Often times I get asked what it is that I do as an evangelist. Today, at Google Developer Day , I got asked an even more interesting question : "what can you do for me as a Microsoft evangelist?" The answer is, a lot of things. And it depends. Recently...

Mr. Jobs tried to downplay the sarcasm behind the ads [ link ], saying, “ The art of those commercials is not to be mean, but for the guys to like each other. ” Mr. Gates seemed unconvinced as the audience broke out in laughter. Mr. Jobs added, “ The...

It looks like there's a BarCamp scheduled to be in Sac on 6/2 (link to BarCamp Sacramento ). Anyone going? " ai " Technorati tags: barcamp , barcamp sacramento

This is so eerie - just yesterday I was telling a friend about how Meebo was missing from F8 . Funny enough, today, I read about a Meebo Plugin for Facebook (via Mashable ). Man my facebook profile is cluttered. So here are the applications I've added...

Now playing in my head : " i will follow you into the dark ", by " death cab for cutie " " ai " Technorati tags: i will follow you into the dark , death cab for cutie

This is what's been keeping me laughing all day. " ai "

Alright, so here's the skinny : What is F8? F8 was the name of the event. Duh. What did Facebook announce today? Facebook launched the Facebook Platform. What does that mean? Ok, remember when the first PC was launched? What did we do? As developers,...

"Today, together, we're going to start a movement.", Mark Zuckerberg , CEO, Facebook . He's 23. Yuck. Wow. I'm intrigued. I feel like I'm in a cult. More to come from F8 later (because I really don't know what f8 is about). And we haven't gotten to what...

In spite of what Arrington thinks should happen , I love the valley the way it is. I mean, where else could you be walking back to work from your allergist to see Jaideep Singh from Spock just kinda walking along with a colleague in the FiDi . I've tried...

As someone who speaks publicly for a living, it irks me a little bit when professional "speakers" don't speak well. In public. I must say that while I'm terribly impressed by the lineup of speakers at TieCon, not one of those speakers have impressed me...

Just a couple of years back, I'd blogged about how I paid $50 for a full tank . I try not to drive as much anymore, because, you know, stuff happens . But whoa, a NorCal town just reported $5/gallon for gas . Shoot. Yeah, I'm definitely going on a Ramen...

I'm here at TieCon listening to O'Reilly on a panel with Ashwin Navin from BitTorrent , Jaideep Singh from Spock , and Alex Welch from PhotoBucket . And yes, I'm a TieCon virgin (this is my first TieCon (surprisingly that's the first question I get asked...

Words can't describe how excited I'm about the launch of Popfly . Are you one of those people who wants to create a mashup but doesn't know what a mashup really is? Do you kind of silently nod along when people talk about web services or JSON or how to...

How much would you pay for a parking ticket? $20? $50? $60? How about $300? That's right - I just paid $340 for 2 parking tickets. Well, on the bright side, at least they eliminated the "convenience" fees. Because you know, it's really convenient to pay...

The new Zune commercial is soooooooo much better than the previous ones . The soundtrack playing in the background is a remix of MIMS ', " This Is Why I'm Hot ". Nice! :) Someone in Zune marketing is doing their job right. One of the Zune commercials...

I've gotten completely addicted to imeem . Its like, teh awesomes. So spool.fm has come along , looking an awful lot like imeem. I really don't know how they're trying to be different, feature-wise. But oh well, choice for consumers is a good thing, right...

Superstar MVP , Peter Kellner , has put together XamlWebPad . There's also SilverlightPad . " ai " Technorati tags: mvp , peter kellner , xamlwebpad , xaml web pad , xaml , silverlight , silverlightpad , silverlight pad

Planning on going to MakerFaire next weekend (5/19 and 5/20)? You * have * to stop by the Microsoft booth if you are. <strong><italics><underline><font color="red" size="64">Trust me</blah>. " ai " Technorati tags: maker...

Facebook Marketplace has gone live. Facebook is bringing Craigslist like features to its socialites. Is it just me or does this still look very Web 1.0-ish to you? Facebook could've done so much more, maybe categorize its listings a little better...

was this tune... " Breathe " by " Télépopmusik " " ai " Technorati tags: breathe , télépopmusik , mitsubishi eclipse

now playing in my head : " I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You ", Colin Hay , Garden State Soundtrack " ai " Technorati tags: colin hay , garden state , i just don't think i'll ever get over you

I suppose I'm not done with my MIX '07 reports yet. Day 3 was interesting... Reverse chronologically : I was waiting outside the Venetian to catch a cab to LAS when I saw 54375 people waiting in line to catch a cab to LAS. Needless to say, after a big...

I got the chance to interview a few people at MIX 07. Check it : Jeff Atwood and Anand Iyer on MIX, Silverlight, Blogging and Trends Anand Iyer catches up with Jeff Atwood of CodingHorror fame to talk about their experiences of MIX 07, Silverlight, Jeff...

Now playing in my head : Mishale, by Andru Donalds And you thought I was cooking this up. Hmph. Teh ai knows his music. " ai " Technorati tags: mishale , andru donalds

So here I was, standing outside the Metropolitan room, taking a break from StartupCamp (which is so awesomely awesome), lunching, when David Berlind from ZDNet pulls up right in front of me with his cameraman, and starts interviewing, Rich Green , exec...