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I had just mentioned to a colleague today that there should be a functional stylus for the iPad for art apps. Voila! (or...this is another example of how all my brilliant ideas are already invented)

"The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) is a community of federal employees dedicated to the idea that citizens deserve clear communications from government. We first developed this document in the mid-90s. We continue to revise it every few years to provide updated advice on clear communication. We hope you find this document useful, and that it helps you improve your writing"

 Unbound is both a crowdfunding platform and a publisher. Authors pitch an idea and if enough readers support it, the book will go ahead with publishing. Like Kickstarter, if a book doesn't get sufficient backing, then supporters' pledges are refunded.

This guide is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneer Portfolio, which supports bold ideas at the cutting edge of health and health care, in partnership with Institute for the Future. Our goal is to gather and organize the world's collective self-tracking resources in one place, in a way that is useful and encourages collaboration between self-tracking experts and beginners who are just starting out.

Facebook copies Google+'s sharing ideas. .  

The brainstorming sites listed here may hold ideas for an enterprise application for virtual meetings or offsite notetaking.

It looks and sounds like Edward, mostly. But Castronova would have read the book and skipped the very safe and pat conclusion that this author heads straight for. He would have read the book to the end. Or at least spent 20 minutes watching TED. Maybe he's winning over his audience before leading them somewhere new.