There have been a number of responses to my recents posts and here are some samples:

A discussion on the term "new media" may indeed seem pedantic. I should note, though, that the term has been in use at least since 1967 . . .

Jonathan Tyrell raises the question: "...if we were to study 'everyday' face-to-face conversations, would we discover less or more idle chatter?

It is just possible that the combined influences of an abundance of multimedia input to the very young - impacts their ability to more fully develop effective interpersonal communication skills.

The panel I chaired at the the Vancouver International Digital Festival was very interesting.

The Vancouver International Digital Festival brought practitioners/creators, programmers, engineers, artists, designers, and many other categories of people together around a common interest in New Media.