The Goodspeed Update

Since my original post on the topic way back in 2006, the D.C. urban and real estate blogosphere has evolved somewhat. However, only recently were there enough changes to convince me the topic deserved to be revisited.

Tomorrow I’ll be participating in the Society of Professional Journalists Convention as part of J-Lab’s Citizen Media workshop here in Washington, D.C. at the Hyatt Regency hotel. I’ll be presenting about my experiences with Arborupdate, DCist, and Rethink College Park. The SPJ website has some more information about the speakers and program.
The organization sponsoring the […]

The neighborhood blog directory outside.in has announced Shaw has the second most active neighborhood blog community in the country. Although DCist had a short item I thought it was worth noting the news. They claim their rankings are based on “total number of posts, total number of local bloggers, number of comments and Technorati ranking […]

All too often when I tell people I am studying urban planning, my statement is met by a blank stare. Some will mumble something about a city they’ve been to, or admit they don’t know much about it.
Urban planning’s lack of visibility extends to the web, where there is a depressing lack of good websites […]

Can a blog help bring new participants to the planning process? We’re not sure, but we’re trying. Two recent articles describe the progress we’ve made since launching Rethink College Park six months ago. The first is from today’s edition of The Diamondback, the campus student newspaper.
When then-graduate student Brian Carroll defended his thesis on redeveloping […]

Over the past several months there has been a small blogging renaissance in Shaw. Any discussion of the Shaw blogosphere has to start with the the long-running (almost 4 years) and thoughtful In Shaw. However, the recent renaissance seemed to start some time last summer when Life in Mount Vernon Square (which, despite the name […]

Thanks to everyone who attended the January blogger meetup last night. We had about 25 people attend including both regulars and a number of new faces.
Commercial or organizational sites represented included DCBlogs, Debatepedia, The ONE Campaign Blog, PharmCountry, and Wirkle.
Other attendees of various genres, in no particular order: Candy Sandwich, Brokekid.net, Ross Notes, Grateful Dating, […]