January 24, 2005
I've been. . .
out of town
And I'm glad to report that some of the bloggers I read regularly are, and I'm
not making this up, Human! (http://www.chrispirillo.com/
, http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/
, http://blogs.msdn.com/jobsblog/
,
http://evelynrodriguez.typepad.com/ , and more!)
I had the pleasure of helping Robert Scoble (http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/)
celebrate his 40th birthday at what was indeed the "Cheesy-est" birthday party
ever.
Guests were encouraged to bring a hunk of cheese to the party and it was amazing
the number of different forms, textures and tastes that arrived. I had the
opportunity to meet many people who blog's I read and some podcasters I listen
to, many people who don't do either. I even had my Tarot cards read by Halley
Suitt (http://halleyscomment.blogspot.com/)
while sitting on Scoble's infamous "Red Couch". Happy 40th! Dude and many more!
On the day job
front. . .6 months at Microsoft
I just recently celebrated the occasion of my first 6 months at Microsoft. I
continue to be blown away by how friendly, smart and "non-evil" everyone is. As
a long-time competitor, especially in the late 1970's and early 1980's when I
was in the compiler business, and subsequently as the Director of Research and
Development at Digital Research (the CP/M company), Microsoft seemed like
somewhere I'd never want to work. Boy was I wrong! I do think that all of the
blogging being done has helped even me to see that there are just regular people
who share the same passions, desire to make people's lives easier and every-day
attributes with me. I'm having the opportunity to work with some wonderful
customers and on some new technologies I will be able to talk more about in
another 6 months…stay tuned
Podcast of the
day. . .
Exdrunkalog
http://www.calebism.com/wordpress/
Subtitle: Sobriety and its discontents
This isn't normally the kind of content that I would probably choose but as one
of the moderaters at the podcast-review group on Yahoo, I'm listening to many
very interesting things, this is one very good example.
The content is well produced and thoughtful and thought-provoking.
Manic Minute Recommendation: Listen, Think, repeat
And that's your Manic Minute for January 24th, 2005
8:42:03 AM 
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