All this writing and talking about neighborhood info sharing has also inspired a related experiment (and new local resource) called heystack, which is for all those times when we want to know what others are doing on a decision we’re facing but don’t ask (too busy, too forgetful, not comfortable).  What to pay a babysitter?  When [...]

Poster: Michael Wilker I’m cheap. I admit it. Sometimes I need a tool (post hole digger, table saw, 40′ ladder) that I just don’t have.  I’ve got a few options — ignore the problem, crack open the hinge on my wallet, or borrow. I’m not one who will ignore a project for too long, and [...]

The stats wranglers at WordPress.com mulled over how lokalgood did in 2010, and here’s their high level summary of its overall blog health.  I’ve added a few comments in (parentheses) throughout.  All in all a fun year with this experiment.  Would be great if more folks added their own content too but as it’s turned [...]

Another good local resource to share is the growing collection of Alexandria/Del Ray blogs recently summarized at a good one from this blogging bunch, gwslepthere.  In addition to the ones listed here, I also like the helpful health related info at the blog from Neighborhood Pharmacy. Lots of different topics covered, missions pursued, but in [...]

A few weeks ago I wrote about this idea of hyperlocalism – that folks want local news to be really local, from their neighborhood, development, right around them.  And that most news beyond that – at the county or regional level – falls into a dreaded middle ground we don’t generally care about as much.  [...]

This blog is all about the idea that what’s right around you, I mean right in your neighborhood, is interesting and useful.  And that, despite being right under your sniffer, all this good stuff is largely unknown and thus worthy of chronicling in ways we don’t do today. I see myriad nods to the notion [...]