"I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Cell phones, sentimentality, and the decline of public space.

A Brief History of Microblogging
Twitter and its competitors have spawned an entire ecosystem.

Web App Writers: Rejoice, Beware
Google's App Engine is easy to use and--at least initially--Free. Is it too good to be true?

Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com
I take a close look at cloud computing, particulary for the enterprise. I identity exisitng and new vendors and explain how cloud computing offers access to significant productivity and innovation while also offering some risks as well.

Opening Up Microblogging
A newly launched open-source platform called Identi.ca hopes to challenge Twitter.

Enterprises become the battleground for social networking | InfoWorld | News | 2008-07-14 | By Paul Krill
Excellent piece from Infoworld exploring how enterprises are becoming ground zero for the social networking wars. Key observation: Consumer apps, like with IM, may be the winner.

TechCrunchIT
Mike Arrington's foray into the enterprise space. It's going to be very interesting to see how they cover the enterprise space, something much different than the Web 2.0 space they've covered up until now. Good like Mike, Nic, and Steve!

A Moon-Based Telescope
Using lunar dust, NASA scientists could build a large, inexpensive telescope on the moon.

IT Pros Called Upon to Leverage Web 2.0
As Web 2.0 moves into the mainstream, this is going to be the big job story of the year in IT circles. Some folks will make the move, some will go through the movements, and some won't make it. Either way, your job is changing this year.

InfoQ: The State of Enterprise Architecture
An good summary of the recent discussions in the IT and enterprise architecture communities about where EA needs to go. Not enough ROI, not enough alignment with the business, and not enough results period. This is forcing needed changes in perspective.

Backboard - Elements of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
Trying out http://getbackboard.com for crowdsourced feedback. Please comment on my new elemtns of Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) visual, what I have here is close but needs work and input.