Month: January 2006
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Elgg in your hand
Please excuse my dodgy camerawork, but this is Elgg on my Nokia: Pretty cool. Opera Mini is a great browser, and the new CSS/div based template engine makes life very easy for it.
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Internet users have larger core social networks
From the Pew Internet & American Life Project: Internet users have somewhat larger social networks than non-users. The median size of an American’s network of core and significant ties is 35. For internet users, the median network size is 37; for non-users it is 30. This survey (PDF) concentrates on email being the main Internet […]
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Oxford Internet Institute
The Oxford Internet Institute website is worth a look. Their mandate is to “focus on Internet-related research and education that will shape policy and practice”. Some things worth a look include: Stop Badware, the first anti-spyware site run by a university (in fact two: Oxford and Harvard) that I’ve seen. Innovative pathways to the next […]
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New technology matters
Via Om Malik, a recent survey (PDF) of key Silicon Valley players revealed that over 90% of them believed that unique technology was an important asset of start-up companies in the current market. Interesting stuff, because honestly, how much new technology is there? They say there are seven main storylines, and I think similarly there’s […]