The experiment began almost two years ago. I was shit broke, knocked up and bored after my hyperlocal publication folded for lack of revenue. To keep myself on top of industry developments, I started this blog. It was part post mortem, part pipe dream for a future enterprise.
I thought a lot and blogged a lot. I traveled to Denver, where I got to talk a lot. I gave birth to my kid nearly a year ago, and when the fog of labor and delivery lifted, I returned to thinking and blogging and talking. But one vital thing was missing: I wasn’t doing a lot. Classes were taken, presentations were attended, but I wasn’t applying what I’d learned. I was book smart, street stupid.
But that’s about to change. Right fucking now.
From this point forward, The Hyperlocalist blog won’t be a retrospective analysis or an experiment conducted in a vacuum. Instead, it will follow the development of my new hyperlocal venture — The Jackson Heights (NY) Herald. This will be an online business plan, a test of whether my ideas and those learned along the way will work in the real world.
Wish me luck. I’m going to need it.
