Slushpile Links: No Gas-Out, Listserves and BostonNOW

Hi folks -- I still have to finish talking about the milblogs conference (in the meantime, I uploaded some more pics into my public gallery), as well as talk about some other things.

It'll have to wait until tomorrow (for real this time) -- for now, here are a couple items in my slushpile, the list of links that I might want to blog about:

* "Why one-day gasoline 'boycott' won't work" -- this MSNBC article looks into the proposed one-day gas boycott meme that surfaces periodically in e-mail chain letters (and now blogs -- this one is scheduled for May 15), and the economic reasons why it simply wouldn't work, even if by some miracle everyone did it.

* E-Mail Listserves: Still Kicking -- This Washington Post article examines the use of neighborhood e-mail listserves, which still thrive for local discussions.

Blogs and mobile messaging are the sexy topics du jour, but there's still a place for good old-fashioned e-mail listserves in the mix of online community and social media, especially centered around a neighborhood (with additional risks of nosy neighbors and nasty spats with the people down the street)

* "A Boston Newspaper Prints What the Local Bloggers Write" -- A New York Times article that talks about a Boston paper, BostonNOW, a free daily print newspaper that is featuring works submitted by local bloggers.

It's a trade (hopefully fair) -- the newspaper gets hyperlocally relevant content and the bloggers get attention to their words and blogs (though no money -- though the paper is looking at ways to compensate contributors).

It's another experiment in both citizen journalism and how to keep print papers relevant.

(As an aside, tut-tut NYT, for hyperlinking every site mentioned in the story except for the BostonNOW site.)

Thanks -- Joe

Tags: slushpile, citizen journalism, listserves, online community, bostonnow, gas out

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#2 Comment from dpoem
5/9/07 3:02 PM | Permalink

I saw a little blurb (I think it was on BoingBoing) about someone trying to boycott of Microsoft on May 15th instead of that whole gasoline nonsense. Since then, I've been trying to figure out which one is the dumber of the two.

-Dan
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#1 Comment from monponsett
5/8/07 10:20 PM | Permalink

I'll arrive to save BostonNOW when they really need me, like Jesus.

I'm up to like $.42 at Helium.com. I should break a dollar by Independence Day.. Gambian Indepoendence Day, which is December 14th on our calendar.

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Slushpile Links: No Gas-Out, Listserves and BostonNOW