Archives for June 2009
Front Porch Forum Raffle Time! Did you know that it’s been 400 years since the first European laid eyes on our fair lake? Help mark the occasion… fill in the two blanks in the following sentence and post it to your FPF neighborhood forum to enter our raffle…
If I had a _________ for every year [...]
An interesting piece by Bernard Lunn on Read Write Web recently. In part…
… the thought that kept coming back to me is that Facebook’s bravado, its “grand vision” talk, is what you would expect from a concept-level startup. Surely by now, about 6 years into its venture, Facebook should show some substance? It is time [...]
I just came across this great quote from former Oregon Governor Tom McCall…
Heroes are not statues framed against a red sky; they are people who say: “this is my community and it’s my responsibility to make it better.”
Amen. And that’s why I love my job running Front Porch Forum… I get to witness dozens of [...]
Tim in Burlington’s South End just posted this gem to his nearby neighbors on Front Porch Forum…
Hey neighbors! – Our front yard garden is now producing some wonderful sugar snap and snow peas. Come eat some as you stroll by [address redacted]! It’s a free garden for anyone who wants to partake.
And what makes this [...]
Kristine loves her neighborhood! Here’s her pronouncement in her own words (via Front Porch Forum this evening)…
I just wanted to say how moved I was this weekend by the kindness and friendliness of neighbors on my street. I feel so fortunate to live on my street as I am surrounded by many amazing people. It [...]
Pete Peterson wrote a solid piece about Front Porch Forum for Personal Democracy Forum… published today. Please check it out and leave a comment there. Thanks Pete and Micah!
From Mike Lanza today…
I caught a glimpse of the future of mobile phone games this past weekend at the Come Out and Play Festival in New York City last weekend, and I’m very excited.
I played six “location aware mobile games” that made me run and walk like crazy, talk to dozens of people, and explore [...]
From Erin in Burlington today…
I love Front Porch Forum! You have helped us find cat sitters, child sitters, garage sales, too much to mention. We are so happy this exists — in an age where everyone’s porch is now a back yard deck, how nice it is to have a “virtual” front porch. Keep up [...]
From The Local Onliner…
The Los Angeles Times ambitious Mapping LA project, which classifies 30,000 city blocks by neighborhood and soft launched in February, has made 100 changes based on 1,500 comments from readers…
By taking on the mapping project, adds Smith, the Paper did something that the city government is “seldom eager” to do, nor The [...]
Some sample bits from Front Porch Forum members today…
I am the president of my condo association. I am encouraging the residents here to sign on to Front Porch Forum as a great networking tool.
And…
More shinguards than shins… Thanks to the many responses about borrowing shin guards! I got four responses in the first 12 hours [...]