links for 2008-09-07

Clive Thompson’s Brave New World of Digital Intimacy in tomorrow’s New York Times Magazine digs into phenomena at the core of microsharing. I’m quoted, but link to it for its objective value. As Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin writes “(he) really nailed a number of things I’ve been struggling to put into words for years.”

Some comments asked for more about “the value,” so I added this:

“What’s the value?”

It comes in many ways but they take time, engagement and even some serendipity to experience directly. I’ve lived it. I’ve seen it happen to many.