This second essay from Matt Bunn considers the effects of the Internet on communication. Swirled throughout are interesting ideas concerning advertising, branding, democratization, and fundamentalism.
What do you think? Is the Internet “the birth of a new public sphere” or the creation of further “isolated milieux”?
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Library Elf is a useful free service that provides information about your library account via email, rss, or text message. It’s a great way to avoid late fines. Check out the list of supported libraries and find out if it’s available for you.

Listen to Wilco’s entire upcoming album Sky Blue Sky on their website. It’s far more “chill” than any of their previous albums.
See Beirut’s fantastic new music video for Elephant Gun.
Discover some of my favorite new music from the U.K. namely Klaxons and Lily Allen.

I’ve been reading about Tim Ferriss’ new book The 4-Hour Workweek after seeing it mentioned on Scoble’s blog. There are definitely some elements of Don Lapre in the presentation but I did find his outsourcing life idea interesting and oddly humorous.
Despite my skepticism, I looked through Tim’s site1 in a little more detail and stumbled [...]