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| Social sites becoming too much of a good thing
Many young folks burning out on online sharing
If you believe the buzz, the latest incarnation of the Web is all about sharing, connecting and community. Social networking sites such as MySpace and Palo Alto's Facebook have exploded in popularity, drawing new users into the fold each day. Users create profiles about themselves, link to their friends and post photos, messages and updates about their daily lives. Like instant messaging and chat rooms before it, social networking has become a powerful way for people to communicate via the Web and another place for people to spend their time online. | Pressureworks is a website for a TV/consumer generation that’s tired of being lied to. Packed with ironic comment, black humour and savage indignation, Pressureworks is about being active - mentally, politically, creatively. (It says here.) It’s about using the tools of popular culture – comedy, drama, satire and even bad taste – to wake the world up. | UGC (User Generated Content) Users Outnumber Creators -JUNE 26, 2007 Are enough people recording their cats?
Even taking into account the power and ease of use of user-generated content tools like digital cameras and affordable audio/video production software, there are more content consumers than creators. | Connecting Communities: Using Information to Drive Change
Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:00 pm - Friday, October 19, 2007 5:00 pm
The second Urban Markets Initiative Forum, “Connecting Communities: Using Information to Drive Change,” allows us to explore the many ways information connects many types of communities to drive change throughout the day and a half event. | GLOBAL: Tomorrow's Crises Today: The Humanitarian Impact of Urbanisation - Overview
At present, 3.3 billion people live in urban centres across the globe. By 2030 this number is predicted to reach five billion, with 95 percent of this growth in developing countries. Over the next three decades, Asia’s urban population will double from 1.36 billion to 2.64 billion, Africa’s city dwellers will more than double from 294 million to 742 million, while Latin America and the Caribbean will see a slower rise from about 400 million to 600 million, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
While megacities appear more frequently in headlines and on development agendas, overall growth in urban centres of 10 million or more inhabitants is expected to level out. Instead, over the next 10 years, cities of less than 500,000 will account for half of all urban growth. | Earth Hour US - Earth Hour 2008
Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to ...Be part of making Earth Hour 2008 a huge, global success by telling your friends and family. Remember, every single light makes a statement and makes a ... In 2008, 24 global cities will participate in Earth Hour at 8pm on March 29. Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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