The item level tagging in RFID,though years away is starting to find its use in Library. These places would be a nice place to study the tech adoption Link: Microchips keep Vatican library tidy. “With the introduction of the so-called RF-ID (radio frequency identification) technology, that should rapidly become a thing of the past. “You just walk in front of a shelf and you can immediately see on the screen a list of all the books and their contents,” Dr Piazzoni told the Italian news agency, Ansa.

Via Clay Shirky: Can someone make money by blogs? Clay Shirky in his article says that blogs essentially destroys the intrinsic and extrinsic values of Print Publishing. Intrinsic - It takes real work to publish anything in print, and more work to store, ship, and sell it. Because the up-front costs are large, and because each additional copy generates some additional cost, the number of potential publishers is limited to organizations prepared to support these costs.

Here are 2 fabulous posts on Persistence by Joe Kraus - Excite Founder Bnoopy: Persistence Pays. Part 1. Bnoopy: Persistence Pays. Part 2.

RFID in retailing is one of the reasons for it being pushed in to mainstream. Players like Walmart and big retail chains are influencing the adoption of technology to a large extent. The widespread adoption will depend on Cost of tags , coming down from 20 cents to less than 5 cents Establishment of Standards - Class 2 tags Avoiding the Slap and ship approach and concentrating on Data Synch with the internal systems.

Upcoming.org , a firm on the lines of del.icio.us . The concept epitomizes a collaborative event calendar. It can also be a good alternative to meetup.com. Would be interesting to watch the progress of the site.