A former colleague of mine passed this along to me today, and I thought it was interesting in light of our class's discussions on technological trends.

I saw my friend use an Android version of herself as a Facebook picture. Adroidify allows you to give your phone visual attributes of how you understand your personality. I immediately thought of SI, and especially the early video we watched about MIT projects making phones more interactive via robots.

Kayla Webley of Time (2011 Feb 18) wrote on the effect of a teacher's angry blog about students. While she tried to hide her full name and not directly identify with the school district, someone made the connection with her picture. Currently the teacher is suspended, but is pursuing a legal resolution.

Doug Gross (2011 Feb 21) discusses a new app for breakups and recent changes in FB friends' relationships.

In case anyone gets as lost as I do learning the online shorthand of chat slang.

Carrie-Ann Skinner (2011 Feb 19) discusses the social network.

Shara Ashraf (2011 Feb 19) discusses online dating etiquette.

LOL Cats are a huge phenomena, and even offer a comedic insight into our language. The SpeakLolSpeak Wiki is a project to provide a dictionary for those people a little out of the loop or who need a quick reference. How is the Internet affecting us? ez shokkin.

NY Times article by Meece (5 Feb 2011) discusses balancing work and home with mobile technology.

This site documents the public response to internet phenomena (e.g., smiling dogs, phrases, viral videos).

This brief article about social networking in religious communities contains links to Neo-Pagan, Interfaith, Jewish, Christian, Muslim social networks and further resources to read.

This is the About Page for the ARDA, a resource whose mission is to "democratize access" to data. It contains links to national surveys, denominational histories, etc. and emphasizes accountability. Scholars and amateur researchers may submit source to ARDA, and the staff validates the findings.