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Scoble agrees with Chris that the PDC was the "Blogging PDC". I don't. If that's what a blogging-based conference is all about, I'm really disappointed. Because of some last minute "stuff", I wasn't able to attend the PDC this year. Instead, I was hanging...

Someone’s going to figure this out soon, and for the sake of the industry, I hope someone jumps on it before those geniuses over at Amazon do. To be most successful, it’s going to take the cooperation of several competitors, which means it’s...

…thankfully, my Dad proved this to be not 100% accurate. He passed away quietly, surrounded by his family. I was able to spend several hours with him, closing up shop, so to speak, before he went. The earth is a darker place without you, Dad –...

This seems to be the buzz of the day – the new Desk Bar . I installed it, and so far I like it. I don’t like the “report to mothership” stuff, and I don’t like any app that does that, including the apps I used to work on...

This is a great RSS feed . We geeks can now impress our black mock-turtleneck-wearin’, Steve Jobs wannabee artsy-fartsy friends with our insightful understanding of the artwork found in the Louvre. Oh, and apparently it’s pronounced Loove...

A big thanks to Laura for her nice plug of our developer centers . They seem to have been pretty successful (lots of mentions, lots of traffic) since we launched them. Now we want to refine them – make them work for you even better. The big question...

Took the team to see Matrix3:Revulsions on Friday. I’m happy we went – now I have closure, and know that buying the mega-DVD set of the LOTR trilogy instead of this mess will be an ok thing. I’ve never seen a really good acid trip captured...

It’s great to see Hillel Cooperman’s blog now has a syndication feed attached . For those at the PDC last week, Hillel was showing off the forward-looking UI work on Longhorn – really cool stuff. Absolutely subscribed…