Carlos J. Gómez de Llarena talks about his projects Metropoliphone and Urballoon. The architect and interaction designer will present tomorrow at Web2NewYork at Gallery Bar NYC.

NYC.is another entry in the crowded hyperlocal field. Columbia University graduate student Susannah Vila built the metablog in Drupal and hopes to replicate the site in smaller cities. ‘There’s a lot of opportunity to grow there.’

A shiny new version of Roomorama has just appeared online. Founders Federico Folcia and Jia En Teo explain the thinking behind their successful online marketplace for short term rentals.

Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley was one of the panelists late August at a Future of Hyperlocal City Guides discussion, along with Prximity, Buzzd and Mapcidy. Crowley previously founded Dodgeball, which Google ‘left out to die’.

Gelf Magazine last Thursday hosted a panel on hyperlocal media in Dumbo. Gothamist founder Jake Dobkin had some harsh truths for co-panelists Andy Newman (New York Times’ The Local) and Mark Josephson (Outside.in).