*hyperlocal*, *calendar merging*, *bbs*, *missing*
One thing strongly missing from the internet - missing from
Facebook (they have it a little), from Google+, from all the
social networks, is a very easy way for communities to connect
that are actually, truly, really, physically local in nature.
*hyperlocal*
I've got my
http://free.naplesplus.us site, which I've talked
about before (and I'm sorry for the smash, ''here it is again''
- but I resist posting about it too much) -- and it's for
*Collier County, FL* and *Naples, FL* in the USA. It's not
spectacular but it's the best I'm able to do.
I've seen newspapers do a pretty good job of it, but it's often
big, clunky and slow. The social networks which draw the most
people should have a very easy *local page* where all the stuff
happening in your community is pulled together. I do it with RSS
feeds and some crazy convoluted methods to get things to work...
but this is something that we haven't been able to get right
online since way back in the BBS days (Bulletin Board Services).
Of course, I'd never trade it for the fact that I have friends
in Brazil, England, people speaking the same or different
languages that i'm able to talk do -- the world shrinking factor
is absolutely astounding!
But how do i find out what's happening down the street from me?
Extremely difficult. Calendar merging is probably one of the
most difficult things to do that I've seen. Hopefully somebody
will come up with a better way and make it so simple and easy
that community associations will take advantage of, making
hyperlocal calendering a simple matter.
