Besides the obvious perks a profession as a professional matchmaker might offer, the scientists on last night’s broadcast of the BBC’s Secrets of the Sexes were having, or getting, none of them. Not only did they not benefit from the matchmaking trade, they learned that for all intents and purposes their science was “insane, and its methods, unsound,” if I…

I’m at Meshforum, just heard Jon Lebkowsky and Zack Rosen speak on the “Art of Networks.” Both discuss the Howard Dean campaign, which used social networking famously and to infamous ends. In Deanspace, everyone hears you scream…. A member of the audience points out the fact that a social network is a hierarchical network turned upside down. I’m reminded of…

Walking through the botanical gardens today I kept thinking “too much…. we’ve got too much social”… Nature-generated content will do that to you… Colbert’s live roast at the White House Press Conference was apparently among the most talked about events in the planet’s history. Could it be that it’s form, as video, played some role in this? I’ve been wondering…

Been keeping clear of demo reviews deliberately. Not sure it’s my forte, possibly not my main thing here. Prefer myself to keep the thoughts in the “cloud”, unclouded by sneak peaks of the many real tools and applications shown here, if simply to ensure a lucid mind and clarity of perspective.But this demo caught my attention.Switchr. (see picture)The company’s in…

Liz Lawley, David Weinberger, George Siemens, Will Richardson and Doug Thomas were my new friends and fellow panelists last week at the Milken Institute Global Conference. It was quite an experience. It’s not often that mealtimes are had in the company of nobel laureates (lunch), champion athletes (dinner), and drinks, investment bankers and astronauts. Themes ranged from bird flu preparation…