Gold Rush is a first-of-its-kind, new cross-platform reality game from AOL.com, Mark Burnett and CBS where you can turn your pop culture knowledge into gold. We teamed up last year to create a new breed of entertainment that would fuse the unpredictability of reality TV and the immediacy of the Internet. The end result is a real-time game that anyone can play and win, with more than $2 million up for grabs.

I wish AOL employees were allowed to play Gold Rush, because it’s a game I could get into. Finally all the things we subconsciously absorb while watching TV, glancing at tabloid at the grocery store, and listening to the radio could pay off in gold. Check it out. It’s pretty cool.

I was in Boston today delivering the opening keynote at the inaugural Video on the Net conference, organized by pulvermedia. Years ago, Jeff Pulver saw the potential of voice over the net, and started gathering industry leaders together to share ideas and move the industry forward at his VON conferences. Now he