I’m writing this in Las Vegas, on the second day of the Microsoft Mix08 conference. We asked around the table (last night at dinner) what was everyone’s favorite demo and announcement yesterday and I have to say that mine was Ray Ozzie’s keynote speech.
Ever since Ray came to Microsoft and was appointed heir to [...]

No not Marc’s Voice - but my physical voice.  Apparently its a by-product of the cold that has been going around teh Bay Area and my daughter brought home as a present to me.
The trick will be - “how do I do this panel this afternoon” - here at Mix08?
I can’t recall in all my [...]

Then Microsoft has a blog room party room for you to chill at.  Notice its not called the Bloghaus - but the Blogzone.  I would hate to think that Microsoft is stealing that name from anybody.
Room #3228 - on the 3rd floor of teh Venetian Towers.
See you there.

I’m not sure if you’re one of those Jews who pays attention to all the rules ( I certainly am not, am eldest son does) but I went to go find out when Passover (Pesach) was this year and got bombarded with all sorts of special exceptions:
I’ll spare you the details - here’s a quick [...]

One Topic: how much effort should be put into promoting open social networking issues at conferences?
That was the issue that sent me off on a tirade back when I wrote an Open letter to Dave McClure. Since then I have been approached by numerous people willing to help out in our efforts [...]

I’m headed to Vegas this week to hear the current propaganda du jour spewing from Microsoft’s collective mouth. This will be the third year in a row I’ve made this trek.
Mix06 was when we heard about MySpace utilizing MS technology and Vista.
Mix07 was when we first heard about Silverlight, and witnessed a MS without [...]