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Socialtext partnered with Dan Bricklin (inventor of VisiCalc) to exclusively distribute, redistribute and co-develop wikiCalc -- the social spreadsheet.
What most refer to as "the last mile" is the last little bit of space between high-speed broadband lines and homes. But for others, the last mile is getting digital information to those who have a harder time accessing it. For one British entrepreneur, it is the blind who struggle traversing that last mile - for US politicians, the poor.
Imagine this. You have an appointment with a client to work on a server or router install.
Nintendo has been granted a patent for a videogame instant messaging system. Originally filed in 2000, this patent could lead to lawsuits against other game console manufacturers.
John Hagel led an interesting session on Attention. (This was at a much higher level the Steve Gillmor's Attention conversations.) The pitch:
Daily frustration is something all business people must learn to live with as part of the price of entrepreneurship.
