Seven Things That Could Make Your Gadgets Obsolete:
(1) HDMI 1.4 - new standard for moving media from source to display will include 3DTV & ethernet for transfer of data up to 100 Mb/sec
(2) USB 3.0 - new USB format at up to 400 Mb / sec is ten times faster than USB 2.0
(3) 3DTV - you'll need glasses - to appear latter half of 2010
(4) DLNA - Digital Living Network - around since 2004 is now getting integrated into lots of digital appliances. Get ready for the promised "connected house"
(5) Mobile ATSC - to allow us to get t.v. broadcast signal to mobile devices
(6) Ambient Light Sensors and other eco-friendly tv features
(7) Internet-enable TV sets
Edupunk: the "ineffable essence of nothing" - being a bubblegum punk or a true-to-heart punk who is really invested in changing the system depends on your actions, not just your words. Dean Groom makes some interesting points about the emerging "edupunk" idealogy.
With just a standard video link, you can add the following to YouTube video: real-time reactions, movable zoom, slow motion on-demand, scene skipping, third party annotations, and instant replay options
Nice article on building communities in virtual worlds. Some very real insights there that were new to me. I was hoping to add a comment on the importance of providing community members with a "place to call their own" but could not figure out how to do that.