Rebooting the System, originally uploaded by DavidAll06.

It must be my lucky day. This morning at the start of the Personal Democracy Forum, my name was pulled in the drawing for a Nokia N95 smartphone. I can’t remember the last time I won anything, so this came as quite a surprise.

I’ll be in New York today and tomorrow for this year’s Personal Democracy Forum: Rebooting the System at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. You can follow what I’m doing on Twitter or get a complete picture of what’s happening at Summize.

Tomorrow afternoon I’m speaking on a panel titled, “Think-Tanking 2.0: Moving Ideas and Policy in a Networked Age.” I’ll be joined by Peter Leyden of the New Politics Institute and moderator Allison Fine, author of “Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age.”

I’ve already seen many friends here. There’s also a much stronger presence of conservatives than last year — both in attendance and on the speaking agenda. That’s good to see, and credit goes to Micah Sifry (pictured at right with Andrew Rasiej) for making that a priority.