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POPSBrave New World of Digital Intimacy 
It is easy to become unsettled by privacy-eroding aspects of awareness tools. But there is another — quite different — result of all this incessant updating: a culture of people who know much more about themselves. Many of the avid Twitterers, Flickrers and Facebook users I interviewed described an unexpected side-effect of constant self-disclosure. The act of stopping several times a day to observe what you’re feeling or thinking can become, after weeks and weeks, a sort of philosophical act. It’s like the Greek dictum to “know thyself,” or the therapeutic concept of mindfulness. (Indeed, the question that floats eternally at the top of Twitter’s Web site — “What are you doing?” — can come to seem existentially freighted. What are you doing?) Having an audience can make the self-reflection even more acute, since, as my interviewees noted, they’re trying to describe their activities in a way that is not only accurate but also interesting to others: the status update as a literary form.
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POPSFor safety-conscious New Yorkers: CraneWatch b.v0.8 An interactive social mashup site where New Yorkers can research construction sites in their neighborhoods, find current information on safety violations, report street-level observations, and submit news and photos. Very intelligent use of social web technology.
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POPSThe Latest Social Network Sounds like it has a decent chance. Gamers spend a lot of time online and Raptr's co-founder has a solid track record. He sold XFire--sort of like a gaming instant messenger--for $102 million in 2006.
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POPSRobert Scoble Misrepresents Huckabee Comment On Reporting Mike Huckabee referred to the reporting on Sarah Palin as "tackier than a costume change at a Madonna concert." Mr. Scoble first claims Huckabee said Twitter users were "tackier," then the "elite media." Neither statement is accurate. Never assume the mainstream media is telling you the truth.
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POPSScottsdale police use Twitter to keep updated Anyone can view alerts online at Twitter.com a free service that relays information on the Web. In addition, people may subscribe to text-message updates on mobile phones or instant messages on a range of devices from Twitter, said Sgt. Mark Clark, public information officer for the Scottsdale Police Department.
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POPSHurrican Gustav -- News, Blogs, And Up To Date Reports For useful resource links on Hurricane Gustav as well as a list of news and newspaper websites in the Louisiana and Mississippi states, go directly to the blog post at http://coolsciencenews.blogspot.com/2008/09/hurrican-gustav-news-blogs-and-up-to.html
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POPSBenefits of Twitter I was a little slow getting onto Twitter last year (when so many other bloggers embraced it). To be honest I didn’t think it had much to offer me - I’m beginning to see how wrong I was.
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