On Saturday Maryam and I took a Ferry over to have lunch with Julie and Ted Leung (among others who she invited for a blogger lunch). She writes in her blog that she chose "exile" on Bainbridge Island. I totally understand. We love visiting the island. Although I think I'd miss being around the hustle and bustle of Seattle and Redmond.

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Oh, oh. There's a downside of being listed on Microsoft's Community Blogging Portal. If I post a whole lot (like I do at nights) I kick everyone off of the page. So, I might have to change the format or remove myself from the portal. I don't want to contribute noise to that site, since I'd expect that people who visit there might want to hear from someone other than me.

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David Coursey, of eWeek, is afraid of Microsoft's vision. Plus, he wants us to take everyone into the center for information work. Sounds like a good job for Channel 9.

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Kunal, the guy who built the technology that makes my link blog possible, is up to new Tablet PC-focused tricks with his InkableType software.

Yeah, I've been keeping my link blog up.

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The BOA is out, says Sebastien Lambla.

I caught wind of this little hoax when I met Don Box at the Spiderman movie. He told me about getting together with a group of developers at TechED, having a bit too much of the loopy fluid, and coming up with the next "new thing" for enterprise developers.

I thought about outing them, but decided against it. For one, it would be an interesting way to study how the blog system would self correct. It didn't. The pros figured it out first, that I can figure, at least. Orlowski over at the Register and Foley over at Microsoft Watch both called it out (not to mention eWeek's Spenser the Katt).

In hindsight. It was a mistake to do this. Why? Credibility. Next time the bloggers try to get something going it'll be tougher cause everyone will ask themselves "am I being BOA'd?"

That said, I think there needs to be a place in the world for having some fun. The BOA thing cracked me up.

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