building out the networks: Bloggapalooza

Network Weaving: Un-Weaving Networks II: "Disrupting terrorist networks is a good thing -- we want to dismantle their networks. But is it a good thing to do with your neighbors and fellow citizens? Political polarization is an effective election strategy, but it just makes us weaker as a group to our foes. Weaving together perspectives and people here at home, and with our allies, makes us much stronger to any and all enemies."

Valdis has some valuble insights at the link above--I wanted to revisit his new blog space after having run into him yesterday at Bloggapalooza, where we were able to get a glimpse of how built-out our MTB (MeetTheBloggers) network was after a year. I was quite pleasantly surprised--it's big, it's solid, it has depth, and everybody's moving in consonance. If this sounds cryptic, it is; I'm just beginning to get my head around what it is that has a hold on us here.