Social media has become an integral part of modern society. There are general social networks with user bases larger than the population of most countries. There are niche sites for virtually every special interest out there. There are sites to share photos, videos, status updates, sites for meeting new people and sites to connect with old friends. It seems there are social solutions to just about every need.

Webdesignerdepot has reviewed the history and evolution of social media from its humble beginnings to the present day. Their conclusion is that Social media has come a long way since the days of BBSs and IRC chats and media continues to evolve on a daily basis. With major social networks and social media sites making changes and improvements on an almost daily basis, it’s sure to keep evolving in coming years.

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Jason McDonald has created a very well put together design patterns cheat sheet. You can download it or print it from his website.

I do want to refresh my site and create a new logo. I start with a research for inspiration I came across with a 2009 Logos Trends post. According to the post looks that the origami logos are in trend. Next, I’ve done a research on top logos galleries and I picked 12 origami logos that I like.

Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper, but the goal is to use small folds and creases to bring about delicate and intricate objects.

Origami Web 2.0 Logos

Paddy Donnelly has turned the Web 2.0 Apps/Sites Logos into origami style. You can download them here.

Tutorial

If you want to learn to make a simple origami logo you can start with Zen Elements tutorial: Create an Origami Logo

This will be awesome, I think one of the best Google products.

Google Wave is a new real-time communication service that will launch to the public later this year. What is a wave?

A wave is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

If you want to find more about Google Wave:

• Google Official post
• Mashable Google Wave complete guide
• or Google the Web