Data Explosion, Data Curation And Grassroots Governance

Barack Obama in power - in terms of grassroots involvement - feels to me like Howard Dean running for president. It's not there yet. And data is the reason why. Too much of the data is locked up. What data have been liberated have not been made visually appealing and presentable yet. Those are bottlenecks.

Yahoo: Lord Of The Middle Kingdom

Or maybe Carol Bartz is the Sarah Palin of technology. The two coasts might not "get" Yahoo, but the heartland/hinterland loves it, she claims. And she has numbers to prove the tall claim.

Amit Kapur Might Be Upto Something

Scobleizer: First look: Gravity is making interest graphs of your social content

Web 2.0 Summit 2010

Hotpot Is A Cheesy Name

Google Lat Long Blog: Discover Yours: Local recommendations powered by you and your friends
Google Mobile Blog: Personally Yours on the Go - Personalized Recommendations in Google Maps 4.7
Search Engine Land: Google Hotpot: Local Recommendations From Your Friends Might it eventually be merged with Google’s other location, social, and other services to provide a robust Foursquare-like experience?

Chrome OS Moved On Further

Image via WikipediaI guess Google has been riding the Android storm and wishes to stick to the momentum for as long as possible, and so the latest hint is the Chrome OS will not see the light of day for a few more months. That's too bad.

Does Path Stand A Chance?

Path is a new social network - much talked about - that has some of the early, key Facebook people on board. Facebook limits you to 5,000 friends. Path limits you to 50 friends. Facebook does photos plus. Path does photos only.

My first reaction is I agree with Robert Scoble.