We're in this "2.0" thing together

We're in a 2.0 World, that's for sure. You've got Web 2.0, Business 2.0 (altough I would qualify this one as being in its very early alpha stages), and my current favorite, Identity 2.0 (that's how the community named what I used to call formal nakedness) which leads directly to my hypothetical 2.0 wet dream : Religion 2.0 (I'll come back to it in just a sec.).

Formal Nakedness at McGill University

Thought you'd like to know that formal nakedness-like topics are getting awareness in the academic world. From the summary, a talk on federated identity management & cryptography, given this Friday at McGill, sounds a lot like a formal nakedness apology. Anyways, thanks Vamshi for the scoop.

Montreal's First Semantic Web Meetup

Can someone tell me why the semantic web's deep philosophical aspects draw more attention than the engineering considerations? Why is nobody interested in practical semantic web conversations?