Update: outside.in was acquired by Patch in 2011 and is no longer is in operation.
"After 3 years & 4 months of organizing the web around neighborhoods, outside.in has been acquired by Patch."
While I suspect that for many of you, the existence of this company I'm going to speak of has long been "common knowledge," Hallandale Beach Blog was very pleased to recently discover a new source for local news and info that will do much for bloggers all over the country who want to keep their own unique voice, and NOT become simply an echo chamber for the MSM, responding only to whatever the columnists, reporters and editors of the large newspapers in their towns deign to make public.
(That said, I'm aware of the fact that they have a financial connection with the Washington Post.)
The company is called outside.in and they are, so they say, "The web’s leading platform for neighborhood news and conversation."
By going here, you can not only find recents posts of, well, mine, but also find posts by other bloggers and news sources around the world that mention these same communities that we both share an interest in.
In the short weeks since I first discovered this site, I've been able to find more than a fair amount of interesting news about these communities that I'd never have known about otherwise, thru more traditional search engines or tools.
It's actually rather addictive as you think of more and more places that you can keep tabs on.
As larger numbers of consumers become aware of outside.in and realize that its sheer ease of use and great utility for keeping up with places and topics of interest to them really sinks in, literally
allowing users to see maps indicating where these described activities are taking place, word-of-mouth will quickly spread.
There are also great functions on the page that allow you to look for these posts by either name, zip code or topic, within the community, to really zero in on a topic of interest.
The high degree of personalization is what I like best.
http://outside.in/Aventura_FL
http://outside.in/Hallandale_FL
http://outside.in/Hollywood_FL
http://outside.in/Miami_FL
"After 3 years & 4 months of organizing the web around neighborhoods, outside.in has been acquired by Patch."
While I suspect that for many of you, the existence of this company I'm going to speak of has long been "common knowledge," Hallandale Beach Blog was very pleased to recently discover a new source for local news and info that will do much for bloggers all over the country who want to keep their own unique voice, and NOT become simply an echo chamber for the MSM, responding only to whatever the columnists, reporters and editors of the large newspapers in their towns deign to make public.
(That said, I'm aware of the fact that they have a financial connection with the Washington Post.)
The company is called outside.in and they are, so they say, "The web’s leading platform for neighborhood news and conversation."
By going here, you can not only find recents posts of, well, mine, but also find posts by other bloggers and news sources around the world that mention these same communities that we both share an interest in.
In the short weeks since I first discovered this site, I've been able to find more than a fair amount of interesting news about these communities that I'd never have known about otherwise, thru more traditional search engines or tools.
It's actually rather addictive as you think of more and more places that you can keep tabs on.
As larger numbers of consumers become aware of outside.in and realize that its sheer ease of use and great utility for keeping up with places and topics of interest to them really sinks in, literally
allowing users to see maps indicating where these described activities are taking place, word-of-mouth will quickly spread.
There are also great functions on the page that allow you to look for these posts by either name, zip code or topic, within the community, to really zero in on a topic of interest.
The high degree of personalization is what I like best.
http://outside.in/Aventura_FL
http://outside.in/Hallandale_FL
http://outside.in/Hollywood_FL
http://outside.in/Miami_FL
