*hyperlocal*, *calendar merging*, *bbs*, *missing*

   One thing strongly missing from the internet - missing from
   Facebook (they have it a little), from Google+, from all the
   social networks, is a very easy way for communities to connect
   that are actually, truly, really, physically local in nature.
   *hyperlocal*

   I've got my http://free.naplesplus.us site, which I've talked
   about before (and I'm sorry for the smash, ''here it is again''
   - but I resist posting about it too much) -- and it's for
   *Collier County, FL* and *Naples, FL* in the USA. It's not
   spectacular but it's the best I'm able to do.

   I've seen newspapers do a pretty good job of it, but it's often
   big, clunky and slow. The social networks which draw the most
   people should have a very easy *local page* where all the stuff
   happening in your community is pulled together. I do it with RSS
   feeds and some crazy convoluted methods to get things to work...
   but this is something that we haven't been able to get right
   online since way back in the BBS days (Bulletin Board Services).

   Of course, I'd never trade it for the fact that I have friends
   in Brazil, England, people speaking the same or different
   languages that i'm able to talk do -- the world shrinking factor
   is absolutely astounding!

   But how do i find out what's happening down the street from me?
   Extremely difficult. Calendar merging is probably one of the
   most difficult things to do that I've seen. Hopefully somebody
   will come up with a better way and make it so simple and easy
   that community associations will take advantage of, making
   hyperlocal calendering a simple matter.