Email Craig Colgan: municipalist a t municipalist . com.
Go to craigcolgan.com for more info about me. [And for the record: This blog is "Municipalist," not "The Municipalist." Thanks.]
Municipalist reports and comments on the state of the use of the Web by all corners of government, in the United States, Europe, and around the world, to engage directly with the governed.
We have been linked to by Slate, Politico, The Washington Post, and other political, news, technology, and government sites. I am a consultant and writer based in the Washington, D.C. area. My latest project on the Web analyzes the Northern Virginia media and is called NoVa Media Watch. I am an invited contributor to the Business.Gov Community, for which I blog about use of social media by business. In the print world, I have written about the Web and media for publications such as The Washington Post, National Journal, etc. When I have time. I got a 2.5-year-old, just so you know.
The intended audience here is definitely not new media analysts or evangelists or "futurists" or "visionaries" or "thought leaders" any other self-appointed expert or "movement" guru. Am I the only one for whom the Web these days often sounds feels like a vast cult? I am aiming at those who are new to all this, who want to learn, as well as those who may be public officials themselves, who are exploring new ways to build community involving government and constituents around ideas or goals. And I will look at private sector use of the Web too.
The quote on the main page is from "Where the Wild Things Are," Maurice Sendak's brilliant children's book.
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