more of 'what' than 'why' but interesting typology

the good ship trendwatchers add to their reputation "More and more, the offline world (a.k.a. the real world, meatspace or atom-arena) is adjusting to and mirroring the increasingly dominant online world, from tone of voice to product development to business processes to customer relationships."

Government attempt to help out befuddled parents: a-z of teen vocab.

this is a really good series. the first one last week destroyed the notion of youth being "the connected generation" and this one debunks the idea that "kids are growing up quickly these days". Agreed!

In the USA, kids are losing the ability to go out and 'play' - hence MySpace. Not the other way round.

Need to mine this...

List of useful papers exploring impact, interaction and usability of mobile phones

Go object wiki, go! Destroy the Mekons... I love the curators talk they have here. Curators should come to the front and talk more often esp with quote like "the vicar of the spaceways" :)

revisiting some of matt's work. "The internet sensibility is infecting the world of physical stuff." could also be said that the reverse is happening with some UI and interaction models.

Steven Johnson's believes that popular culture is contrary to popular belief, making people smarter. He focuses on not that content of say video games, tv programs, but on their form. The narratives that these mediums take are far more complex to follow

global map of the most popular SNS per continent. Good to get a sense of perspective in this myspace/facebook hype. people take up whatever service has most people on it - critical mass is vital.