(Created by: http://www.xkcd.com/c256.html)

Social networking and online environments are communities unto themselves. Neighborhoods and topologies are beginning to form.

While this illustration is a cartoon, it would be interesting to become aware of my neighbors and map the context of our interactions. Where am I on the map? Where are my collaborators? Where are potential collaborators? Where and what are the gulfs between our work and experiences? Can these gulfs be bridged?

Let me work on this.

(See also: http://www.xkcd.com/c256.html A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. )