The creators of NWIFeed have come up with a great idea that connects Northwest Indiana bloggers with each other in a peer-ranked listing of popular local blog posts.

It takes the idea of BlogNetNews’s Indiana feed and expands it into a superb way to keep up with what’s happening in Valparaiso, Munster, Crown Point and everywhere else in Northwest Indiana.  Not only is NWIFeed a more localized way to keep up with what’s on the minds of Lake, LaPorte and Porter County’s intelligentsia, it’s a new way to interact within the blogosphere.

A user can nominate a blog post, then Tweet it, and others can “Feed” it if they like it.

“Feeding” a post on NWIFeed is a vote for the story.  The more people “feeding” a story, the higher it goes in the NWIFeed rankings.

I remember working with Steve Dalton — a prolific Valparaiso-based blogger — in the past on trying to promote NWI blogging by various methods — blog listings, recaps and blog carnivals.  All were labor intensive and difficult to maintain along with work and family commitments.  While I’m not sure of all of the wizardry behind NWIFeed, it seems to be a system that will work because NWI bloggers are “feeding” the information into the system and the site’s coding takes care of the rest.

If you haven’t used NWIFeed yet, it’s a worthwhile source for Northwest Indiana news and opinion.

Nominate some of your favorite blog’s posts to be placed into the arena of ideas.  It’s great fun and an excellent way to keep up with what is happening in the region’s new media world.

Photo credit: brianbutko

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If you’re a political junkie and are looking for a great round up of McCain blog posts, head over to the McCarnival to get your recommended reading list.

Welcome to the First McCarnival for McCain! The McCarnival is an opportunity to highlight blogs and blog posts that support the candidacy of John McCain for President of the United States. If you would like to join the McCarnival you can submit your post here, and it will be included in the next edition.

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Here’s a chance to get your favorite blog posts a little more exposure in the blogosphere as well as join in the fun with your fellow bloggers.  Once the blog carnival gets rolling, it could be a great way to get new readers to for your Northwest Indiana blog.

See NWIblogs.com for more information.

The deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 at 11 a.m. and will be presented by 2 p.m. that date on this blog. …

Submit your favorite post to get it some exposure in the blogosphere and don’t forget to tell your Northwest Indiana blogger friends to submit theirs as well.

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