Comments on: #TAL UnAwards

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:22 +0000

Best Campaign
- Fought and Won
- Fought and Lost
- Fought and still fighting

Best community effort

Best green looking hyper local website

By: Dan Slee

Dan Slee — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:54:36 +0000

Best blog population under 10,000
Best blog population under 50,000
Best blog population 100,000
Best blog post
Best campaign
Best blog about cake
Best public sector backing of hyperlocals
Worst public sector backing of hyperlocals

By: Paul Geraghty

Paul Geraghty — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:15:49 +0000

Most original slogan used to explain what hyperlocal is

Most original way of attracting collaborators

Best use of Flickr (et al)

Best attack by traditional media

Best sustained attack by a council(lor[s])

Best sustained attack on a council

Worst use of clipart in a story

Best use of a map

Most cunning use of Invisible Crowdsourcing

By: Ellie Stoneley

Ellie Stoneley — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:13:05 +0000

best pub to discuss #hyperlocal excellence in

By: Richard McKeever

Richard McKeever — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:46:06 +0000

How about an award for “4th Sector Pathfinders” – I hear it’s really going to a very big new thing in government….

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qgrd

By: Nicky Getgood

Nicky Getgood — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:14:57 +0000

@ Martin I’d quite like to see a ‘Small is Beautiful’ category – sites set up for very small communities/physical spaces like a single street, a house, a garden, a block of flats or in the case of this guy, one square metre:

http://squaremetre1.blogspot.com/

@Andy Mabbett – Mock you may but there a fair few to choose from!! Keep Digbeth Vibrant, mydigbeth, Abacus Flats – Digbeth is the land of many websites!

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:46:18 +0000

Hyperlocal seems to mean different things to different people in terms of the area/population covered. Perhaps it would be worth breaking down a “Best Hyperlocal site” award based on the population covered as it has a material impact on what is and isn’t possible. i.e. has a category for Best Hyperlocal site for an area with a population < 10,000, another for 10,000-50,000 and so on.

By: Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:43:54 +0000

…which reminds me. “Best blog about Digbeth” is a must-have category.

By: Nicky Getgood

Nicky Getgood — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:25:29 +0000

I’d like to see an award for the best use of a local blog to support a campaign or cause – a lot of sites are created for, or find themselves becoming concerned with, a particular local issue. It would be great to see the best examples of that out there.

I’d also like to see a ‘best hobby blog’ type category,for sites that focus on a special interest such as gardening, cookery, etc.

By: Ross H

Ross H — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:06:59 +0000

You gotta have an overall winner and best newcomer too.

And might I suggest some people-centric type awards too to help recognise some of the hard work by unsung heroes who help put these sites together and create the content?

Oh, and given there’s no structure to this rambling comment of mine, how’s about some differential between hyperlocal blogs and hyperlocal news sites?

I’ll go away now and try and come back when I’ve thought things out before I start typing!