Bits and Bobs

Firstly - congratulations to Steve and to Noirin on their engagement! May you both have many, many happy years together.

A few bits of interesting from the ether:

• An anthropologist from Nokia on the reasons why and how people in the developing world are sharing mobile phones.


• A very interesting set of visualisations on contemporary American culture via WorldChanging.


• Another nice article from WorldChanging entitled "Ecosystem Goods and Services Series: Valuation 101".


• An article on "The case for human-future interaction" which traces and discusses the linkages between work in HCI / ID and how it informs media and also the design of media artifacts.

A date for the diary is March 3, 2007 when there will be a very visible Lunar Eclipse (see also the complete 2007 Lunar Eclipse listings).

Penumbral Eclipse Begins: 20:18:11 GMT
Partial Eclipse Begins: 21:30:22 GMT
Total Eclipse Begins: 22:44:13 GMT
Greatest Eclipse: 23:20:56 GMT
Total Eclipse Ends: 23:57:37 GMT
Partial Eclipse Ends: 01:11:28 GMT
Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 02:23:44 GMT
(Times are via NASA)