Just a Gwai Lo fun within prescribed limits [?]

"Someone made the decision to be literally user centered in this case, and it works. It illustrates that the library is full of people. It is social."

Jaiku founder Jyri Engeström's presentation on the next generation of mobile devices, with the assumption that others' presence and other people's plans matter just as much as yours. My peripheral vision (social and otherwise) could use improving.

Great responses in the comment section, from young and old, to a study by the University College London into critical thinking amongst youth on the web.

The interviewer, Amy Smolens, namedrops a guy I went to high school and played on the basketball team with, Geoff Kabush.

Trevor Boddy reviews Dream City by Lance Berelowitz and Vancouver Walking by Meredith Quartermain.