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
Is Front Porch Forum Nationwide?
Front Porch Forum subscribers frequently are surprised to learn that this free service was created right here in our corner of Vermont. It’s no secret… our start-up story has gotten decent local media coverage.
Here’s today’s example from a relatively long-time and active subscriber from Essex Junction…
First of all — will someone please tell me [...]
Can the internet boost local democracy?
Steven Clift provokes some thought with his piece today at MediaShift. .. part of the Personal Democracy Forum 2008. In part…
After almost two decades of “e-democracy,” we seem content with simply accelerating online what’s already wrong with politics. We raise money online to support more political television ads, we “democratize” national partisan punditry through blogs [...]
Reporters turn to Front Porch Forum for leads
Local reporters for traditional media outlets use Front Porch Forum frequently to find leads for news stories… makes sense… neighbors connect with neighbors about all sorts of goings on on their FPF neighborhood forum as a first step. Items often show up there first.
Here are a few recent examples…
Sustainable living in the suburbs, June 21, [...]
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 [...]
Small Businesses Advertising Online put Eggs in One Basket
Palore says that most small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that advertise online, advertise on only one site. Here’s a graph from Boston data…
NYC data from Palore is similar, as reported by the Kelsey Group.
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 [...]
CitySquares, PediCabs, and True Local
Peter Krasilovsky covers a Boston website today, CitySquares. Many interesting points…
Boston-based CitySquares, which just celebrated its second anniversary, is getting about 70,000 unique visitors per month and now has a base of 700 advertisers, averaging $1,200 per year, reports CEO Ben Saren… Roughly a third of the existing advertiser base is in the downtown [...]
Another Hyperlocal “Flop”?
The Wall Street Journal had some fun at the expense of the Washington Post today with this headline…
Big Daily’s ‘Hyperlocal’ Flop LoudounExtra.com Fails to Give Lift to Washington Post
Others jumped in… Outside.in CEO Mark Josephson and one of his backers, VC Fred Wilson.
Live Blogging Vermont’s e-Future
Hey, hey… should be a good event tomorrow (May 29, 2008) at Champlain College (Burlington, VT)…
Fulfilling Vermont’s e-State Potential
Building Community in a “Connected Age”
Front Porch Forum will be among several community-building efforts featured. Lewis Feldstein from New Hampshire, who co-wrote Robert Putnam’s follow up to Bowling Alone, will provide the keynote.
Another fun angle… Cathy [...]