I am going to start a new thought & handoff stream. The PEW Internet & American Life Project is the first of my “must read” website finds. The mission of the PEW / Internet as listed on the site is:

“The Pew Internet & American Life Project produces reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source on the evolution of the Internet through collection of data and analysis of real-world developments as they affect the virtual world.”

I have been particularly interested in a few recent reports (you can see these and more in the Report section):

- Bloggers

- Online banking

- Finding Answers Online in Sickness and in Health

- Americans and their cell phones

Another informative section is Trends. You can dazzle your geeky friends (or clients) with this stuff.