Right, I’m off traveling again. This time it’s 5 days dicking around on New Zealand’s south island. To make sure I get to do good photos I just sinned myself into a secondary camera, to top up my Ixus 70, with the purchase of a Canon PowerShot SX10 IS with a fantastic 20x zoom. Here’s some web food from the past week:

• Video interview with Bob Pearson, Dell’s Vice President, Communities & Conversations, on their continuation of using social media
• Epica Awards winners 2008
• The real Shaq’s Twitter profile
• The Science of the Future of War (Wired)
• MediaPost interprets the stats of IBM’s digital media survey
• Jeremiah Owyang’s round-up of social networks site usage
• Gartner survey shows consumers predominantly use the internet for email and search
• Nokia Build phone configurator/designer (UK only)
• Joost pushes onto the iPhone but faces performance issues
• AdWeek asks if the end is near for display ads
• 20 strange and endangered species
• Yahoo’s top searchs for 2008 (same as 2007)
• Copyblogger’s ultimate blogger writing guide (which really applies to everything you write or say)
• David Armano’s 4 C’s of community
• Images of Peter Beste’s book True Norwegian Black Metal
• Mac internet share hits record 8.87%; Windows drops below 90%
• Nokia’s newly released N97 is taking on the iPhone (demo video at Mobile Crunch)
• Google launches a competitive research & keyword research tool
• Couponing in the digital age (Adweek)
• Gay penguins steal eggs from straight couples
• US research findings on target audiences for online games advertising
• Facebook launches their Connect service (TC) and Power.com tries to do the same
• In the meantime the end has come for once called Twitter killer Pownce
• Razorfish issues last rites for Web 2.0
• Adweek article on the two different agency spheres and balancing the billable day vs. the creative way
• Some inspiration to make creative use of your old books
• Wrestling is not always just a show, proven by Joey Mercury’s face that meets ladde
• Dog Photo Booth by Sharon Montrose (check the Border Collie puppy)
• Last but not least here’s help to pronounce names: howtosaythatname.com