Author: Nancy Raskauskas, Senior Editor

Okay, at Christmas time I recieved  a nifty little Radio Bookmark from NPR that allows me to save links to my favorite NPR stories (usually heard while driving to’ and fro’). I think it is one of the coolest gadgets around. Last night I attended Chris& Ponzi  Pirrillo’s fantastic party @ SXSW (online of course). It was one of the coolest experiences I ever had . Today, on my way home, I bookmarked, on my little gadget, a story from “All Tech Considered”, an interview with Omar Gallaga,of the Austin American Statesman. He spoke about this nifty gadget, the “Poken” which is a little gizmo with a usb attachment that actually allows you to gather each others’ networking profiles( if they also have a Poken) by hooking your Pokens together then later uploading the info to a free online database . The database contains virtual  business cards that display each person’s information. Here is a link to the NPR broadcast so you can listen:  http://go.cosmicthings.com/58697/ Well I just had to investigate. So I went online when I got home and signed up for the poken site only to find that all the Pokens in America are Sold Out! Curses to all those greedy aficionados at SXSW!( lol) There are plenty in the Metherlands and the UK (They were invented by the Swiss btw. But the shipping costs for these...