LearnNearby
Find hands-on classes taught by people in your area.
VisitWebsites for meeting people nearby.
NearbyNetworks builds small, local websites that turn online discovery into real-world connection.
ClubsNearby
Discover clubs, meetups, and recurring groups around you.
VisitSpacesNearby
Find rooms, studios, and shared spaces to gather nearby.
VisitWant one of these in your city? Suggest a city.
Now
A third site is quietly being tried in one zip code — a calmer way to organise neighbourhood skill-shares. Public release in late 2026, if it earns it.
About
NearbyNetworks is a one-person studio run by Colin Brauns. I build small websites for the place I live and release them when they work. If a tool feels useful here, it might be useful in your town too — that is how the portfolio grows.
Philosophy
The internet is most useful when it helps people leave the internet: to learn together, gather regularly, help a neighbor, and become known in the places they live.
- One job per site. If it asks for a tour, it is too big.
- Local first. A site should feel correct in one city before it lives in fifty.
- Leave the internet. Every flow ends in a room, a park, or a porch.