Living Room 2.0 – you heard it here first… well second actually but still : )

Right now it’s largely the early adopters who are benefiting from the revival of the living room as a social hub. There are very few Robert Scobles of the world who connect Mac Minis to 50″ TVs so they can use Dave Winer’s Flickr Fan to view photos of their friends in glorious hi-def. This will change, however, as the devices get simpler, cheaper and the benefits are more pronounced.

For example, one of the biggest Living Room 2.0 successes is arguably XBox Live, which is now becoming a social network. (Edelman handles all XBox PR for Microsoft.) They won’t be alone. By the end of 2008 every device that already has a place in an home theater set-up will connect not only to the web but, increasingly, to existing social networking platforms like OpenSocial, MySpace, Facebook and others. This means that devices like the Wii, Slingbox, Vudu, TiVo, Apple TV or even your trusty digital cable set-top box will start to allow you to connect with the rest of the world online. And then it will become more mainstream.

So don’t reminisce about the days of old when we gathered around the TV or radio and felt a sense of connection to the world at large. What’s old is new again. This time your living room is going to get a lot more crowded. Get ready to invite the world over because Living Room 2.0 is going mainstream in 2008.

Christmas is Coming (1951)

its nice THIS

http://www.itsnicethat.com/      great random inspiartion is to be found right here

keepon –

indesign – research link

http://indesignsecrets.com/sites/

Here’s a good jumping off point for some indesign research, it has links to other sites that can help you find out specific information. Like what a preflight folder and how to make one : )

the society for newspaper design

www.snd.org

quite a dry site but if you dig into the competitions sections there is some great work to be seen.

Wonderbury Cadbrary oh fuck it Chocolate and Tits

FFFound TTThis YYYesterday ::: )

http://ffffound.com/

FFFFOUND! is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user’s tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!!

Ideas worth spreading

http://www.ted.com/

hannah Griffiths lecture !

A good lecture at Woodlane 2:00 16th Nov

http://www.salterbaxter.com