Dennis Howlett pointed me to this weeks GillmorGang and I decided to give it another shot following my disappointment with last weeks edition. I switched that off after about 25 minutes of listening to egosrus. Dennis promised me this one was worth a listen given they talked about Live Mesh instead of themselves. He was right. Note to self – Dennis is good as sorting the wheat from the chaff in this increasingly noisy world on the web.

The chat was good – not just because it was about Mesh but because smart people were asking smart questions. Mike Arrington was kinda rude IMHO but hey-ho, what do I know. The rest of the gang made it a worthwhile listen for over an hour.

The show centred around Live Mesh and David Treadwell, Corporate Vice President of Live Platform Services was dialled in to answer questions. I met David a last month and he demonstrated Live Mesh to an internal audience I’d helped bring together. He impressed me a lot – like many in Ray Ozzie’s organisation, he was free from hyperbole and gave straight answers to straight questions. He was also incredibly easy to work with – no airs and graces from David.

He covered a wide range of questions on the GillmorGang and did so whilst maintaining a healthy respect for competitors and other Microsoft product groups.

Anyway, the full transcript is online as is the MP3 should you wish to download.