Word: hand
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Here's the important physical fact that separates online from off-line TV: you're holding something. Watching old-school TV, you flop on the couch and let the medium wash over you. New school, you hold a screen in your hand, balance a laptop or sit at a desk. There's a small but constant effort, the tiniest bit of physical feedback...
...more social. There's no online-video TV Guide to rely on--though some start-ups, like eGuiders.com are trying to create one--so your social connections become your TV guide. And the same interactivity that enhances regular TV-watching is even more immediate with laptop in hand. When I watch Lost, I rush to write a blog post--not so much to get my thoughts out as to see the comments fill and find out what other people thought. When the show is over, it's just begun...
...networking site Greenlight Community copped to hugging co-workers. But with the other half still greeting palm to palm, the consequences of a mismatched gesture can be painful--and not just because of the possible harassment suit. On the site Miss(ed) Manners, etiquette blogger "Dave" recalled extending a hand to a client who simultaneously went for a hug. The unfortunate outcome? "I punched her right in the crotch...
...A.k.a. the man hug and the hetero hug. Shake with right hand and hug with left, two slaps on the back...
...France Every Country for Itself? Detroit's automakers aren't the only ones getting a helping hand. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed loans of $3.9 billion each to Peugeot Citroën and Renault in exchange for promises that the companies won't enact layoffs in France. The proposal drew charges of protectionism from other E.U. members, who say the plan could force the carmakers to cut workers in other countries. Other recent E.U. auto-assistance deals...