Scott Paley, managing partner at digital agency Abstract Edge, shares his thoughts on web publishing, content management, social media and online marketing technology. Going forward, I will be writing on the new Abstract Edge blog. And I sincerely hope youll join me there. Thank you for reading and participating with me here. I hope to see you on the other side.

Sunday, May 11, 2008. I am in the process of transitioning my blog over to Wordpress at davetroy. To follow me there! Tuesday, May 6, 2008.

Seems like you cant go anywhere these days without hearing about open source something. In particular, hardware is breaking out on the open source scene - the second Open Hardware Summit. Isnt protected IP the only way to make money off of an idea in the marketplace? These are good questions, so I thought Id chime in with my take. Basically, the idea is that market knowledge is more valuable than design knowledge. Dumb Governments and Smart Mobs. Last week, in a surprisi.

Stories of Selling, Marketing and Writing. When Robroy arrived in Baltimore about 20 years ago, I had no occupation. No one would buy the stories I was writing. Late nights at Funks Democratic Coffee Spot in Fells Point, I made new friends who argued passionately that the wealthy corporations were corrupting the government, wiping out the arts and oppressing the masses. I asked him why he felt that way.

Of course over time, they have had different levels of impact and function, but were important none the less. In this day and age there is a huge need for entrepreneurs, one could even say the need is greater now than it has ever been. Click image to see a larger version.

We each have friends and professional connections. By analyzing your own personal social graph, you can learn a lot about how you spend your time, and the communities in which you participate. For example, you can visualize your own personal LinkedIn social graph here. The People Maps project works by. What We Do With Your Data.