LAST month, surrounded by the colourful foliage of a New England autumn, 500 technology consultants, venture capitalists and visionaries gathered for the annual Pop!Tech conference in Maine. The conference provides a window into the future, allowing a glimpse of the impact that up and coming technology will have on ordinary people.
Like any other conference, it allows people with similar interests to meet and make contact, whether for academic collaboration, business partnership or simply to make friends. But this process of “networking” is usually rather mysterious. Place a large number of people in a room, add some food and…
