I’ve just joined Amatomu. Their motto: “The South African blogosphere, sorted.”

Look down my sidebar and you’ll see the little link.

Localness is all the rage. Even though we revel in the huge, all-encompassingness of the Internet, there are still plenty of times when we want a smaller, closer space to play in.

Amatomu was received with joy and sighs of “about time” from the South African blogging community when it launched earlier this year. There are probably many other communities waiting for a smaller space to call their own.

Google/yahoo groups  are nice, but it’s even better to have something with an “official” feeling to really make you feel like you’re part of something important.