No posting today, I'm traveling.
One item, however . . . yesterday's news about MySpace beginning a more concerted push to build global usage. This is both necessary, to shore up MySpace as a media powerhouse (and brand ad vehicle), and also probably destructive of the core use case. But I could be wrong about the latter.
Ever mindful of the lessons of Friendster (you're up then you're out), MySpace is moving fast to consolidate its leadership in "social networking" — whatever that means anymore.
Here's some additional information from Search Engine Journal and the Financial Times.