#communities

"this can be an opportunity, in disguise – a chance to emphasize community and neighborhood connections that used to fortify earlier Americans, in hard times. Activities that don’t require much money or new-bought goods, but fill our emotional and practical needs. In that spirit, here is a short list of ways that neighborhoods might rebuild that old village feeling, increasing local self-reliance while enjoying greater connection and meaning."

"I want starting a Digg-like community to be as easy as creating a weblog on blogger.com."

"think it's definitely going down -- a lot of my friends have deleted their MySpaces and are more into Facebook now"