beatnic - just wondering

I went to the launch of the Oxford Internet Survey last week at the House of Commons and haven’t had a chance to write it up.

Thankfully BBC News has picked up on the main points on its website.

A couple of things really stood out for me…

• 5% of people in the UK who have used the internet have stopped using it
• Entertainment usage has levelled off since 2005
• More people in the UK trust television than the ineternet and newspapers

• Buckminster Fuller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  “Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?”
  (tags: Buckminster Fuller design wikipedia bucky)

• Patterns for computer-mediated interaction
  Book and accompanying website.
  (tags: design webdesign patterns designpatterns)

Where there’s smoke there’s mirrors.

• Facebook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook is 23 years old. Revenue for 2006 is estimated at $50 million USD, and is generated by advertising and sponsored networks. As at July 2007 worldwide membership is over 30 million and growing.
  (tags: facebook socialnetworking wikipedia)
• LinkedIn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  “LinkedIn is a business oriented social networking site, mainly used for professional networking. As of July 2007, it had more than 12 million registered users, spanning 150 industries and more than 400 economic regions (as classified by the service).”
  (tags: linkedin socialnetworking wikipedia)
• Starting up | Business Link
  Collection of information, tools, advice and links for anyone starting up in business.
  (tags: business businesslink startingup work)

• Escape Mountain Biking - Home
  Based in Ilkley in the Yorkshire Dales.
  (tags: yorkshire yorkshiredales ilkley mountainbiking escape mountain biking)

Don’t be put off by the name!

If you’re interested in anything vaguely related to technology there’s something to listen to here.

I finally started catching up with some of my blog, news and podcast subscriptions recently and that coincided well with the arrival of my Nokia N95.

Some podcast stuff I’ve been listening to and would recommend includes:

• Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake telling the story of how Flickr started life as part of a massively multiplayer online game by Ludicorp and wound up becoming the darlings of the Web 2.0 world and getting bought by Yahoo! where she is now scattering the seeds of design thinking in everything there.
• Ideo boss Tim Brown talks in threes about design thinking - inspiration, ideation and implementation - and how it’s being picked up by big business.
• Irene Au, director of user experience at Google. On setting up a central user experience department, not biting off more than you can chew, and hiring T-shaped people.

I wonder if I crossed a line yesterday which I may not have crossed five years ago when I bought the Mail on Sunday.

Yes, I was one of the million or so extra buyers who fell for the free Prince album.

The paper immediately came in handy to line the bottom of the cat litter tray.

• ProjectsETC
  (tags: online projects resources interactive technology education culture projectmanagement)

• Gmail: Help Center - How do I use Advanced Search?
  (tags: gmail email search sort advanced)
• Thunderbird - Reclaim your inbox
  (tags: email thunderbird download mozilla organise declutter sort)

• £100m to bring the tube to Peckham Rye « Cllr Richard Thomas
  Links to a petition to sign to support tube extension to Pekcham Rye and beyond.
  (tags: peckhamrye eastdulwich se22 London)