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Chris Brogan explores how social media and customized products are interacting.

Money quote:

One of the areas where social media will excel is in the opportunity to make things our own, to give them our own look and feel. Remember when you got your first personal computer? Remember changing the background picture? Remember when you could change the theme? The world is pushing further and further into a desire for customization, and I think social media gives us a chance at custom communication/interaction.

ChatRoulette is the hottest thing on the net right now…New York magazine investigates

The site activates your webcam automatically; when you click “start” you’re suddenly staring at another human on your screen and they’re staring back at you, at which point you can either choose to chat (via text or voice) or just click “next,” instantly calling up someone else.

Obviously…you do not want to let your children near this thing!

Speckyboy.com is a great place to look at for design ideas.

Some are free and some cost money but there are a ton of good concepts and some wonderful inspiration for those who like that kind of thing.