Tom Ewing muses on the shift in drive-by commenting. I've seen, and participating, in this new form of social pile-on commenting and it does make me feel a little uncomfortable. Unless the person on the receiving end of the pile-on is a twat, of course. ;)

Curious story of a professor who played an online game exactly as the original creators intended and was rounded on by the long-term players who'd developed their own social rules. While his methods are questionable to say the least (there are some good rebuttals in the comments linked to here: http://twitter.com/tomewing/status/2544223524 ) it does nicely illustrate the phenomena of newcomers breaking "rules" on social sites which aren't anywhere to be found in the FAQ. (cf "You're doing Twitter wrong!")

A neat little service from the Odadeo guys where your unborn child sends you Twitter messages from the womb. "Hey, I've just grown an arm!" If you've got a bump in your, or your partner's, belly then go sign up.

Launched yesterday in Brum, this looks to move Channel 4's public service remit from broadcast to "networks" with a £10m pot of funding for projects. Very interesting.

"Give a man (or a woman) an anonymous account, and he'll eviscerate your self-esteem."

One of those fine line between good and evil things here but when you strain the marketing stuff out there are some interesting thoughts on the whole authentic voice thing.

Email in some images and text and it creates a nice looking web page. Do it again from the same email and you've got a blog. Very impressive and I need to write more about why but for now here's the link. Go check it out.

A Twitter directory with a horrible logo but could be useful. Folk have mentioned finding interesting people to follow. I have enough followers but maybe for events on specific themes?

Stef's new social network for fathers. Looks rather good if I do say so as a mate.

Interesting looking conference in Amsterdam that I'm tempted to go to. 3 day pass costs £1000 though so better be worth it.

Has a handy list of all the known Barcamps going on in the world.