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Steve Rubel over at Micropersuasion is arguing that the Web 2.0 World is Skunk Drunk on Its Own Kool-Aid. His evidence includes: * No one's casting a cynical eye anymore. * No one's looking at valuations and reality * The endless dot-com parties are back. * So

Below an item from CNET news about a 3D internal mapping product about to launch. This is very cool stuff and the future remains interesting ... The online mapping stuff just keeps getting better. A company called EveryScape is launching on Monday a three-dimensional local search site that lets people

This post over at Fast Company gives an excellent example of a non-trivial use for Twitter based on how people used it during the recent fires in California. Here again ordinary people are finding meaningful ways to adopt technology.

This article issued by the CIA gives an interesting insight into some of the broader issues that face the world over the next few years. The Intelligence Community: 2001-2015 UNCLASSIFIED Daunting Challenges, Hard Decisions The Intelligence Community: 2001-2015 Aris A Pappas and James M. Simon, Jr. Pappas, Aris