Well, I noticed a hit from you some time ago and a few today and it turns out I've been added to the Blogroll for our Zip Code (97219). Um, Thanks! How'd you find out about my corner of the country? This is something that I'll watch since I'm interested in how the blogosphere has become a resource for more than just tech talk for tech folks, and strident political diatribe. I've been somewhat cynical of the "publishing for ourselves" feeling that you get fomr many of the most notable 'blogs, and have tried to (in my site) recapture the ORIGINAL feeling of the Web, when we were putting up information for the sake of making it available, and not necessarily to get rich quick. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Good luck!
Mark Bakalor
· 3 years ago
Will ypu be providing RSS feeds for community sections of this site like this blog offers?
Parkernow
· 3 years ago
This sounds like an amazing idea, and I look forward to being kept up to date on the progress. I also wonder about the possibilities this could have for politics and elections. I feel that it will be an excellent place for the public to gather and share information about the candidates in their area.
Uri
· 3 years ago
Outside.in is just a great idea! I'm glad you developed the link between the web and the neighborhoods. I'd suggest to extend in further verisons the scope by adding Europe and Asia, that would rock!
Mark Vega
· 3 years ago
Such a great idea, but I'm sure you know all know that already. Congratulations on your debut!
I am intrigued by the suggestion that outside.in will, or at least have the potential to, address more than those clusters of ostensible cultural interest (restaurants, concerts, clubs., gyms, etc.) covered by other sites and provide a social geography of a community grounded by those issues, events, or people most important to it.
What makes up a map of community is determined by who submits and what is important to them. I was wondering, however, if there were any plans to have some relatively loose moderation of a community page or even a variation on a Digg-style system that might weight stories or events of negligible immediate interest (yet perhaps in the enduring public interest) in such a way that they attain and maintain some visibility rather than being buried under a tag. I'm thinking specifically about that hypothetical post about a "declining public school" mentioned on the front page but also posts by those who, for example, are both new to a community or new, by virtue of lack of access or other economic reason, to computers and geotagging.
Related to my above comments, I was also wondering what kind of efforts are being made to spread the word on the site and whether those efforts will extend beyond getting the word out to and capturing the interest of the blogosphere and tech/geo-communities.
Very much looking forward to seeing what you folks have planned.
Dave Munger
· 3 years ago
I see some mention of your tagging system, but no explanation of how it works. It would be nice if you had a simple explanation for the tagging-impaired.
susan mernit
· 3 years ago
congrats! it is great to see efforts to create local destinations continue to develop--best of luck with this one.
Asha Dornfest
· 3 years ago
What a fascinating site, and you're the ideal person to be involved, Steven! Congrats and best of luck. I have some blog suggestions for Portland, OR when you're ready to start building to your queue.
jude roberts
· 3 years ago
Hi. Thanks for going online. Sounds like you are going to be a hit. What about a whole city? For instance Boise which is really rocking right now in Idaho. My neighborhood is a deadbeat. Nothing happens here only in downtown boise. Please advise.
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I also wonder about the possibilities this could have for politics and elections. I feel that it will be an excellent place for the public to gather and share information about the candidates in their area.
I'm glad you developed the link between the web and the neighborhoods. I'd suggest to extend in further verisons the scope by adding Europe and Asia, that would rock!
I am intrigued by the suggestion that outside.in will, or at least have the potential to, address more than those clusters of ostensible cultural interest (restaurants, concerts, clubs., gyms, etc.) covered by other sites and provide a social geography of a community grounded by those issues, events, or people most important to it.
What makes up a map of community is determined by who submits and what is important to them. I was wondering, however, if there were any plans to have some relatively loose moderation of a community page or even a variation on a Digg-style system that might weight stories or events of negligible immediate interest (yet perhaps in the enduring public interest) in such a way that they attain and maintain some visibility rather than being buried under a tag. I'm thinking specifically about that hypothetical post about a "declining public school" mentioned on the front page but also posts by those who, for example, are both new to a community or new, by virtue of lack of access or other economic reason, to computers and geotagging.
Related to my above comments, I was also wondering what kind of efforts are being made to spread the word on the site and whether those efforts will extend beyond getting the word out to and capturing the interest of the blogosphere and tech/geo-communities.
Very much looking forward to seeing what you folks have planned.
What about a whole city? For instance Boise which is really rocking right now in Idaho. My neighborhood is a deadbeat. Nothing happens here only in downtown boise. Please advise.