lowlife:

Yes, the Middle East has its own homegrown Jason Kottkes, David Karps and Alex Pareenes:

Every so often, when Ido Kenan, 29, walks down a street in Tel Aviv, someone he doesn’t know stops in front of him and says: “Aren’t you Ido Kenan? I read your blog.” Such encounters still surprise Kenan, even though thousands of people read his blog, Room 404, and some consider him the most influential blogger in Israel. “

It’s nice to meet people who read my blog,” says Kenan. “It’s nice when they tell me, ‘Today at the office we talked about your latest posting.’”

Foreigners + blogging = awesome.

Bringing back Blogebrity = also awesome.