Trendy Tropes: July 2011

#thereisalwaysthat1person who refuses to sign up for Google Home View (beta)

Hurry! Don't be that guy ... Invites running out fast!

Icelanders hand in draft of world's first 'web' constitution

Icelanders hand in draft of world's first 'web' constitution:

"A group of 25 ordinary citizens on Friday presented to Iceland's parliamentary speaker a new constitution draft, which they compiled with the help of hundreds of others who chipped in online."

Google TV #SocialTV Update

Dear Consumers: We can only do so much. If you don’t make your voices heard, all the coolest #SocialTV tech in the world will never reach you. Please … help us, to help you. When your eyes glaze over about Open Access and Net Neutrality, here's what happens, “big media quickly killed [GoogleTV] by restricting access to all the online viewing locations" .... READ MORE

Your Stream, My Stream, We All Stream, It's Our Stream

"The Global Village is as wide as a planet and as small as a little town where everybody is maliciously engaged in poking his nose in everyone else's business." - Marshall McLuhan (1968).

"One of the main kinds of sport [for tribal people] is butchering each others; it's a full time sport in tribal societies." - Marshall McLuhan, The Global Village (1977).

Google+ Bruhaha of the Day: Deleting Profiles for "Real Name" Violations

OMG! Google+ is working on improving their product during a Field Trial prior to full blown roll out!

On The Norway Atrocities, Amy Winehouse, Judgement & Compassion

Lesism - by Les Floyd: The Norway Atrocities, Amy Winehouse, Judgement & Compassion: "'You are the key component in the transformation from a violent, greedy, ever-judgemental society, towards a veritable heaven on Earth.'"

Norway Gunman's Plot Long in Planning - WSJ.com

Norway Gunman's Plot Long in Planning - WSJ.com: "Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man charged in the bombing and shootings in Norway's capital and a nearby island Friday that left at least 92 people dead, has admitted to the crimes, his lawyer told Norwegian radio late Saturday"