I've ordered four novels from the British publisher, Persephone Books, which specializes in 20th century novels written by neglected women authors. Each is wonderful reading and is published with a distinctive gray cover and a beautiful endpaper. Decidedly non-digital book selections but just what I'm hungering for.

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I'm currently reading one of Persephone's newest re-issues: The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett. If that name is familiar, it should be. Burnett is the author of…

This report is free. The Blogging Revolution: Government in the Age of Web 2.0, is a meaty guide to social media (great charts, tables, screenshots) that focuses on blogging in the public sector. The most intriguing case study is about how blogging is being used as part of the War on Terror by the U.S. Military. General James Cartwright, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), offers a fascinating glimpse into how blogs are part of STRATCOM's online information management system.

Blogging enables decision-making on a dime, 24X7, he explains. Information supplied by a 19-year-old private may be just as - or more - important than what a commanding officer contributes. Currently, the system…

Thomas Friedman's column this week in The New York Times, The Whole World Is Watching (registration required), makes the point that anyone you bump into - anywhere, anytime - might have a blog or a cell phone with a camera and a way to instantly, globally publish the details of your encounter.

As always, he's got an elegant turn of phrase. He writes:

"The blogosphere has made the global discussion so much richer — and each of us so much more transparent."

- Tom Friedman in The New York Times (June 27, 2007)

Oops... the Analysis Group Washington D.C. office threw my lunch away

Well, here's my "transparency" experience. Note: regular readers know that I'm not…

Persephone Books, from a marvelous publisher in London, are rediscovered 20th century novels written by neglected women authors. Not only are they wonderful reading, each one is published with a distinctive dove-gray cover and a beautiful "fabric" endpaper (see above). You also get a matching bookmark.

I'm currently reading one of their newest re-issues: The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

If that name is familiar, it should be. Burnett is the author of one of my favorite books as a child, The Secret Garden. But she also wrote adult novels. The Shuttle, 504 pages long and first published…

I'm on a panel with Des Walsh of Business and Blogging fame at Ad-Tech Beijing. This is a mega event being held at the China World Hotel, adjacent to the China World Trade Center. Des is moderating our panel, one of the last of the two-day conference. Joining us will be Jason Ge, National Sales, GM Sina.

Panel is from 1625h - 1725h.