I'm looking to crowd-source technology journalism ideas with a focus on Baltimore and Maryland. There are two main ways I'll be doing this, and both involve Google tools.

First, to contribute and vote on story ideas, we're using Google Moderator. You can post tips and ideas anonymously. (Marketing spam, however, will be down-ranked and/or deleted, so bring some value to the community!) Go to this link and start contributing and voting: http://goo.gl/mod/GMwD

Second, one of my challenges is finding people and companies in the tech community to interview, especially on deadline. I'm hoping to start fresh with a public online contact list that anyone in Maryland can contribute to -- just let me know your tech/biotech company and other key contact info.

Here's the link for that Google Spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkGXZtX4BNBZdHJQUERrWS05ZDg5ZDR2VkRMUjgyQlE&hl=en

And here's my goofy face introducing the Google Moderator page: