Technology

So two things I've noticed. No-one knows what to do with Twitter really, and no-one seems to read books anymore (although after playing with an iPad yesterday I see e-books coming back in a big way!)... but trust Wired to apply their trademark perception and playfulness to see what happens if you apply the Digg community idea to a real-time experience. So around the world people are reading a book together and tweeting their comments, thoughts and questions to make the 2.0 hipster version of the oh-so-square book club.

We at Deflux have a neat wee collection of gaming consoles, from Ataris and Nintendos and Segas to the smaller handheld games and Watches. Gaming culture has always been pushing the boundaries both in technology and in design, it is a culture where functionality and aesthetics combine to show us a new world, it tries to represent the future of things to come, a new train of thought, a break in what is the norm.

Like Kip I love technology, and because of this I love reading Wired Magazine almost as much as I love Apple products. That's a whole lotta love. Which makes today a double whammy.

I have a Twitter account, which officially makes me the most 2.0'est member of Deflux. And it's the word on everyone's lips it seems as Twitter announced over the weekend that they won't be selling the company to one of the giants of the online landscape anytime soon. Seemingly they've locked in US$100 million in finance to allow them to operate whilst they investigate possible business models - of which you'd have to think targeted advertising would be at the top of the list, although they themselves pointed to fees for commercial accounts and selling demographic/ user trend info.