Comments on: Bayosphere becomes part of Backfence http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:53:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mathewingram.com/media » A back fence around a ghost town http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/comment-page-1/#comment-164000 mathewingram.com/media » A back fence around a ghost town Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:43:20 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/#comment-164000 [...] I don’t live in the areas covered by Backfence, which has 13 sites in three metropolitan areas (Washington, Chicago and the Bay Area), but I have taken a look at it from time to time because I’m interested in local citizen journalism efforts — and spent a bit of time looking at Backfence after it absorbed Dan Gillmor’s failed local CitJ experiment, Bayosphere, which I wrote about here. And it certainly never seemed like a thriving entity to me. [...] [...] I don’t live in the areas covered by Backfence, which has 13 sites in three metropolitan areas (Washington, Chicago and the Bay Area), but I have taken a look at it from time to time because I’m interested in local citizen journalism efforts — and spent a bit of time looking at Backfence after it absorbed Dan Gillmor’s failed local CitJ experiment, Bayosphere, which I wrote about here. And it certainly never seemed like a thriving entity to me. [...]

]]> By: A back fence around a ghost town » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/comment-page-1/#comment-163998 A back fence around a ghost town » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:37:38 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/#comment-163998 [...] I don’t live in the areas covered by Backfence, which has 13 sites in three metropolitan areas (Washington, Chicago and the Bay Area), but I have taken a look at it from time to time because I’m interested in local citizen journalism efforts — and spent a bit of time looking at Backfence after it absorbed Dan Gillmor’s failed local CitJ experiment, Bayosphere, which I wrote about here. And it certainly never seemed like a thriving entity to me. [...] [...] I don’t live in the areas covered by Backfence, which has 13 sites in three metropolitan areas (Washington, Chicago and the Bay Area), but I have taken a look at it from time to time because I’m interested in local citizen journalism efforts — and spent a bit of time looking at Backfence after it absorbed Dan Gillmor’s failed local CitJ experiment, Bayosphere, which I wrote about here. And it certainly never seemed like a thriving entity to me. [...]

]]> By: Christine.net http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 Christine.net Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:39:57 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/#comment-1526 <strong>Collective Wisdom on the Backfence-Bayosphere Acquisition</strong> There's been a lot of interesting press today about the acquisition of Bayosphere by Backfence. (Disclosure note: Omidyar Network is a co-investor in both firms, and I serve on the board of Backfence.) It's been amazing to watch the landscape Collective Wisdom on the Backfence-Bayosphere Acquisition

There’s been a lot of interesting press today about the acquisition of Bayosphere by Backfence. (Disclosure note: Omidyar Network is a co-investor in both firms, and I serve on the board of Backfence.) It’s been amazing to watch the landscape

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Mathew Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:06:54 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/#comment-1507 Thanks for pointing that out, Richard. I will edit the post to reflect that. Mathew Thanks for pointing that out, Richard. I will edit the post to reflect that.

Mathew

]]> By: Richard Schwartz http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Richard Schwartz Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:49:36 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/17/bayosphere-becomes-part-of-backfence/#comment-1505 Mitch Kapor is not the inventor of Lotus Notes. He was the CEO of Lotus and he made the agreement that resulted in Lotus funding Ray Ozzie's company Iris Associates, which developed Notes. It was a team effort, but if anyone gets the credit as inventor, it's Ray. Mitch Kapor is not the inventor of Lotus Notes. He was the CEO of Lotus and he made the agreement that resulted in Lotus funding Ray Ozzie’s company Iris Associates, which developed Notes. It was a team effort, but if anyone gets the credit as inventor, it’s Ray.

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