La vida dentro de las ciudades

Al leer noticias como ésta uno no puede más que sonreir, agradecer los ánimos e interés de los compañeros que informan sobre iniciativas que van surgiendo alrededor del concepto “blogs de ciudad”.

Tan solo felicitarles porque funcione una idea que por aquí unos pocos intentamos antes y que intentaremos relanzar no sabemos cuando. De momento parece que no ofrecen servicios, solo actualidad; pero que comiencen a acaparar titulares nos alegra especialmente:

In Chicago, bloggers find out where the latest “Batman” movie is being filmed. In New York, they drool over pictures of steamed pork buns from a dim sum restaurant in Chinatown. And in Los Angeles, they joke about how the leavings of police cavalry might make Hollywood’s streets smell even worse.

Locally focused group “metro” blogs, compilations of events, reflections, recommendations, news and complaints are emerging to put a number of big cities in intimate, street-level relief (…)

Metroblogging.com owners Sean Bonner and Jason DeFillippo hope to eventually turn their idea into a profitable business as they expand to more cities including Atlanta, Dublin, Miami, Paris, and Tokyo.

The inspiration for local group blogging may have originated from Gawker.com, a popular New York gossip blog.

Metroblogging.com, which originated as blogging.la, evolved in part out of a reaction to traditional event calendar and listing Web sites that offer readers only a limited feel for an area, Bonner and DeFillippo said… sigue

¿Por qué se paró Viviraldía?

Si decides construirte una casa no estés a 1.000 km de distancia.