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In my first look at ohmynews.com I found a thought-provoking article entitled:
“Say Goodbye to Your Squeaky Old Cyber Dungeon” about how the

…line between the online and offline space increasingly blurs beyond distinction in hypersurfaces.

The idea of “hypersurface” is taken from new-generation architect Stephen Perrella’s book “Hyper Surface Architecture.”

in order to create true hypersurface, we must premise it on an “ubiquitous” environment in which people could access a network anywhere at anytime. In other words, just as the Internet gave birth to cyberspace, the ubiquitous environment shall inevitably give rise to hypersurface.

A scenario is provided which illustrates the idea:

Mr. B, with his next generation mobile handset, finds an eatery near his office. As he passes one restaurant, basic information about the place, along with comments left by customers who had eaten there, pop up on the screen of his handset, which is registered for a LBS or location based service. In just a glance, B could decide whether or not he wishes to eat at that particular restaurant.

After eating, B could leave a comment of his own concerning the restaurant, or do nothing. It’s a cyber bulletin board that exists exclusively when space, time and conditions are correct, but it is as if it were a real bulletin board with customer postings hanging right next to the restaurant door. This is hypersurface.

Recommended Reading.

Upon subscribing to the Ohmynews Technology feed I found the following description:

Abolish the threshold to being a reporter. -Break down the set formula for news articles. -Demolish all walls that separate media. OhmyNews currently has over 35 dedicated staff reporters. On any given day, more than 30,000 citizen reporters post their stories on regular basis.

Wow! now that’s my kinda service!