New Hampshire 2.0

Having not paid attention to the New Hampshire Web 2.0 community ever while living there it is very interesting to go back and see what the competition for the clicks of NH looks like. Here's what I've found.

Most of the New Hampshire blogs are about politics. I won't get into mine but I will say it was nice to know that there's a mix bag of them on either side of the coin. I've added most of those to the Blog Roll on the right hand column because those are the ones you'll probably find when you search New Hampshire on Google. But I can definitely say that there are a few that peaked my interest and are obviously well maintained.

http://www.politickernh.com: When I was home recently I saw the editor of this blog on the local Sunday morning talk show speaking to the political influence of NH in the upcoming election.

http://newhampshire.wordpress.com: Immediately peaked my interest because the title simply says 'Live Free Or Die" (the state motto for all those outside of NH). A very new site but the editor does their homework and has a very direct approach.

http://www.granitegrok.com/: Researches well, draws opinions based on facts and has been around for over two years.

http://www.bluehampshire.com/: Pretty standard blog that is upfront about it's agenda.



Something else I found interesting was that there are quite a few towns that have embraced the Web 2.0 blogosphere. The top result was Londonderry who's website: http://www.londonderrynh.net is extremely well maintained and full of so much info it's almost a little over whelming but if you live or are visiting Londonderry, NH you'll probably find anything you're looking for there. Other notable cities are of course the capital and fellow blogger user, Concord, NH (http://ourconcord.blogspot.com/) and Fremont, NH (http://nh.blcss.com/fremont.php) who actually has it's own YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/user/fremontr) where you can watch town meetings and other interesting (or not) events.

Then there are the sites that I would love to try and be more like... My favorite that I found Cow Hampshire (http://cowhampshire.blogharbor.com/blog). I once heard a story that not many years before I was born there were more cows in NH than there were people. I have no citations or fact to back that story up but a simple google search gives you this result:

'[Q] Aren't there more cows than people in NH? [A]No. You're thinking of Vermont, and the people population surpassed the bovine population sometime in the seventies. According to the 1990 Census, about 1.1 Milion people live in NH.' Source - http://boulter.com/nh/

Anyway when I found Cow Hampshire I though of that story. Cow Hampshire is mostly about the history and tradition of New Hampshire and maybe I'll end up referencing the site when I'm looking up that type of thing but for now it's just a good website that's different than any other you'll find on NH.