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My blogging silence is due to work in Rome but I have a moment and am sitting near an internet connected computer so I thought, why not blog?

I'm sorry I've missed a number of cool gatherings while on the road: Gnomedex and the great meeting in Minneapolis on e-consultations and e-democracy. There were so many people I wanted to meet at both, but duty called. I'm glad I came. Interesting work, great people, but lordy, Rome is HOT. I'm grateful for my air conditioned hotel room and two showers a day.

Rome does not feel like a wired city. I see few internet cafes, no sign of wifi where I've been (which is admitedly limited... I'm working after all!) But mamma mia, do the Romans know how to be alive on the streets. Everyone is eating and drinking at sidewalk cafes and bars. Outdoor shopping markets abound. The Circus Maximus, just down the street, is being transformed to a concert stadium for Rome's arm of Live 8. (I will need to go to the airport early, methinks. They say 1/2 million will converge here on Saturday. In the heat. Bless them. I'd wilt.

That's it for now. This bambina is done for the day!