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Local news gets, ‘super local’

brad — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:40:14 +0000

The newspaper industry has had a steady decline in recent years. The internet has flattened the industry, no longer do you need to live in San Francisco to easily read the San Francisco Chronicle, just go to their website. Also, if you’re looking to buy a new car or rent an apartment, you now turn to Craigslist, where listings are free and up to date.
The next phase of the local news is going to be neighborhood specific reporting. I live in West Seattle, and we have a fantastic local blog called WestSeattleblog.com. Despite the poor design aesthetic, the site is awesome. They understand the ways to leverage the internet, not as a single layered resource, but as the multi-layered resource that it is. They are available through Facebook, Twitter, email, and their own website. It is the first place I turn when I hear a weird noise, see a new sign, or get stuck in traffic. Just about every time, they are faster and have more news than every other local news resource for the simple reason that they rely on neighbors looking out for each other. Don’t get me wrong, they are always on the news path, covering obscure and non obscure events.
I dread the day when we have no local newspapers. Their place in a functioning society is paramount. Without them, we all lose. Regardless, the new generation of local neighborhood sites springing up is a good sign.

Housekeeping

brad — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:29:26 +0000

A little housekeeping news:

I had a blog that about 5 people read on a yearly basis. It was called, http://birth.ofthecool.com, I updated it every 2 months, and never told anybody about it. I’ve tried to be a little more active on this new blog and decided to collapse the old blog to the new blog.

All birth.ofthecool.com blog entries can be viewed here.

Upgrade

brad — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:20:52 +0000

I just upgraded to wordpress 2.7 … It was actually pretty easy. I like the new interface so far.

Getting there …

brad — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:05:10 +0000

I’ve been struggling to find the right WordPress Theme. I think I might settle with this one. It should give me enough flexibility to show off some photos and still have a nice design for the written word. I’m kind of excited to get this going. I should probably import all of my posts at my other blog that I didn’t tell anybody about and only wrote about music. http://birth.ofthecool.com (great url, huh?). I’ll keep it for another day.

For now, this’ll be good. The design will be tweaked, and the photos will become my photos. Maybe I’ll decorate seasonally? My Mom hangs plates on the wall with seasonal decoration. She’ll be so proud to see that I’m following in her footsteps.

You’ve downloaded the In Rainbows Remixes, right? You should.

Welcome to my new blog

brad — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:50:16 +0000

After flailing away at an exclusive music blog. I’ve decided to branch out. I have plans for this one, and it’ll be grand. I like the theme I just found, it should offer me lots of capabilities to do some cool stuff with photos, and other stuff.

okie… enjoy.