One of this visions I had when I first got on the Internet in the mid 90’s was find more local people to network with, bring local communities closer together. During my early days on the Internet this was not very easy. Most of the local News web sites were static and extremely cheesy and for the most part were online brochures for those media outlets. Thankfully that situation has changed in recent years. The local news outlet now post new content in addition to what the do in print and broadcast.

With that being said I am even more excited that I can track what the media doesn’t report. I love I can see photography from local photographers on Flickr, I’m finding more bloggers and services like Meetup.com and giving me opportunities to meet with like-minded in my area. In a few weeks I will be meeting with a group of local photography enthusiasts that I would have never meet before.

Finally last night I heard about a new service that plugs into Twitter and I have been able to find more people in my area who are posting to Twitter and thus making more connections.

What are you using to make local connections on the world wide web?

[tags]local, flickr, twitter, meetup, network[/tags]