My new deskmates.

At least when it comes to graduate school work. After years lamenting the closing of the coffee shop down the street from my house, I'm trying to spend a few hours after work at Amici Espresso downtown to study.

 My favorite part? The signs promoting their Twitter, Facebook and MySpace pages. Companies that incorporate these into their traditional marketing messages make me happy.

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My Persona: Illegal social medical sports?

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Watching this generate was a lot of fun, although I'm not sure how some of these words sneaked in there. I'm hoping it was a mix of tweeting breaking news for The Des Moines Register and the sentence "I know absolutely nothing about sports."

The idea: This shows you how the Internet sees you. It's part of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, currently on display at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab.

You can create your own here.