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T H I S · Y E A R ’ S · M O S T · sky rocketing internet hypes were web 2.0 and facebook (fb). I have a fb-acount but I think fb is boring and suitable for office and IT-workers. The social networks where users are more active and creative are growing. Myspace’s founder Tom has over 200.000.000 added friends.

G O O G L E · is moving up and is now gigantic. Most people finding my blog has used Google search engines. Google has introduced the trend tool Google Trends on their web, a tool set making it easy to wiev and study the internet trends over the years. You can even carry out camparative studies. What will be the internet hype of 2008? Could it be Last.fm?

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E X C I T E R A · Enterprise Forum is a network that aim to support students and future entrepreneurs on a common platform with knowledge and competence exchange. 13 December an event evening will be conducted with lectures at Naringslivets hus, Storgatan 19 in Stockholm, starting at 5:45 PM. Moderator is Antia Jekander from Aktuellt the Nine o’clock news at the National Television in Sweden.

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A P P L E · I S · S K Y · rocketing with USD 191.95 right now with a 4 times increase since the split in february 2005. Watch Stock
A new Apple Store in West 14th Street in NYC has opened. Apple has also started business in Poland

T H E · I P O D · T O U C H · is out, and on this iPod you can use new applications and play games. You could download the iPunchOut! a remake of the Nintendo game.

A T · T H E · L U C I A · day 13 December the 99mac socitey in Stockholm will meet for a christmas beer at Gallaway Irish Pub at Kungsgatan 24 at 6:30 PM

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T I M E · F O R · F U N · at the main stage in the main hall of Dreamhack Winter 2008 computer convention and Lanparty. Four days filled with computer entertainment, with elite-gaming tournaments, IT-ministern Åsa Torstensson talking, music, etc. surrounded by +10.000 computers.

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X N A · L E C T U R E · with Dave Mitchell the director of Microsofts xna game developer tool department giving a lecture at Game Developers' Evening at Swedish Game Awards at Royal Institute of Technology. Talking about democratization of game development with easier, shorter, cheeper development projects making the game production available for more people.