So went to the Tools of change conference

Now creating a two pager about "Connect the dots" for Jeff Patterson at Safari.  Since I am looking for companies to help me develop CTD as a publishing and data visualiation tool.  I figure it can be used for Recipes and How to do documentation pretty easily!

Things that were useful from the Tools of change conference: (Thank you OReilly for again sponsoring my attendance!)

http://grandtextauto.org/

CommentPress - a less sophisticated version of Connect the Dots - but inspiring to see its existence and that it is loved and used.

Pinged Matt Mullenweg and Chris Messina about using Microformats and creating CTD for Wordpress?

Also pondered Instructables at potential development CTD partner...  I mean all the How to's and everything With COMMENTARY!

Awesome book I need to get GAM3R 7H30RY 

Aaron Swartz's prezo On wikipedia - proving my model is DOABLE! Similar one here at berkman

• Did an virtual intro BTN Aaron openlibrary.org and Joshua Gay textbookrevolution.org

Touching base with Karl Fogel about the more simplistic nature of the Abstracted database project and please with his approval.  Have I mentioned how much I enjoy spending time with Karl?  And then I never had realized that he was also at Collabnet with Brian Behlendorf (which totally makes sense as they are both such sweeties!)

• the net and OS defeats plagiarism and promotes reliability - Karl Fogel
• http://questioncopyright.org/author_approved_mark What an AWESOME idea!

Phillip Torrone's prezo on all of the various channels publishing can take - and I swear Makezine is doing every single one!  they rule. (He and Limor also put up with me staying at Adafruit.com all week!)

• good design means your mag doesn't end up in a landfill - Phillip Torrone
• The complete guide to PDF in iTunes for a how to
• Okay 3D make pdf that is interactive to virtually make - someone PLEASE clean the drool off my keyboard!
• give your authors their stats on your website! - Yea for Phillip not "eating his young" (my phaseology)

Connect the dots - really is a 3d visualization of the talmud

• including reputation (on an individual, topical or community basis)
• talmud had Anon comments done by the printers (currency at work since printing was expensive)