http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:21:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/kickstarter-like-crowdfunding-platform-for-local-merchants-launches.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:58:06 +0000 Hyperlocal 'Lucky Ant' gives people the opportunity to support small businesses in their community.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/aol-uses-parking-meters-to-market-hyperlocal-website-pic.html Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:53:28 +0000 Its online network 'Patch' offers free parking in downtown Montclair, New Jersey.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/mobile-app-pioneers-hyperlocal-elastic-networks-for-sharing-photos.html Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:26:32 +0000 A new mobile app automatically creates dynamic networks of friends for viewing shared photos, instead of requiring people to invite and follow other users. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/the-city-as-massive-laboratory-for-innovation.html Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:27:32 +0000 The Institute for the Future has released a map of "The Future of Cities, Information, and Inclusion." ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/hyperlocal-blog-launches-a-weekly-print-edition.html Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:13:25 +0000 A website covering local events is attempting a trend reversal by introducing a physical version.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/snapgoods-localized-gadget-sharing-built-on-trust.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:00:47 +0000 A hyperlocal service that allows you to lend things you don't use to people who will.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/the-birth-of-the-microhood.html Tue, 25 May 2010 19:15:50 +0000 From San Francisco comes a hyper-hyperlocal way of looking at neighborhoods and communities.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/using-mobile-phones-to-broadcast-news.html Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:26:40 +0000 A novel project in India uses cell phones to broadcast news to villages.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/stackd-hyperlocal-networking-enables-sharing.html Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:25:37 +0000 Why talk to someone across the globe when you get can talk to the person upstairs?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/guangzhou-supports-you-crowdsourced-photography-in-china.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:17 +0000 “Guangzhou Supports You!" is a new crowdsourced, hyper-local online photography activity in Guangzhou, China.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/guangzhou-supports-you-crowdsourced-photography-in-china-2.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:17 +0000 “Guangzhou Supports You!" is a new crowdsourced, hyper-local online photography activity in Guangzhou, China.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/video-currency-renegades-and-decentralized-cash.html Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:16:43 +0000 The Wall Street Journal recently produced a fascinating video covering the new world of peer to peer finance which features Hub Culture's Ven, which can be used both online and off.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/hyperlocal-journalism-the-newsroom-meets-the-cafe.html Mon, 11 May 2009 15:48:11 +0000 The Czech Republic’s PPF Group is preparing to launch a series of “connected cafes” in several cities across the country next month in an attempt to link journalists both physically and digitally with their reading public. The joint ventures – part coffee shop and part newsroom – are the latest experiment in the growing field of hyperlocal journalism, a shift in thinking about newspapers that seeks to capture niche audiences through extremely specific and relevant reporting. This project aims to bring the idea of responsive coverage and community feedback into the realms of the real time. This move away fromRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/the-challenge-of-hyperlocal-news-online.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:29:19 +0000 A recent New York Times article reports on a number of start ups that are geotagging news stories in communities normally underrepresented in major papers.  EveryBlock, Outside.in (co-founded by PSFK Conference speaker John Geraci), PlaceBlogger and Patch are each bringing together various news sources to compile a site dedicated to your community or even specific city block.  Many of the sites draw on publicly available information like crime reports or restraurant health code violations and brings you the most up-to-date information in one place. Chicago-based EveryBlock has quickly expanded to 11 major cities around the US and brings together blogRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/new-york-times-goes-hyperlocal.html Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:28:16 +0000 The New York Times has branched out into the “hyperlocal” news market with two new websites that cover very small, specific areas. Launched last week, The Local is a simple, blog-like repository of local news and events. The Local acts as a kind of digital, small town newspaper that filters out all the national and international news to only deliver what’s relevant to your corner of the world. At the moment, The Local is being field-tested in two areas, Maplewood, Milburn and South Orange, New Jersey and in the Fort Greene-Clinton hill area of Brooklyn. They each have small staffs,Read more...]]>