i forgot the video. i only remembered that i should have dropped it into the r-kioski beside the tram stop 10minutes after i had got on the tram. so i had to get off the 7b, get on the 7a.. go home, get the video, go to r-kioski, drop it off, then get the 7b back then to city centre then walked around the magazine part of stockmann. all the good magazines in either finnish or swedish (they did have english ads in them though). anyway, left there and walked to saunabar in the rain. thought about this bloggy thingy. love it to bits but i dont have enough to post. but who cares about quantity. i remembered then an article from wired a few years back. it was all about how the currency of the new economy will not be money, but it will be attention. look at me, listen to me, give me your attention kinda thing. blogs are like that. normal people, blogging, posting whats going on to the outside world or friends or random passers by. blogger.com has a “ten most recent posts” on their main page. i look at them randomly every now and then when im checking out the lastest blogger news. i open them, look then move on.

anyway, i remember reading this article when it was in the print issue (back in december 1997)and i remember intensily reading the article. these days when im online or when i read i skip through everything glancing at the first paragraph or two and then usually the last (thats where the good juicy things are) and same with many other things online.

in cyberspace, there is nothing natural about large-scale divisions like cities, nations, bureaucracies, and corporations. the only divisions, and rough ones at that, are among audiences, entourages, and what could be called attention communities. each community is centered on some topic and usually includes a number of stars, along with their fans. attention flows from community to community. below this primary exchange will flow the less important exchange of goods and materials.

anyway, how they all fit together is something that i dont know yet. that wired article can be found here.