All surfing is local . . .

We've been fixated by the "globalization" potential of the Web for the past near-decade. But, as the politicians' aphorism says, "it all local." That goes for commerce and community as well. Thanks to some MIT researchers with 3-years to check, apparently the Web is local too. The story, from the TorStar, is here: World Wide Web links locals: MIT.

Three years of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has revealed that communities can benefit from certain online services.

"There are all these really interesting and positive social benefits," said MIT professor Keith Hampton, who headed up the research.

Posted by Grayson at September 13, 2004 07:28 AM