A SOCNET-er (Steve Sherman) just posted a link to this NY Times article: Popular Mechanics. A sociometric study of the interactions and dynamics of movement at a party… the context is the world of the New York fashion industry, but the dilemmas facing anyone at a party are really exposed: how to talk with and connect with the “right” people, how to approach people you don’t know well. The party was observed and photographed for the research.