Tag Archives: local_blogosphere

“Sponsoring Racism” or Taking Advantage of Technology?

May 4, 2007 – 10:41 am

We recently received a comment through our Contact Us page, accusing Locally Grown of sponsoring racism because of something that was posted by one of the local blogs we show on our right sidebar. I feel the need to publish a disclaimer.
One of the features we use on Locally Grown is what’s known as a [...]

By Tracy Davis | Posted in Media, Technology | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Video: RSS in Plain English

April 25, 2007 – 10:17 pm

A colleague of mine, Lee LeFever, posted this screencast video on RSS to his Common Craft blog this week. Since Northfield’s civic blogosphere depends heavily on RSS, and since many of you probably don’t take advantage of it, let alone understand it, I thought I’d post it here.
We made this video for our friends (and [...]

By Griff Wigley | Posted in Technology | Comments (0)

Doug Grove joins the local business blogosphere

April 13, 2007 – 12:44 pm

Doug Grove at Grove Landscaping is now blogging on the website that was designed for him by Michael Blaha at Organic Arts. I’ve been doing a little blog coaching to help him get started, and already he’s proven to be a natural born blogger. And he’s a community-oriented guy, too, as evidenced by this [...]

By Griff Wigley | Posted in Businesses | Also tagged | Comments (0)

Other MN towns want what Northfield has: a healthy electronic commons

March 20, 2007 – 10:53 pm

I spent the past two days Grand Rapids, doing some consulting for the Blandin Foundation and KAXE - Northern Community Radio on how to best foster the development of citizen journalism / community media in their bio-region. (Click photos to enlarge.) They’re quite interested in the history of Northfield.org, Locally Grown, and [...]

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Pastor Clay Oglesbee’s Sole to Soul blog

February 16, 2007 – 6:25 pm

Clay Oglesbee, lead pastor at the Northfield United Methodist Church, started a blog in January called Soul to Sole.
His blog is part of the church’s Healthy Souls fitness project, and he’s adding several reflection-type posts each week
Northfield News reporter Clarice Grabau wrote about the project in mid-January in an article titled Local churches tackle both [...]

By Griff Wigley | Posted in Media | Comments (0)