1. Browsing the Internet will soon feel like interactive television. The UFC and Toyota
microsite are good examples… (via Scott WeisBrod blog).

2. Stanford Law’s Professor Lessig flash presentation on Free Culture, an audio presentation
from 2002.

3. Just for fun: a web game to create a chain reaction (my best score was a 400).

I sat with a mother and her baby girl on the train to New York. She ‘s a member of a Yahoo Group called “Brooklyn Baby Hui.” Hundreds of new parents are members, and they share concerns and give advice daily on a Yahoo list serve. “We talk about everything,” Diane, the mom I sat next to, said. “We discuss lead paint, where to find baby friendly local coffee shops, and we even coordinate weekly meet ups.”

I think this is a cool example of how online social networks converge offline.

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At what point do you intervene when someone is asking for help online? Zadi Diaz noticed a suicide note written on Myspace and has documented the outreach efforts on her Flickr posts (screenshot above).

“Today I came across a teen who had written a suicide note on MySpace. At first, I thought it was a joke – just a teen looking for attention.
 But when I clicked on his profile and read some of his blog posts, I
 began to realize that it may be real after all.

It turned out it was real. And he was overdosing on pills. Rick Rey, a 
fellow videoblogger, called the school and the authorities handled it
 from there. Just a few moments ago I received an email from one of his
friends saying the kid was alive and holding on in the hospital.

…What should the protocol be in instances like these?
”

-Source Zadi Diaz

I’m amused that Neiman Marcus is advertising on Myspace (screenshot above).
Just several month ago, media buyers wouldn’t have regarded Myspace as a place where they could reach Neiman Marcus customers.

Times have changed.

I’m amused that Neiman Marcus is advertising on Myspace (screenshot above).
Just several month ago, media buyers wouldn’t have regarded Myspace as a place where they could reach Neiman Marcus customers.

Times have changed.