Techcrunch .. Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn’t Live Without

danah boyd and her colleagues have written some interesting articles on usage of social networks, such as MySpace, Friendster etc…

Second Life: Your World. Your Imagination.

Cool 3d world, but wish it had been even faster to start in, faster to log into, no download etc… an in-browser plugin alternative with flash or some other component would have been exactly what I’d want.