so i haven't written in here for a bit. but seeing as i'm the only one who reads this, i guess i don't have any 'splaining to do. i've been reading a lot about 'smart mobs' lately. a tremendously powerful innovative idea i think. i like this quote from Machiavelli:

"Innovation makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old regime, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who would prosper under the new."

and then howard rheingold, in his book smart mobs goes on to say:

"those who created an infrastructure in which the devices (telephones, televisions, and radios) are inexpensive and dumb, the network that connects the devices is highly specialized and expensive to install, and the service is sold on a metered basis (telephony, cable tv, and wired internet access) are challenged by new enterprises in which cheap devices are the network, and no private enterprise owns the medium that carries their messages."

maybe all that seems outofleftfield. but hey, leftfield's a pretty damn cool place if you ask me. i can now sit in a cafe and connect wirelessly to the internet and listen to free music over the internet (broadcast by the bbc, not pirated btw) email friends all over the place and choose what news and info i want to read. and this all seems tremendously (there's that word again) empowering and enabling and creative and changing. it happens slowly and quietly and then all of a sudden you wake up and the world around you no longer functions the way you thought it did. whatever. just ramblings i suppose.