Upon discovering that think-local.biz has been acquired by someone in England, I try to find out their plans. It turns out a borough is planning to use the site to promote local businesses - only for their borough. Good idea, but a waste of a good domain name.
I discuss the issue with the government officials (who make decisions at a snail's pace), and find out the name of their web developer.
I share my ideas with the web developers, and they respond with over-the-top enthusiasm. But the talk is of writing a business plan and venture capital - top down, instead of my more organic grass roots approach.
I am hoping that I just might hire the developers myself, but they seem to have their hands full re-vamping the government site.
The history and experiences of starting and building think-local.com. I have posted a few historical starting comments then jumped to the present. The middle will be filled in later.
