Go ahead -- Rip my blog! (And web IM me, too)
That is, if you like my blog. 
I've added a couple new gadgets a little ways down the right hand column of the blog.
The first is a Popfly gadget of my blog. Why a gadget of my blog on my blog? Sort of redundant, no? Well, yes. But, if you like the blog you can use the Popfly gadget to grab the "embed code" of the Popfly gadget itself and put it where ever you'd like to see it -- Spaces, FaceBook, or any web page that accepts an html paste.
This way, instead of just having a static blogroll link, you could actually let people scroll through my blog posts right from your site. Now, I wouldn't expect anyone to have too many of these -- screen real estate and page load times would both get out of hand. Even so, for a blog that you really like, this is pretty cool.
If anyone out there wants me to put their Popfly blog gadget on my side bar, just embed mine and leave a link in the comments to where I can grab yours. If you don't have one, it takes about 5 minutes to create. (Maybe 15 minutes if you watch the entire "how to" video!) I'll do 3 at a time, and rotate them if there's more interest. Should be fun!
Second, I added the Windows Messenger IM control. Now, you can IM me right from my blog page to say things like "What the heck do you know about Apple's business strategy -- they just opened the iPhone and Mac sales were up!" You can use your Windows Live ID, or just remain anonymous. Your messages will pop up in my Windows Live Messenger client, just as if you were on your own Messenger client! And if you don't want to IM me, but just want to know my presence - that's there, too. Very cool!
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About john.mullinax
John Mullinax is a Platform Strategy Advisor with Microsoft's DPE Team. Before joining Microsoft in 2006, John held a vartiety of positions at Ford Motor Company, most recently leading IT services strategy to support explosive business growth in China. Other positions included: Enterprise Architect, Application Portfolio Management, Technology Governance, and Product Manager. Prior to joining Ford, John earned his MBA at the University of Washington. Before that, he was Director of Elections for Douglas County, Washington, where he conducted the first Federal mail-ballot election in the USA. Subsequently, he joined the Secretary of State's office as a consultant working with county election officials in Washington state to improve operational effectiveness, integrity, and security (aka, to prevent the kind of debacle we saw in Florida in 2000).
