Mashable.com

Today, I stumbled across mashable.com, a social networking blog. As I'm about to start my Masters in Social Computing and Human Computer Interaction, I have since been in internet heaven. I feel like I'm finally educating myself about the career path I'm choosing, and it's wonderful.

Just a few of my discoveries (or rediscoveries, as they are all a bit older, since I'm starting with the entries from 2005, and link hopping from there):

• Friendster was granted a patent on Social Networking over 1 year ago.
• Stuff like Red vs. Blue, which uses video game graphics to create movies and music videos, is apparently called Machinima.
• Placeopedia, connecting locations to Wikipedia articles, might have comparedto the awesome and fast growing Wikimapia, but seems not to be very browsable.
  

I'm sure there will be more mashable inspired blogs from me in the future. If anyone else discovers a good HCI/social computing blog, let me know! They are few and far between, or simply hiding from me.