An interesting idea to continue the efforts behind the popular, open source <a href="http://everyblock.com">EveryBlock</a> application (view source on <a href="http://github.com/brosner/everyblock_code/tree/master/">github</a>) which was <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/msnbc-picks-up-hyperlocal-news-aggregator-everyblock/">acquired by MSNBC</a> recently. Pull quotes: "We don't want to be doing something that just benefits big news organizations," Kebbel said. "We want something that anyone can benefit from." The Knight Foundation is working with advisers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to form a team to further development of EveryBlock and make it much easier for news organizations to set up the software on their sites, Kebbel said.