I was in London last week for a full slate of meetings with our partner BT and host of other folks including the Wiki Wednesday group  http://www.socialtext.net/wikiwed/index.cgi?london_wikiwed_21_february_2007, Dennis Howlett http://www.accmanpro.com/ who is a truly intersting and smart guy, and Howard Rosenberg from BePro www.beprofessional.com.

It was an excellent trip on many levels.  But most importantly, it served as further confirmation that there really are a lot of people in this world -- from all walks of life -- thinking about ways to simplify social media tools and technology for purposes of enabling small businesses to become better "conversationalists" on the web.  To learn more about the definition of a web converstionalist -- check out www.5conversations.com.

In terms of BT, it's clear that their leadership is in the business of making conversations happen.  They are truly tuned-in to the concept that the the web is a paltform for enbling an entirely new range of conversations.  And they definitely understand the importance of making things simple.  Only time will tell if they get it right but the early indicators from www.bttradespace.com and www.btworksapce.com are indeed positve.