Kurt, do you think that the new urbanist developments are truly sustainable?
Kurt: Ah, New Urbanism … in the limelight as always. I think the theory is sound, but in practice it often becomes kitsch – a kind of idealization of walkable towns and city centers gone by. Perhaps, as with fashion and other trends, we will wind our way back to that sort of built environment eventually, but for now I believe that alternative fuel sources, new modes of transportation and other forms of innovation are likely to take us in entirely different directions by and large. 7). Jason: Kurt, how did you come up with your “One post a day, five authors, one lead editor” strategy behind WebUrbanist’s success? Also, don’t you ever feel the need of serving more fodder to your readers just like all the other prominent blogs in and outside your niche do? Kurt: I read a fairly profound article some time back which lobbied heavily for writing less, not more, to grab the attention of blog readers. The core argument, distilled, amounted to: with ever-more content on the web people must pick
