Holiday Shopping List

Looking for a Christmas gift for the geek or near-geek in your life? These would be some of the things that I think will be popular – in the not-too-damn-pricey category.

Chumby (David Winer’s review)

Eye-fi Wireless Memory Card (SD cards only)

MoGo Mouse for laptops (Read a review)

InstantMusic Vinyl & Cassette Ripper

Wi-Fi Detector Shirt

USB Digital Microscope

Go Green – Solio Solar Charger for cell phones, iPods, PDAs, etc.

Books – these are on my list or bedside table

Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, by Ken Robinson

Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert

Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity, by Siva Vaidhyanathan

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams

Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, by Howard Rheingold