I realized I covered some of the basic details of the presentation on KIPlog, but I failed to post what its all about here.

On October 5, at 2 pm, at the Sulzer Branch of the Chicago Public Library at 4455 N. Lincoln Ave, I'll be hosting a program on weblogs.

I'll explain what a weblog is, what types and genres of weblogs exsist, taking the audience on a short tour to a few of my favorites. I'll explain some simple ways to find blogs that you might be interested in, and ways to track them. I'll also briefly cover how to start you own, and offer some tips for running one.

Now most of you reading this probably already run a weblog, so you say, that's pretty basic what's in it for me? After my rambling, we will have a panel of some smart local webloggers who will discuss what blogging has done for us, what it's done for the Web, and what it can do offline. These and deeper questions will be discussed by a panel which will include AKMA, from AKMA's Random Thoughts, Dan Hartung of Lake Effect, Jim McGee of McGee's Musings. They'll be few more as well.

So if you're a blogger, a blog reader, or someone interested in starting one, come on out. And let your friends who are thinking of starting one know. If nothing else, this promises to be the largest gathering of Chicago bloggers ever assembled, so come on out and met us.