Connecting the dots

I have posted a diary this morning to Daily Kos with an in-depth look at the process of updating Pacific Northwest Portal's Regional Blogs Directory:

A few days ago, I received an e-mail from a delighted progressive activist who informed me that she'd just stumbled onto our flagship website, Pacific Northwest Portal, for the first time.

She'd been looking for more information on the local Republican Party's attempt to disenfranchise thousands of voters by challenging their registrations (more about that here).

She was vaguely aware of the existence of an online progressive community, but had no idea we had a such a strong regional, or local, blogging scene.

She was amazed in particular at how many blogs that we have listed (and linked!) in our Regional Blogs directory, and wanted to know: "How on earth did you find all of these different blogs?"

Follow the permalink to see the answer.