Forbes is doing a series on what gadgets the executives of some up-and-coming companies really like... Six Apart (the Live Journal and Moveable Type people)'s VP names the
Nintendo DS.
Here's one of the key quotes:
The dirty little secret is that the DS is a great networking tool. All the people who I play online with are alpha-bloggers and key geeks at tech companies. People say that bicycle-riding or World of Warcraft is the new golf course. That’s not true--it is clearly Nintendo DS. It is the social lubricant that leads to everything else.