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SFLphoneis an open-source softphone forVOIP, it supports the standards likeSIPand is completely skinnable. It’s in early stages right now and has only been compiled on Linux, but support for other platforms is planned. It’ll be interesting to watch how people will tweak it and integrate it with existing applications.

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The Guardian is running an interesting article on thesocial and cultural impact of mobile phones. A notable example is that we no longer decide on strict meeting details, but rather tend to text each other at the approximate hour in order to define an exact time and place. Amusingly, we also instinctively listen with extra attention to conversations we can only hear one side of. This results in frustration from being deaf to half of the conversation and increases the tension provoked by people making or receiving calls around us. The complete esearch paper the article refers to can be found at the160 characters(PDF) website.

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There are numerous fashion-related blogs out there, many related to streetwear or sneakers —Preshrunkbeing the latest — but my secret little read is Manolo and his piquantShoe Blog. How can you resist posts likethis one?

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Folksonomies,ethnoclassificationand assorted labels (I tend to favour free tagging) have been making the rounds again,del.icio.usandflickrbeing the perennial models. So it’s no surprise to see them combined in theTaggregator(add your chosen tag to the URL). I’m addicted.(via)

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Freeloaderis a mobile ringtone service emulating internet-based collaborative models for creation and distribution. It facilitates the personal creation of ringtones and sharing them with others in the community through a standard WAP interface; bypassing the premium-rate services, walled gardens, or the need for special cables or bluetooth to enable direct phone-to-computer links. (via)

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The CC Mixteris online. A community-based music sharing site featuring tracks released under a creative commons license The music is there to be sampled, remixed or cut-up. They’ve used the cover CD from the previous issue of Wired as a starting point.

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