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Figure 1.7: The Web gives not-for-profit organizations, such as charities
a flexible tool in their continuing campaign for funds and awareness.
(Web page reproduced courtesy of Save the Children UK.)
home of Nokia and has one of the highest levels of mobile phone
usage per head of population in the world. As Wired journalist
Steve Silberman has noted, young Finns use their SMS text
messaging system ‘as their primary means of mobile
communication’. 9
Silberman’s report from the streets of Helsinki gives an
intriguing insight into the potential of e-mail:
Like schools of fish, kids navigate on currents of whim – from
the Modesty coffee bar to the Forum mall for a slice of pizza
or a movie to a spontaneous gathering on a street corner, or
to a party, where SMS messages dispatched on the phones
9 www.wired.com