Milestone  

The number of blogs listed on the Chicago Blogmap has just passed 400, far short of the number listed on Chicago Bloggers (which of course includes the suburbs as well) but still pretty respectable. I've been slow about getting sites listed lately, just like I've been slow about posting anything here, but hopefully all that will change over the coming weeks.

The map has been in operation since September of 2003; basically it's a knock off of the excellent DC Metro Blogmap, but obviously adapted for Chicago's larger system and with a few cosmetic changes. I've included every single blog that has been submitted without any kind of check for Chicago relevance or family friendly programming, although to all appearances people have regulated that themselves. There's some work I need to do at some point: I haven't done any kind of systematic auditing to make sure that blogs are still functioning, so there are some dead links -- and of course, the CTA has added stations and changed routes since 2003, so I should probably update the graphic. But apart from this basic maintenance hanging over my head, the site has been a breeze to operate.