Horizon Report Museums Edition 2010

The Museums Horizon Report outlining current and potential uses of technology in the museum has been published. It includes sections on social media and augmented reality.

Status Project by Heath Bunting

Heath Bunting's Status Project 'The Map of Normality' is currently at the Cornerhouse in Manchester. The project (according to the blurb) 'combine[s] three obsessions, Buddhism, computer science and network hacking' Map of Normality 'survey[s] the system that constructs identity in Britain today.

Social Search?

Bing and facebook are uniting to work on a 'social Search' function that will fend off competition from 'Google Me' when it is launched.

The end of Screen Burn

Charlie Brooker has decided to call time on his Screen Burn column for the Guardian. Here he reflects on 10 years of writing reviews, and the changes that have rocked TV watching over the past few years.

Farmville stifling the games market?

There is increasing concern (unsurprisingly perhaps) in the games industry that facebook games such as farmville adopt a cynical market approach and stifle creativity. Zynga is the primary recipient of criticisimn in this article from Wired

Scribd

Have a browse around Scribd and see if anything takes your fancy. Scribd is a new platform for publishing and reading with a mind-boggling array of content.

Nudging

Wired gives an overview of their investigation into nudging practices online - both aggressive and non-aggressive behaviours can result in negative influence on our loyalties.