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From Study: Internet use won’t cause social isolation | Digital Media – CNET News:

I found this interesting (and true, in our case):

“Frequent Web users are more likely to communicate with neighbors in person than those who don’t use the Web as often, Pew found. In fact, 61 percent of respondents said that they talk to a neighbor at least once per month. The study also found that bloggers are 72 percent ‘more likely to belong to a local voluntary association’ than those who don’t blog.”

(Via Marginal Revolution.)

“Spending an idle morning watching people look at art is hardly a scientific experiment, but it rekindles a perennial question: What exactly are we looking for when we roam as tourists around museums? As with so many things right in front of us, the answer may be no less useful for being familiar.”

(Via At Louvre, Many Stop to Snap but Few Stay to Focus.)

One of my favorite experiences in Paris was the Louvre, mostly because of this gentleman, Eric Smee:

It was like a mini art class for a few hours. He started the tour by offering an out: He was going to show us less than the other tour guides would, but he’d spend more time discussing each one.

I was pretty happy that we happened to get his tour.