Reading, via Twitter, Boston Globe article about Pittsfield and the arts and then ReimagineRural blog commentary about the piece made me think of our article on boosterism, an old tradition that is alive and well in the Berkshire Hills. I’ve been here long enough to be skeptical about sustainable revival of a non-tourist economy here [...]

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“We spend more and more time online, but feel less and less connected.” via 10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life – Alexandra Samuel – The Conversation – Harvard Business Review.

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Thanks to @ethan (Ethan Zuckerman) for link to this editorial in the Stabroek News, a paper in Guyana (a nation on the northern coast of South America): “Elsewhere Communities.” An impressively literary editorial, but I’m not sure there’s an argument that holds – or even an argument being made. Kenner was talking about imagination, and [...]

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Thanks to another blogger for this link to an article in New York Magazine: Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb: New York Times’ Political columnist David Brooks changes his mind on suburbs.

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Anyone interested in community and community building should have this book: A pattern language: towns, buildings … – Google Books.

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