Seen around the place

Over the water, Mr Sarkozy is rumoured to be making overtures to a Franco-Eustonite Socialist Party member in his search for his next foreign minister.

I don't know how I missed this article on social software and the quality / quantity of public participation first time around but it's worth a look:

"...patterns have emerged where low threshold participation amounts to collective intelligence and high engagement provides a different form of collaborative intelligence."

Maybe his first state visit could be to Zimbabwe - with a discreet little Saturday night special?