Edward Vielmetti is Blogging Leader at AnnArbor.com.  He has been involved in the commercial development of the Internet for twenty years, helping build infrastructure for securities trading, electronic mail, payment processing, network security, community, and search. In 2006 he was recognized by BBC News as one of the pioneering users of the World Wide Web.  Ed is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a former program manager for the School of Information's Community Information Corps.  A native of the Upper Peninsula, he believes that Ann Arbor is overrated, and points to the prevalence of deep puddles of slush in the gutters of city streets in February as evidence.