Hometown Daily Covers Front Porch Forum
Thanks to Sally Pollak who wrote an excellent feature article about Front Porch Forum for the Burlington Free Press yesterday.
Photo credit: Alison Redlich, Free Press
Knight Commission focused on Communities, Information and Democracy
I’m honored by a recent invitation to be one of a few people asked to address the initial meeting of the new Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy… June 24, 2008, at the new Newseum in Washington, DC… to be webcast live.
“The charge of the Commission is straightforward,” says Alberto [...]
Make every posting count… twice
Steve Yelvington posted today…
Knowledge@Wharton has an interview with Joe Kraus, director of product management at Google, in which he highlights the importance of social interaction on the Web:
“So, the killer apps that have really worked on the web have always been about connecting people to one another. So, whether it is instant messaging and e-mail [...]
Can’t beat an informed electorate with a stick
The good people of the Town of Westford are engaged in a running debate about deciding some local issues, like the school budget, via traditional town meeting vs. Australian ballot. Front Porch Forum has hosted many well-conceived postings about this from a variety of angles.
I was struck by Mary’s posting on the FPF Westford Neighborhood [...]
New Friends and Snapping Turtles
Will just posted the following on his town’s Front Porch Forum…
Thanks to the Front Porch Forum for letting two would-be strangers recognize each other as a result of being FPF members. Last Sunday, while driving to town I saw a baby snapping turtle crossing the road right by the auto place on rte 2 between [...]
Federal Economic Stimulus Check Spent Locally
Peg from Shelburne sent a financial contribution to Front Porch Forum today along with this note of explanation…
I’m trying to put some of my “stimulus” cash into good causes since the gov’t apparently does not know how to do so. Plus, without Front Porch Forum, I would not have had so many neighborhood folks come [...]
Strangers Loaning Money to College Students?
After witnessing boatloads of goodwill among neighbors through Front Porch Forum, I thought I had seen it all. Well… can you guess the response to this posting?
Hello - I am a UVM student about to spend my first summer in Burlington. All year long I’ve been dreaming of joining a CSA for the first time. [...]
Front Porch Forum Survey Results
A Champlain College student recently conducted a survey of Front Porch Forum subscribers who live in Burlington, VT (about 30% of the households subscribe). About 390 responded (9%). Here are some of the results…
80% have recommended FPF to neighbors
91% would be disappointed if FPF’s service stopped
90% think FPF improves their neighborhood
60% feel that [...]
Sharing Lessons of Front Porch Forum
We’ve been invited to speak at many events lately. Here are some that we were honored to accept (2008)…
May 14: The World Wide Web Comes Home: How “Local Online” Is Changing Your Business at VBSR’s annual spring conference.
May 29: Fulfilling Vermont’s e-State Potential: Building Community in a “Connected Age” hosted by the Snelling Center.
June 18 [...]
Posthole Digger Slows Speeders?
Folks in Huntington, in a rural part of Vermont, have been discussing speeding cars a lot lately on Front Porch Forum… and how to slow them down through the village center. Good, meaty conversation. Lots of ideas and participants.
So when Doug asked if anyone could loan him a posthole digger, I figure it [...]