Comments on: The Connection Between Communities and Small Business http://blog.digidave.org/2010/01/the-connection-between-communities-and-small-businesses Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: What Is Your Startups Real Added Value? « DigiDave http://blog.digidave.org/2010/01/the-connection-between-communities-and-small-businesses/comment-page-1#comment-66378 What Is Your Startups Real Added Value? « DigiDave Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:41:27 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=2280#comment-66378 [...] Take the connection between communities and small businesses. Rarely would people ever use these civic institutions as landmarks to describe my location. Even in Los Angeles, where I grew up, most people would name the Westside Pavilion (a mall) over the Federal Building (where my father protested during Vietnam) or the West LA Library, just a few blocks away from me. [...] [...] Take the connection between communities and small businesses. Rarely would people ever use these civic institutions as landmarks to describe my location. Even in Los Angeles, where I grew up, most people would name the Westside Pavilion (a mall) over the Federal Building (where my father protested during Vietnam) or the West LA Library, just a few blocks away from me. [...]

]]> By: Eric http://blog.digidave.org/2010/01/the-connection-between-communities-and-small-businesses/comment-page-1#comment-55927 Eric Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:07:38 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=2280#comment-55927 Whoops forgot to fill the box in . . . one address takes you to the DANG! site the other to our market. Whoops forgot to fill the box in . . . one address takes you to the DANG! site the other to our market.

]]> By: Eric http://blog.digidave.org/2010/01/the-connection-between-communities-and-small-businesses/comment-page-1#comment-55926 Eric Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:04:35 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=2280#comment-55926 Check out what Davis Advocates for Neighborhood Groceries (DANG!) did to bring "community" back to their neighborhood . We now have one of the best little groceries in the state . It is owned by Bay Area grocer Harley DeLano and his family Check out what Davis Advocates for Neighborhood Groceries (DANG!) did to bring “community” back to their neighborhood . We now have one of the best little groceries in the state . It is owned by Bay Area grocer Harley DeLano and his family

]]> By: Pieter http://blog.digidave.org/2010/01/the-connection-between-communities-and-small-businesses/comment-page-1#comment-55910 Pieter Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:50:56 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=2280#comment-55910 Well said - it is so important to shop locally - no wants to say I live across the street from Walmart Well said – it is so important to shop locally – no wants to say I live across the street from Walmart

]]> By: Ryan Sholin http://blog.digidave.org/2010/01/the-connection-between-communities-and-small-businesses/comment-page-1#comment-55824 Ryan Sholin Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:13:14 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=2280#comment-55824 That's one of the reasons I'm so interested in things like news organizations making friends with location services like Foursquare that focus on physical places. We have relationships with -- to be a little Sesame Street about it -- the people (and more often, the businesses, all corporate personhood aside) in our neighborhood. Four people have checked in at your neighborhood post office on Foursquare: http://foursquare.com/venue/154127 (Amy G.'s the mayor!) But Bakesale Betty? Pretty popular: http://foursquare.com/venue/37530 There's some fun communication theory in here somewhere about the signals we like to send our friends... That’s one of the reasons I’m so interested in things like news organizations making friends with location services like Foursquare that focus on physical places. We have relationships with — to be a little Sesame Street about it — the people (and more often, the businesses, all corporate personhood aside) in our neighborhood.

Four people have checked in at your neighborhood post office on Foursquare: http://foursquare.com/venue/154127 (Amy G.’s the mayor!)

But Bakesale Betty? Pretty popular: http://foursquare.com/venue/37530

There’s some fun communication theory in here somewhere about the signals we like to send our friends…

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