Smart Mobs and Urban Spaces

Nothing directly to do with sf, but somebody dugg this link from Web Urbanist on flash mobs and street art. William Gibson and Cory Doctorow have referred to these in their work and Howard Rheinhold wrote Smart Mobs and the seminal The Virtual Community about the way in which community forms online in ways that [...]

Heroes comes to Earth

Yippee… The BBC have managed to secure first options on all seasons after season 2 of Heroes from NBC Universal. Of all the terrestrial channels, the BBC are the only ones who have made any commitment to regular hours (Channel 4 really screw up Smallville on Sundays (and what’s with the idiot presenters as well?)) [...]