Goanimate.com.  It’s implications are multi-fold-  in it’s simplest essence- it’s an animation site for the average computer user- no flash required, no advanced skills, just an interest in creating fun cartoons online!  When finished, animations can be embedded into social networks, sent to friends, etc.  Licenses allow users to bring their favorite show characters into their animations….

·         Election time is coming up and users can interact with political characters (we have a partnership in the works with a a political satirist for some webisodes)....

·         From a branding/marketing standpoint- through this entertainment site, users can interact with brands in active ways- it’s essentially free and powerful marketing.

·         From an entertainment standpoint, Historically, only big professional studios can produce great TV- series like animation.  With the licensing deals, GoAnimate is helping all the little guys out

As cell phone cameras improve, the death knell is sounding for stand-alone digital cameras.  What implications does this have for consumers, photo finishers and manufacturers?  Will we no longer have traditional photo albums?  How will photo sharing change -- will we simply send a photo to another phone?