I would like to set a post trend :) Now that the bubble inlfated, I could as the question: What have you done during the new economy? As for me, since I was since a student in cognitive science, I just worked as a part time video game design consultant/R&D about ergonomics and human-computer interaction in a Lyon-based studio working for Disney. I conducted small projects and wrote reports, brainstorming with game designers about how to improve gameplay with ideas coming from social sciences, how to have usability test, scenario, prototypes...