I’m here at PodCamp Boston 2. The Unconference on social media. The unconference format, with content provided by the participants, has been a fantastic and informative experience so far (even when the speaker doesn’t show up for a session, which is the case right now. PodCamp’s co-founder, Chris Brogan is running an ad-hoc session on the world of Podcasting.

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I’ve been a fan of the folks over at Common Craft for a while now. Just in time for Halloween, they’ve released their guide to Zombies in Plain English. This instructional video is especially handy for those of you who haven’t read Max Brook’s Zombie Survival Guide

Boy wonder Mark Zuckerberg and company announced today that Microsoft infused their little social platform with $240 million in cash for a 1.6 percent share. This puts Facebook’s value at $15 billion, which makes MySpace’s purchase price fall somewhere between pocket change and one car payment, relatively speaking.

And so ends the flurry of blog posts and newsbites regarding the tug-of-war between Microsoft and Google. Microsoft will serve international banner ads on the Facebook site, and Facebook can continue their plans to expand their targeted ad network.

The other obvious win for Microsoft is that it gains footing in what has become the most successful open web-based operating platform while still in its infancy, a move which will (hopefully) provide some meaningful competition to Google’s efforts on the web-OS front.

This can only be good for the rest of us. I would expect to see some cohesive form of social network/web OS come out of Google soon, integrating what has become several interconnected but disparate service applications. A little competition never hurt anyone.

As someone that publishes two blogs (or is attempting to, at any rate) and works deep within the bowels of the industry that spawned today’s ubiquitously connected society, I’m always ready to jump at the chance to mingle with other like-minded folks. One such opportunity came up last night thanks to the good folks at EMC and web strategy guru Jeremiah Owyang.

I’ve commented on Jeremiah’s blog a few times, so I thought it would be great to meet him and others in the Boston new media community in person. Of course, Jeremiah was so busy, and I so sidetracked with the other great folks milling about that I never got to get a chance to say hello.

No matter, it was great to meet all the folks I could. Some of the more interesting folks I met were from the first generation of those raised on MySpace and Facebook, folks like Amanda Rooney and Amanda Gravel, Dan Zarrella and Alison Driscoll.

I was raised on The Cosby Show, FYI.

In any case, thanks all. It was a pleasure meeting you all, and I’m sure I’ll see you at PodCamp.

This weekend I took a much needed day to myself to hang with a few celebrities and take in some jazz.

On Saturday, the cast and crew of Dane Cook’s upcoming motion picture vehicle, Bachelor No. 2, arrived at the end of my street and filmed all day. The three principle actors were on hand, including Cook, Jason Biggs, and Alec Baldwin.

After spending a bit of time chatting with the location manager and other members of the crew I firmly believe that the most interesting folks to talk to on a movie set are the crew and not the talent I headed four blocks down Columbus Ave for the Beantown Jazz Festival. After spending a several Saturdays in a row getting this site up and running, I enjoyed being outside for a change.