" Ishmael Reed and Esther Dyson starred in my Saturday afternoon, casually defying expectations and stereotypes. I did not construct the afternoon ? it just happened as it does, in the Bayosphere."--This is from a post by Mimi Kahlon, a San Fraciscan who's posting on Bayosphere,

Dan Gillmor's citizen journalism platform.
(note: Bayosphere seems pretty quiet so far...wonder what the audience acquisition strategy is?)