Similar to the topics of hyperlocalism and identity, this webtext is multi-layered. The project, itself, seems to have many origins and threads. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when I began researching “place”; it seems I have been dealing with place and identity for much of my life, as you will see by reading the narrative pieces of the site. I can, however, trace the threads of this project, like much of my research, to my interest in blogging both personally and as a researcher. My interest in blogging emerged from my desire to connect with friends and family in Alabama when I moved to Illinois for graduate school. Blogging, for me, was a way to tell stories. Researching blogging was a way for me to understand the importance of such stories. I am interested in how people tell stories about who they are and where they have been. I am intrigued by the part that geography, that spaces, places and locations play into our individual and collective identities. As I mention in various sections of this webtext, my research began as a quest to understand these relationships better, particularly as the notions of place began evolving as “place” moved into the nowhere/everywhere space of the Internet in/on/through social media sites.