
I have been able to stay in closer contact with friends from England. (
I've been able to stay in better touch with friends who are, were recently based in the place I'm currently living, or at very least visited here, where I first met them. (
I've been able to see new and intriguing sides to existing online friends. (
And I've made new friends and acquaintances through LiveJournal (or similar services), some of whom I've had the pleasure of meeeting when our geography overlapped. (
It was also my introduction to the world of weblogs generally, through which I have encountered fellow medievalists... (summarized by the list of medievalists with weblogs)
...and pundits, commentators, and writers on all sorts of things. (A list so long and unorganized I shall not compile it at this point.)