This is the sixth installment of a series published every Monday called “IF Onlineâ€. Each article will examine an aspect of our Idaho Falls area that has an online presence. This week I will examine Idaho Falls’ user-generated websites (blogs, podcasts, vidcasts, and oh yes, local MySpace profiles), and this will be the final installment of this series until next winter.
If you sign up for a MySpace account and search for “Idaho Falls”, you will see thousands of locals have created little web niches for themselves. MySpace offers a built-in blog function, and these blogs often reflect the original understanding of blogs: personal diaries. There is nothing wrong with it, and it is great some locals are writing anything if even personal diaries.
Other than this community blog, there are not many other people creating blogs in our area. Those radio gals Trish and Holli have created a blog, which is a strange mixture of biting ultra-conservative remarks mixed with warm grandmotherly recipes.
If you check our blog links section, you will find a good number of blogs around Idaho, but very few in Idaho Falls. There may be more bloggers in Idaho Falls, but few of them identify their hometowns so it is difficult to tell for sure. If you know of an Idaho Falls-based blog (no matter what the topic), please comment and let us know.
I would recommend anyone thinking about starting a blog to try writing a few articles on IdahoFallz.com’s WordPress system. The subject must be something local, but you will get the feel for the writing and publishing and feedback process before you invest your own time and lots of energy into your own blog.
Podcasts are still new in our area also. A podcast directory shows only three podcasts in Idaho Falls. The Neal Larson show is the podcast version from his noontime radio show. The other two are “The Knights podcast”, about pagan music and philosophy (based in Idaho Falls), and something called “The Super King podcast”, promising “For those seeking a tyrannical oligarchy, with some comedy and tech news of course“. The player wouldn’t work for me so I guess I’ll miss out on my tyrannical oligarchy.
Vidcasts in Idaho Falls? I was not able to find any. Even searching on YouTube for our city is disappointing because the only ones are a few from the fireworks.
So what is missing from Idaho Falls online? I would like to see more user-generated blogs, podcasts, and videocasts (or even more IF-tagged videos on youtube). I would like to see even more mainstream events recorded and published as podcasts (like the city council meetings or debates or lectures). I would also like to see more webcams around our city.
What do you like about Idaho Falls-specific online offerings? What would you like to see more of?
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The Idaho State Journal launched the J-Hub http://www.thejhub.com/ which is billed as a social network for southeast Idaho (think MySpace for southeast Idaho).
I’m not into social networking websites (MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.), so I might not be the best person to evaluate the J-Hub. I think social networks are nearing the end of their 15 minutes of fame.
Looking at the J-Hub, they have 144 profiles created (meaning individuals who have registered) after a couple months, though there are many staffers in that number.
I think the idea of a social network localized geographically has some promise, if there are mechanisms to encourage offline physical social interactions as a result of the online interactions.
Have you tried the J-Hub? What do you think of it? What is your view on social networks?