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Interactive Trends:The Edu- Before the -

tainment

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Imagine a Super Computer made of

6 billion human brains

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What is a Wiki?

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Via Lynette Webb

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What is RSS?

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What is Social Bookmarking?

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Via Lynette Webb

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"The deep structure of future human connection is being contrived, now, on the web, and it will slowly unseat other

systems, like an oak tree growing in a churchyard, encroaching on the cathedral's foundations with roots that are deeper and stronger than artifice can achieve. This is in

us, it is in the wiring, and social tools are allowing us to rechannel our ancient tribal past in a post-industrial future.

Nothing can stop it.”

~ Stowe Boyd

http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2007/08/blonde-20-on-so.html

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Via Lynette Webb

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• Older and Bigger• Open layout,

restricted platform• The outsiders• Music oriented• “So middle

school”• A rejection of

“hegemonic values”

• Open platform, restricted look

• The “good” kids• The alternative to

MySpace• “Most likely to

succeed”

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MySpace vs. Facebook

MySpace

Facebook

Bebo

Piczo

http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/14930842

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Via Lynette Webb

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Via Lynette Webb

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“Ambient Intimacy”

Via Lynette Webb

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Via Lynette Webb

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Is it a Game or a Toy?• Will Wright (creator of The Sims and the

soon to be published Spore) may be categorized as a game designer, but he prefers to think of himself as a toy designer.– Games are for playing, but toys are for

learning– People are better at learning when they can

figure it out for themselves

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I’m really getting into the Internet lately, I just wish it was more

organized.(Don’t be such a noob. Everything is miscellaneous.)