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Local businesses reach out to neighbors through Front Porch Forum every day in a number of ways.
Small start-ups simply post to their nearby neighbors letting folks know that they are open for business. Other companies purchase advertising. Nonprofits often ask their supporters to post event announcements, each on his/her own FPF neighborhood forum. Local institutions [...]
The “local” web is all a-buzz today…
From its founder…
EveryBlock has been acquired by MSNBC.com
From the Local Onliner…
While the site takes a unique approach, it is poised to compete with other hyperlocal sites such as Outside.in, Topix.net, Placeblogger and Patch.com (acquired by AOL this summer for $10 million).
From TechCrunch…
EveryBlock currently covers only about 15 cities in [...]
A community newspaper in Vermont recently raised concerns about Front Porch Forum to an entity that is supportive of our work. Here are some of the points made by the newspaper publisher…
… internet activities like the Front Porch Forum are direct competitors to community newspapers…
… subsidizing these forums and spreading their access is hastening the [...]
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility is pulling together another dynamite conference this spring… On the Long Trail: Sustaining Success… May 5, 2009, at the Hilton Hotel on Battery Street in Burlington.
I’m thrilled to be leading a session with a great panel. We aim to draw a knowledgeable and questioning crowd to assure a lively discussion. [...]
From Scott Heiferman…
Forbes: “The Watch List: Meetup.com. The bartering economy will expand. Local social networking communities will continue to thrive and help people connect to information, resources, ideas and employees. Meetup.com groups will be at the center of the burgeoning part of the economy. Entrepreneurs will tap these groups for goods and services and to [...]
Mike Boland posted today about a conversation with Center’d’s CEO who…
positions the company as a deeper dive into events, which breaths more functionality into all of the nuances of planning local outings. With the tag line, people, places, plans, it also brings in some social features and local search functionality.
The value proposition lies in the [...]
When I read this piece in TechCrunch the other day, the similarities to Front Porch Forum’s (FPF’s) model added up.
WeAre.Us wants to help. It is a platform of 16 social networks that connect people with chronic illnesses.
FPF’s pilot is a platform of 130 online neighborhood forums.
In contrast to health platforms… which serve as a [...]
Caroline McCarthy reports today on CNET News…
LONDON–Digg founder Kevin Rose had a message for the audience at the Future of Web Apps conference on Thursday: It’s time to grow up.
“We have to do better,” he said in his talk, called “The Future of News,” and said that it’s time for the social news site that [...]
New media thinker and do-er Dan Gillmor will speak at the UVM Center for Rural Studies 30th anniversary bash on October 4, 2008 starting at 5:00 PM. I’ve been fortunate to hear Dan speak and follow his online writing for the past couple years… great stuff. And now he’s leading the newly formed Knight Center [...]
A friend just showed me Google’s newspaper and book archives online… wow. He searched my name and found some oldies I had nearly forgotten from 15-20 years ago…
An opinion piece I co-wrote for the New York Times based on my policy research.
The Chicago Sun-Times about my engineering work… “Michael Lewis could do for recycling what [...]