Lenn Pryor: "evangelism, dogma, rhetoric, and believing." Now you know why I love working for Lenn. Evangelists must keep their credibility above all else. How do you keep your credibility? By showing you are an authority on the topic. I love having a boss who shows me cool stuff I can do with Windows. How does he learn all sorts of tricks in Windows? He tries stuff out. Learns the system inside and out.

For a bonus, he links to Guy Kawasaki (who has a list of rules for open source evangelists). We're all really just following in his footsteps, you know.

See ya at the Seattle weblogger meetup tonight. Everyone is invited.

Microsoft's ISV Show: Mobility.

Chee Chew and Clark Butler from Microsoft's Mobile Devices Division discuss Microsoft target scenarios and ideas for partner solutions. Suhas Uliyar, Chief Technology Officer of Dexterra, provides insight into what it takes to succeed as a mobility startup. Adrian Smith, a principal at Ignition Partners, provides the venture capital perspective on which mobility areas present the greatest opportunity.

It's a tablet theme night tonight. Here Wired Magazine shows how the San Jose Sharks use a Tablet PC to look at video of their hockey games.

Thanks to Christopher Coulter for sending me a bunch of Tablet PC news tonight.

Ahh, the VCs pockets are starting to open for Tablet PC software developers. $16 million goes to Dexterra.

"We bet the company on Microsoft," said Loughan. "And you know what? It was a damn good decision."

Anyone else wanna make a bet? Like I said, there is a tidal wave of opportunity coming toward ISVs. Who's next?

Congrats to the Windows Server 2003 team for playing a part in setting a new Internet Land Speed Record. I2-LSR Record: 68,431 terabit-meters per second. Whew.

BBC: Do babyblogs violate children's privacy?

OK, nice sensationalistic article, but why not give some solutions? There are many ways to password protect Web sites so that only your family can get in. This makes it seem like the press is interested only in sensationalism and not solutions.