List of 90+ speakers for Gilbane Boston conference

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The U.S. Department of Defense's lead intelligence agency is using wikis, blogs, RSS feeds and enterprise "mashups" to help its analysts collaborate better when sifting through data used to support military operations.

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Intelligent networks that sense where a user is and how they are connecting will form the basis of future web 2.0 applications.

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China is full of Web 2.0 startups and a virtual goldmine for both investors and entrepreneurs as loads of young people turn to chinese clones of popular Web 2.0 sites. But be cautious and always be aware of the web censoring almighty state.

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Article about the risks emerging when employees use Web applications from workplace computers.

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Looking back over 2006 it's clear that we've experienced one of the most remarkable growth surges in Web application history. Literally hundreds of Web sites and applications were launched that year. Here's a list of the best - according to Hinchcliffe.

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Alex Bosworth covers the risks and rewards of letting users do "too much" with your software or in your digital community.

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Criticism of Wikipedia is often relegated to outside the system itself, due to the possibility of censorship or banning if an administrator decides they don't like what you say. See also "Quitting Wikipedia and wanted you to know why."

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From the article: I've always fancied the idea of having a law named after myself. I don't aspire to the fame Mike Godwin achieved with Godwin's law, but a little fame would be nice. Here's the first draft of Rafe's law:

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Hey Viners, have you seen Mike D's ad yet?

No one's mentioned it yet that I can see, so let me be the first to say: Take a look at the banner ad at the top of the page, and follow it along to vote for best definition of the human network. If the banner disappears, click on Human Network.

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From the article: What people seem to be ignoring is that the Internet is emphatically not a private sphere. Nor is it an exclusively public one.

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Digg.com users rebel. Will Newsvine users follow?

Over at Digg.com this afternoon there's some social unrest in the social media world. You've probably read stories about how a relatively small percentage of Digg.com users are responsible for the majority of the popular posts that people see on the first few pages.

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From the article: Jaron Lanier is certainly right to look at the downsides of collective action. It's not a revolution if nobody loses, and in this case, expertise and iconoclasm are both relegated by some forms of group activity.

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Snacksby is a user-contribution based recipes site. The cool thing is that you can search for ingredients you have in your fridge, and let snacksby suggest you some recipe to cook.

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Bokardo (Joshua Porter) notes: Several recent Apple developments suggest that the company is ramping up for a huge push of social features in its software.

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Google was supposed to be the breath of fresh air coming into the media industry but appears to be betting on old media.

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How the Item Model of micro-payments for in-game items has found a real world outlet, and what this could me for Web 2.0 and Social Software.

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A good overview of why Wikipedia is not as flat as it seems and why that's an important factor in its success.

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I wrote a rambling essay about comments and their role in community sites (and blogs). I'll skip to the meat of it and give you my conclusion:

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There is a gap between what the library schools are doing and what is going on in the workplace kids today have a whole new language that is very different from our way of thinking

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Ma.gnolia Beta Moves Out of 'Blackout Phase'

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