I guess I should not be surprised, but I find it kind of creepy that there is such a thing as a virtual USPTO and even a Second Life Bar Association.  I guess that wherever the money goes, the law (and lawyers) follow.

"Tribal Leadership" is one of the books that some of us have placed on the night stand. I haven't read it fully yet, but I have already found something interesting just by reading the homepage of the book, and this is the concept of tribes.  I find this idea very inspirational for the kind of work we do.

Hashtags are a clever convention invented by Twitter users.  They can be extremely useful, but excessive use of these can make a post harder to scan/read.  If you overuse hashtags consistently, your followers will skip your posts and, eventually, stop following you altogether.  Learn to strike a balance.

Jim Louderback, Revision3's CEO spoke at ACG's January dinner event about The Future of Internet Television.  He spoke about internet television, traditional television, Hulu, Boxee, Netflix and a bunch of other interesting stuff, including a USB cigarette.

I've been using Foursquare, Gowalla, Sekai Camera location-based services.  They all have their pros and cons, but none of them is the clear winner, yet.  Find out how they compare and which one you may want to start with.

I really like TEDtalks where authors come to talk about the messages in their books.  The 20-minute format forces these smart folks to get to the gist of it quickly.  Invariably, they make their case more clearly and forcefully than in their respective books.  I find the talks more memorable, too.

Free relationships, no children, drama-free, acquaintances... these days, in our society, nobody seems to be willing to engage.  And not only is this happening in personal relationships but it is also happening in the business arena, in the relationships that we all know as B2B.

In 2008, Steve Blank gave a keynote called the Secret History of Silicon Valley.  I highly (highly) recommend that you watch the video before you read this post; it is well worth one hour of your time. You'll get a good perspective on what makes this place so unique and how it came about. (But then, come back and read the rest of the post, please :-)

Vator.tv wants to give a few content startups a hand by putting them in front of a bunch of top media companies.  We want to help these companies, too, by making sure they know about this event and getting the word out.

I've attended two Google Wave Meetups in the last two weeks and they were both great. It is remarkable how quickly developers are filling out the Wave ecosystem with robots and gadgets and whatnots. One "bot" in particular, I found mind blowing.