Some text clouds for Nantucket 2011, from Infomous

One of the companies participating in the 2011 Nantucket Conference, Cambridge-based Infomous, has created some nifty text clouds that allow you to click on different words (and hover with your mouse) to explore information related to the conference and its speakers. Well worth checking out...

- An Infomous cloud collecting tweets related to the conference (using the hash tag #ack2011). Also embedded below.

- An Infomous cloud for Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm.

- An Infomous cloud for Geoffrey Moore.

- And Infomous cloud for Akamai.

- The Infomous cloud for Nantucket island itself.

Next-Gen Entrepreneurs Who Earned Passes to Nantucket 2011

We're thrilled that a group of young entrepreneurs will be part of the 2011 Nantucket Conference, thanks to a number of individuals and groups that are underwriting their passes. This "Next-Gen Entrepreneurs" program was suggested at Nantucket 2010 by Brad Feld of Foundry Group and TechStars. At the event, the Nantucket community will seek ways to help these entrepreneurs on challenges they're currently facing.

Next-Gen Entrepreneurs Who'll Be Attending the 2011 Nantucket Conference:

Andre Arzumanyan, OmniLync

Ariel Diaz, Boundless Learning

Colby Jordan, FindYourTrees

Jeremy Levine, StarStreet Sports

Jay Meattle, Shareaholic, Inc.

Leon Noel, SocialSci

Michael Raybman, WaySavvy Travel

Ziad Sultan, Marginize

People, firms, companies, and groups who selected and sponsored the next-gen entrepreneurs:

Brad Feld, Foundry Group

Lee Hower, NextView Ventures

Paul Schaut, Modiv Media

Dharmesh Shah, HubSpot

Harry West, Continuum

The Entrepreneurs Foundation of New Hampshire