Jeremy Zawodny says Yahoo is hiring. I love this quote: "No lame PR-sounding fluff stories here."

I'm so suprised that the rest of the industry has really not gotten that Microsoft's hiring folks, Gretchen, Heather, and Zoe are seeing success in hiring people through the "Technical Careers @ Microsoft."

Zoe, Gretchen, and Heather should get raises for increasing the visibility of recruiting in the technical community.

By the way, they tell me we have thousands of open jobs right now.

Citizen journalism: Barnaby James takes pictures at the site of an explosion at a Los Gatos auto mall.

Another Jason Calcanis property has reports from the Detroit Auto Show. Lots of photos.

Tonight I'll be watching Extreme Home Makeover to see if Sean Alexander shows up on air. If you remember, the TV show called my cell phone and asked for help. Sean took over and did a great job. Sean has some of the story here, more after we see the final show.

Hot diggity. Andrew Davey, over in the UK, got one of these new SmartPhones (he got the Orange, which is pretty much the same as what I got). He wanted an iPodder for his SmartPhone, so he coded his own: iPodderSP.

Before I go wack Maryam with snowballs, I see that MSN has a video download site. A coworker just told me that it's a great place to get video for my new SmartPhone.

Here's a site that has a few video streams (Fox Sports News, MSNBC, CNBC, Weather Channel) for your SmartPhones. Oh, this is cool.

Ahh, looks like Cingular is gonna sell the Audiovox 5600 phone that I have an love.

It snowed again here last night. It makes everything look so neat. But Maryam is tearing me away from the computer to have a snowball fight. Seeya!

Has anyone tried out the Promixis NetRemote? This turns a Tablet PC, PocketPC, or a laptop into a remote control for your TV. Thanks to Steve Makofsky for telling me about it.

I have other things to do today, but will try it out soon.

Scot Finnie joins the list of people who say that Microsoft is the new IBM.

There's a lot of employees here working very hard to listen to customers. But, don't take my word on it. Watch what we do over the next 12 months. And feel free to look at how we're listening to customers.

But, this is a challenge to us. Both, we're not being seen as being good listeners. We're not being seen as moving fast anymore. That's a perception we must change.

Scott Hanselman has a nice list of Tablet PC applications.

Scott, did you ever see Lora Heiny's list over at Tablet PC Post?

Doc Searls answers Russell Beattie.

I've been thinking about this a bit. There are a few places where I see software playing a part in consumer electronics:

1) On your wrist. Spot watches, etc.

2) In your pocket. The Windows Media Devices, iPods, Rios, etc, and cell phones compete for your pocket.

3) The coffee table. Lately more and more homes I've gone into have a laptop or a Tablet PC sitting on their coffee table. Playing pictures, or used like I'm using one right now -- I'm sitting on the red couch watching TV while doing surfing, reading, and communicating.

4) The TV/entertainment center. I look across my family room and see an old 32-inch TV. I desperately want to get a bigger screen, but can't afford one. Someday, though, I'll get a bigger HDTV screen. But, already attached to my screen is an Xbox and a Comcast PVR that's running Microsoft software. I am considering a Media Center Xbox extender (and a Media Center for the office)

5) Office computer/home server. Upstairs is our office. Maryam works at home. So, she gets upstairs. We need a server so that we can share files (I work at home sometimes on my Tablet PC. In fact, right now she's doing email upstairs and I'm downstairs on Tablet PC).

6) Car PC. In fact, in cars, there are two possibilities. One is an in-dash PC, mostly for listening to podcasts or GPS navigation. The other is a "rear seat" PC that is mostly for playing DVDs for the kids.

7) Embedded devices. Did you see the digital sewing machine on Engadget?

Anyway, Doc says that there's no way that consumers will buy a PC to hook up to their TV.

Hmm. I disagree. After having a Tivo, now a Comcast PVR, and soon to have a Media Center in my house, I couldn't imagine TV without a PVR. It's just a matter of time before most consumers get that too.

But something is changing the mix: HDTV. With HDTV you have a screen that can do more and that's where a PC will shine.

But, here's what I really want: A Tablet PC on my coffee table that is hooked up via either BlueTooth, WiFi, or infrared to my home entertainment center.

I can't stand choosing programs on my TV. The remote control is just such a bad place for interactivity. A Tablet PC would make so much more sense for choosing shows that you want to record and all that.

Some things that a PC would support very well? Well, Maryam and I travel every two weeks so we need a way to tell our TV -- remotely -- to record shows. Plus I'd love to share recordings with myself when I'm remote and away from the TV. For instance, we were gone for two weeks over Christmas. I would have killed to see West Wing and other shows. My brother-in-law doesn't have a PVR and we were never home during prime time.

And we haven't even gotten into all the futuristic stuff like home-automation systems (I'd like to see a video of everyone who comes to my front door, or be able to turn on and off lights remotely via the Internet).

If I have a Media Center hooked up to my TV I'll also be able to move video from my TV onto my SmartPhone (Greg Reinacker, founder of NewsGator, for instance, has the same phone I do and he showed me that he had moved West Wing onto his phone and was able to watch that on the five-hour plane ride across country).

When I see the home I can dream about a place that follows me no matter where I go. My photos, music, video, phone calls, should all be available to me no matter whether I'm sitting on my red couch or the couch in your home. That kind of vision isn't here yet, but the pieces are there so that I can see it coming together over the next few years.

Do you agree with Doc that PCs will never get outside of the home office? What will it take to get the mainstream to want a PC on their HTDV screen?

Phil Haack almost had me putting another $5 in the donation jar. But I'm so vain I'm not gonna give up that easily. Heh!

Brian Bailey's tips almost got me too. They are getting lots of comments around the Web.

Dave Winer and Adam Curry were hoodwinked by "Madge." Be warned, adult language in that link. But then this Madge guy pretended to be a transexual or something like that.

Jason Calacanis: An Open Letter to Steve Jobs (or, shutting down our Apple blog).

Yes, this one is worth $5 in the donation jar. We're up to $35 now.

For those who don't know who Jason is, he's the guy who founded the company that hosts both Engadget and Mark Cuban's blog, among other things. Engadget is seeing 250,000 visitors per day.

Jeremy Zawodny at Yahoo talks about switching from Mac to Windows. Interesting insights.

Dude, you need to join the "inkernet" and try out a Tablet PC for a few weeks with OneNote and the other cool stuff for Tablet.