Tidbits from Davos

Did you attend Davos this year? No? Neither did I. Next year, perhaps. Then again, maybe we're not missing all that much by staying home. Why suffer airports and rubber chicken lunches in the digital age? Well, it's true you can't have a quiet chat with Mr. X over a scotch and soda via the web with the Swiss Alps in the background. On the other hand, everyone can afford the out-of-pocket expense for taking a peek as a long distance web voyeur.

A pair of video clips from the confab that caught our eye, along with some late-night reading material for those long, cold winter nights...

● The FT's Martin Wolf hosts a chatter festival with some movers and shakers on the "Global Economic Outlook"

● Looking past the damage: "After the Financial Crisis: Consequences and Lessons Learned

● "Global Risks 2010," which includes this bit of risk management eye candy...