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Blogs, Wikis and Online Social Networks for Youth
Quick stats:

in US, 87% of 12-17 yr olds are online
in US, 80% of parents are online

dana boyd says… US explicitly practiced age segregation in the early 20th century with the public school systems.  Before then, kids mixed with different ages.  Now, socialization is happening in same-age groups.  The […]

Emerging Social and Technology Trends
There was a bit of debate about what’s driving what… technology affecting social change or social changing driving technology.  At the least, we are all receiving more feedback about our identities online than we have before.
Three interesting trends:

the “widgetizing” of web content and interactivity.  It’s breaking down the sense of “place” […]

Panel Home Page
A panel of the “in crowd” lists all the ways they stay in touch and connected with their friends.  The big sites they use:

upcoming
twitter — the one, big hype site of this year
dodgeball
consumating
plazes
sxswbaby

Panel Home Page
New Line Cinema built on the buzz by keeping a hands-off stance towards all of the user-generated content riffing on the theme of, “X on a X”.  They eventually added five more days of shooting to accommodate some of the user requests and plot directions.
The buzz was a combination of Sam Jackson “MF” […]

From “engineer” and “artist” with an emphasis on the french sensibilities of being-in-development-as-artist… engiartiste. Are you one?
“Renaissance man” is way too 20th century. And *way* too old world patriarchy.

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