Many of the long-time regulars here may remember "Bakosphere," from our Typepad-hosted staff-blog days.  Started under the radar in December of 2005 by a team of staffers from TBC's interactive media department and the newsroom webteam, Bakosphere was a bunch of different things.  Both a blogroll of locally written weblogs and a sort of Bakersfield-media-watch, where you could find interesting mentions of the city and its denizens from both the mainstream media and the blogosphere from which it took its name, the blog enjoyed a strong run for over half a year, even after we moved all other staff blogs onto Bakersfield.com in June and let our former commenters become bloggers in their own right.  Early this fall, however, we let it fall silent.

That is, until now.  The Bakersfield-centric blogosphere has continued to grow in Bakosphere's absence, and there are still quirky Kern County stories being told beyond our borders, waiting to be linked to.  And let's face it, the name is awesome.  "Bakosphere."  We still love it, and the idea behind it.

And so, we bring it to you, now.  We know we want to bring Bakosphere back.  What we want to know from you is how, and in what form, and for what purpose?  What did you like about the old Bakosphere?  What didn't you like, and why?  What would you want to see in a revamped, revitalized, reborn Bakosphere?  Is it a a blogroll?  Is it a "media watch" at the intersection of Bakersfield and popular culture?  Is it a round-up of what's happening in the local blogopshere, however that "local" is defined?  What do you want it to be?

Comment here, email me, just let us know.  And thank you in advance.

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BTW, two quick reminders:

One, if you haven't already signed up to get n-gage, our weekly e-newsletter of all things interactive on B.com, click here to get on the list before this Thursday's edition.  Last week, you missed a great profile of blogger AudreyB.  Click here if you want to be featured in a future profile.

Two, don't forget that our first in a continuing series of casual blogger get-togethers is scheduled for Saturday, March 17, from 3:30 to 6 p.m., at Dagny's Coffee Company, at the corner of 20th and Eye.  (You could even go with your new real-life friends from the meet-up to Bakotopia's CD release party a few blocks over afterwards!)