I’ve just signed up for Defrag, a conference focused on the implicit web. In their own words:

Defrag is the first conference focused solely on the internet-based tools that transform loads of information into layers of knowledge, and accelerate the “aha” moment.

People often talk about information overload, and trying to cut down the amount of data people have to deal with. That approach leads to solutions where a computer tries to do part of the user’s mental processing for them, which is a slippery slope towards talking paperclips.

I want to give people more information, but in a form they can digest. I want to present something that all our wonderful pattern-matching circuitry can sink its teeth into. We’ve had millions of years of adaption to spotting pumas in the undergrowth, we should take advantage of that.

It feels like a lot of the Defrag folks are thinking along similar lines, so I’m hoping to meet some interesting people who are working at the same coal-face, and get advice and inspiration. Plus I’ve never been to Denver, so maybe me and Liz can combine it with a vacation!