“This will doubtless come as a shock to the millions of Americans who have legitimately purchased musical ringtones, contributing millions to the music industry’s bottom line. Are we each liable for statutory damages (say, $80,000) if we forget to silence our phones in a restaurant?”

“Since 2008, this Appalachian town of 1,827 has been home to two Chicago chefs who turned down the chance to open a Charlie Trotter restaurant in Las Vegas so they could take over a grill advertised on Craigslist.”

“Gov 2.0 types have been all a-Twitter about Data.gov and the feeds being created at a rapid pace. That’s wonderful. There also should be ways to send important and actionable data INTO governments and other civic organizations. It’s time for an open API for sending service requests or identifying issues that have a specific geographical component. For example, reporting a storm drain that is clogged or a streetlight that is out. Imagine if your smart-phone, your local blog, and websites like SeeClickFix could talk back and forth with local governments automatically.”

As tweeted by @timbray: “Phil Glass music with Segways & flames & horns & drums & monastic robes & a banjo. Remarkable.”

“The use of mobile media to incite and organize collective action is only in its infancy. The following unsystematic survey of published reports and personal communication is intended to suggest how broadly today’s earliest forms of mobile phone–assisted collective action are enabling people to effect significant political changes. As both the enabling technologies and the literacies that grow around their use in the political sphere evolve further, the first manifestations noted here might portend more radical phenomena to come.”