links for 2007-07-26

• 'You have nice eyes': Artist's machine flatters passers-by : Nation and World : Boulder Daily Camera
  A whole new take on conversational media: "WASHINGTON — People walking by a bright red-and-white striped box on a busy street in the nation’s capital may be surprised to hear a reassuring voice say, “You have nice eyes.”
  (tags: conversational+media art psychology human+nature fun)
• BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Towns are hyperlocal social networks with data (people that is)
  "Local is people. Our job is not to deliver content or a product. Our job is to help them make connections with information and each other. In truth, that was, long ago, the job newspapers saw for themselves."
  (tags: news business local media people newspapers history roles community tidbits+fodder)