report | Sep 28, 2007

The Long Tail of Hobbies Online

Whether you're into whiffle hurling, baton twirling or hair curling, chances are there's someone out there who wants to help you learn.

report | Sep 27, 2007

Gov Gab

USA.gov's new blog is almost as fun as watching 1970s PSAs on YouTube.

report | Sep 24, 2007

Teens, Video Games and Time Use

An article in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine asks how adolescents spent their time, specifically looking at gaming in relation to other online and offline activities, and the relationship between time spent in various ac...

report | Sep 21, 2007

Are our relationships defined by our online habits?

Everyone has a friend or two who takes that much longer to respond to emails because they just don't ever check their accounts, who don't want to join social networks and who never pop up on IM and gmail-chat. What happens when you fall in love w...

report | Sep 19, 2007

Hobbyists Online

83% of online Americans say they have used the internet to seek information about their hobbies and 29% do so on a typical day.

report | Sep 18, 2007

Online Worlds and Screen Time

Social networks for younger kids – Are online communities and avatar-based social worlds encouraging obesity?

report | Sep 14, 2007

Screens Along the Silk Road

In my ongoing quest to visit as many internet cafes in China as possible, I was on the lookout last week during our visit to Urumqi (aka: Wulumuqi), a city of about 3 million along the Silk Road in the northwest corner of China.

report | Sep 13, 2007

OMG Carl Kasell Wants to Be My Friend!?

I logged into my Facebook account the other day to check on something, and I flicked over to my friend requests page after noticing that there was a new one. It was (allegedly) from Carl Kasell, NPR radio personality.

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