Restart at Blogwalk Eleven

A while ago I sent Ton an e-mail, "Ton, I need some inspiration! Can you invite me to BlogWalk Eleven?". It may have sounded like a "Help!", and maybe it was, but at this moment I really like to talk with people about what used to be work-related things (knowledge management, social tools, weblogs, etcetera). Oh, I do read books and blogs to keep up-to-date, and sometimes I write a review for Managementboek, but it is not the same as talking to people.

Here, in France, I know now many people, with whom I can talk about running, the dog, geocaching, gardening, English books, learning French, looking for a job in France, but none of them knows something about the above-mentioned topics. So, what I miss is the combination and I am prepared to travel to Amsterdam, stay with a friend and have (I hope) interesting talks with a lot of people I know: Ton and Elmine, Robert and Lilia, Andy, Frank, Gabriela and many others I (think I) don't know.

The theme of BlogWalk this time is Digital Bohemians. In short:

Digital Bohemiens are (relatively) young people, fully adapted to the digital lifestyle. They see a city as their home, and are connected in European and global networks. They flock to conferences as their meeting places. If we look at this (somewhat exaggerated) portrait of the avant garde of internet users, what can we say about things like:

The tools they use
How they learn and develop themselves
How they support a highly mobile life style
The organisational models and business models that fit these networked individuals

Amsterdam, here I come!