a shared story
submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team Urban farming 103 weeks 6 days 12 hours 18 minutes ago
A great overview of bees and honey in New York -- lovely pictures too!
From the story:
A few weeks ago in Greenpoint, a swarm of 30,000 Italian honeybees broke free of a rooftop hive, scaring neighbors and casting a menacing, if ultimately harmless, shadow on the streets...(more)
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 246 weeks 5 days 4 hours 1 minute ago
Hey, we eat our own dog-food here -- we use lists for many of our how-tos. Here's a super quick list that explains how-to make a how-to.
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn 246 weeks 5 days 5 hours 22 minutes ago
If you are reading a list and you find yourself agreeing, or disagreeing or simply you have something to add, you can create a list linked to the original one.
The great thing about this approach is that when two lists are linked together, they can...(more)
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 246 weeks 5 days 6 hours 46 minutes ago
CityTools lists are cool and unusual. You can use them to create ranked lists on any topic or, even use them to create how-tos (this how-to is a list!)
They're simple to create and powerful. Here's how....
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn 247 weeks 1 day 21 hours 51 minutes ago
We offer a lot of flexibility in writing original content on CityTools. This guide is mean to be a quick starter to help you finish your first story.
Other guides are available that deal with more advanced features.
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 247 weeks 4 days 4 hours 44 minutes ago
It's easy to use email to save -- and even publish! -- stories on CityTools!
Read on and we'll give you all the details on how it's done in a couple of quick steps.
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 253 weeks 5 days 22 hours 1 minute ago
Here is a quick guide to joining a private team on CityTools.
The title of each step is linked to the relevant portion of the site.
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 253 weeks 6 days 2 hours 34 minutes ago
Among other things, CityTools has been designed from the ground up to be a platform that allows community groups of any kind -- activist, church, groups of friends, neighborhood associations -- the ability to manage online publishing.
This how to focuses on how an organization can use...(more)
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 254 weeks 1 day 4 hours 32 minutes ago
Sometimes it takes more than one person to tell a story -- and CityTools teams are a great way for people to collaborate on a story.
There are several different approaches to this, and we'll touch on them in this mini-howto
Also, please note that if you want...(more)
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 254 weeks 1 day 7 hours 36 minutes ago
There are many circumstances in which you might want to write about an event in real time from many perspectives and CityTools is the best (only?) way to do it!
Imagine you want to write about a demonstration in real time from 10 different locations and have...(more)
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 254 weeks 3 days 17 hours 23 minutes ago
Any member of CityTools can use our free writing tools -- and a special feature of them -- to deliver continuous, live coverage of unfolding events.
Whether it's a meeting, a demonstration, a sports event, or simply your blow-by-blow reaction to a concert or television program, your...(more)
a list
written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 254 weeks 5 days 2 hours 2 minutes ago
CityTools' commercial publisher tools allow publishers to create their own banner advertising network in which the banners can be distributed to other members.
Important note for individuals: This how to is designed for publishers subscribing to our paid publishing services and it is not one of our...(more)
