Tag Archives: local

How close is local?

Paul Evans kindly asked me to write a post for the Local Democracy blog. I came up with one called How Close is Local? I live in a house on a street, in a village, within a parish, that is … Continue reading

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WycombeNetwork.com

Another local online community, using Ning. Spotted by Steve Dale.

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Local community networks with Ning

I’ve always been a little uncertain of Ning, the service that allows you to create your own social networks. I’m not sure why: possibly a comination of them looking rather samey (certainly in the early days), and being – to … Continue reading

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Local stuff

I always like reading Andrew Brown‘s roundups of stuff that’s happening in his area – Lewisham – that he regularly posts to his blog. I haven’t the discipline to do anything regularly, but here are a couple of things I’ve … Continue reading

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