Human interactions follow the network pattern of life itself The pattern of life is a network pattern. The individual links in the network of life, of course are strands of DNA. But without the network of connections linking DNA and our cells, those individual strands are useless. What indicates something is “alive?” MORE >>

It’s worth checking out; and even though it’s still not particularly useful so far, the service does provide an interesting look at were network analytics is likely to go in the not-too-distant future – and that’s going to get pretty interesting, I think. The whole thing took a just a minute or so. Tweet. MORE >>

There's been a bit of a dust-up among networking aficianados since The New Yorker published Malcolm Gladwell's " Small Change: The revolution will not be tweeted " in its Oct 4 issue. That networks are leaderless. Networks are leaderful. Many leaders give networks their resiliency, speed, and reach. MORE >>

The Economist on social networking - world of connections. This week,  The Economist, every Capatilist’s favourite magazine, has published a special report on on social networking. “Online social networks are changing the way people communicate, work and play&#. What joy. Introduction: A world of connections. MORE >>

While enterprise social networking has been covered extensively in the media and by IT analyst firms, one of the least discussed aspects of the topic has been the issue of design and the potential impact of design on employee adoption of such tools and applications.  Enterprise social networking includes a range of architectural issues (e.g., MORE >>