected industry observer and technology evangelist.
[Read it]
JayceLand.com
Jason Olshefsky's semi-weekly list of things to do in Rochester and the surrounding region has attracted a growing and loyal following. It's a mix of dry calendar listings interspersed with opinions, reviews and, from time to time, stream of conscious observations.
[Read it]
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Jim Mandelaro on baseball
Mandelaro has been covering the Rochester Red Wings for the Times-Union and then the Democrat and Chronicle since 1991, having followed in the footsteps of the beloved Bill Koenig. He posts a nice mix of leftover game notes from Frontier Field, gossip from the batting cage and personal notes that usually feel entirely appropriate in the context of the entry. In short, this guy gets it.
[Read it] ♦Speaking of the D&C, Kevin Oklobzija's "Hockey O-Zone" runs a close second in Rochester sports blogging. K.O.'s well known for having sources everywhere, to the point where he reports new developments well ahead of other media. [Read it]
Kodak: A Thousand Words
You would hope that a blog by Kodak employees would offer some dazzling photography, and this site delivers. As the site explains, "[W]e love what we do, and we want to share our stories about imaging and its power to influence our world." It's easy to see why this blog "clicks" with readers.
[Read it]
Rush Rees Reference Librarians
The now-deceased syndicated columnist Sidney Harris would fill his space on slow days with "things I learned en route to looking things up," a rambling list of bite-sized facts that sometimes were more interesting than his regular columns. The University of Rochester staff, too, runs across interesting tidbits during the course of a normal day.
[Read it]
PictureRochester.com
Joseph Moroz's blog consists of few words, but lots of beautiful images shot locally. You'll find numerous familiar landmarks spiced up by entertaining enterprise work and soothing landscapes.
[Read it]
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Burning Wood
"Seinfeld" has been described by its star as "a little show about nothing," which at first glance would also seem to characterize Richard Shade Gardner's effort here. But, taken as a whole, it's a fun little snapshot of life. The entries are typically short but thoughful. "I thought it would be fun to write for myself and share some more personal thoughts and social observations," we writes.
[Read it]
Rah Cha Chow
A non-linear examination of All Things Food in the Rochester area. The entries remind us a bit of eating potato chips: You can't stop at just one.
[Read it]
More blogging
Some of the most passionate, articulate and prolific blogging falls under the heading of "politics." We've opted not to include that niche here. Instead, that category of blogging has been given a home of its own in the Opinion section on our site.
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