An interview with Karl Martino, creator of the Philly Future local blog aggregator.

From our conversation:

"Anyone can collect blogs and read them thru an aggregator.  I moved to highlight certain bloggers I thought were exceptional, and to point out stories they've posted that I thought should be shared."

"I've settled on some basic tenets: keep the layout simple, and place the site's focus right were you will find it loading the page the very first time."

"I want you to come to Philly Future, see an item of interest, and then
click away to whatever and wherever that is.  That's the heart of
blogging if you ask me. Sharing not capturing."

And lots more on the techie side, his local community, and temporarily losing the URL to a porn site...read the whole thing.