Last week, I sat 800 miles away and watched as my hometown drowned. I’ve lived in D.C. for one full year now, but Nashville is home. I’m a communicator–a good one–but I don’t know how to express how much my heart hurts for my city. I can’t find a way to verbalize it. My fingers refuse to put pressure on the keys when I try to type it out.

The good news: I don’t have to worry about my inability to explain how I feel, folks like Patten Fuqua,  A.C. Kleinheider and countless others have said it all for me–for all of us. Powerfully, honestly, beautifully.

My one contribution to the discussion is over at Her Nashville magazine. As the post says, I’m completely in awe over the way Nashvillians are using social media platforms to communicate, connect and share information in such a meaningful way. Facebook, Twitter, text messages, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts, websites.  Nashvillians have taken to the Web and it’s working. Read More…

Nothing makes you appreciate something more than having it taken away.

I’ve been in D.C. for a year now, but Tennessee is still home. Every morning, I still scan my Google Reader for TN political news, Nashville happenings and what my former clients are up to. Over this past year, I subscribed to just about every major political blog in the state, but I truly relied on SouthComm’s A.C. Kleinheider.

Not only could I spell his name without looking it up, I trusted he’d serve up the odd, timely and important things I actually needed to know–24-7. I’d wake up on Sunday morning to at least ten new posts of political whatnot that had come to light in the middle of the night. It was magical.

But then, SouthComm sACKed him. (Don’t even get me started on what a strategically poor idea that was.) His former site, Nashville’s Post Politics,  is still up and doing fine, but the person I assumed would always be there to keep me up-to-speed is “taking a break” and I’m left desperately trying to fill my TN politics/odd stuff void.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been speed-dating with various blogs. I’m getting by. But am all scared to get attached to these folks again.

What if they go away?

To prevent this informational tragedy, I’ve decided I’m going to start doing my small part to be sure the people I rely on to get my news stay employed. Read More…