links for 2009-05-12

• Micro Persuasion: The End of the Destination Web Era
  (tags: media)
• Germany Imagines Suburbs Without Cars - NYTimes.com
  (tags: sustainability cycling traffic)
• Newspapers: Dumb, Fat & Lazy?
  "Things are bad out there. Many of my friends are out of work, while others are secretly dreading the day when the axe falls. Predictably, many blame the likes of Google for their woes. Yet Kurtz points out that his own employer is talking to Google in an effort to figure out new ways to make money. So is The New York Times.

  Let me see if I have this straight: Instead of coming up with a smart strategy and innovating, they’re going to Google to help fix their own mess. If an industry can’t think for itself, well, what do you call it? How about dumb, fat and lazy?

  Just to be very, very clear, I am not talking about the working stiffs — the journalists who pound the pavement, every day, looking for news and their editors. I am talking about the members of the executive suite, which with every passing day prove themselves to be as calcified as the remains of a T. rex."

  
  
  (tags: journalism newspapers)
  
  
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  Eight Hyperlocal Startups Receive New Voices Grants | Placeblogger
  
  
  knew about susan mernit's oakland local. here is the complete list. interesting projects
  
  
  (tags: local hyperlocal journalism media)