To my people in Oxford, MS

Enough said.

Xbox 360 held hostage

Interesting take on the auction mania surrounding Xbox 360 from Todd Bishop.

Massive list of Google Services

Google Services Guide is a site maintaining a list of all of the shipping Google services to date. It is quite extensive- and a bit surprising- that there are so many services here. Check out the list. [Via A Welsh View]

New Article on Windows Workflow Foundation

Todd Kitta has written an article on Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) for DevX. Very interesting- I’m sure that Microsoft folks will be curious to see what Todd’s ideas are. Check it out.

Mark Cuban has it right again

Mark Cuban: “It’s the 2006 version of the Record Club. Instead of mailing a record or CD, they download to your harddrive. If you dont delete it, you bought it. And deleting a song is a lot easier than returning a CD.”
Great idea- I hope I live to see it.

What say you Agile folks?

Wesner comments on the Joel Test, which is a set of principles outlining how a software team should operate. Wesner wonders, as do I, what do agile folks think of this test?
UPDATE- Brad Wilson has responded here. Depending on your interpretation, it looks like the agilists scored 12 out of 12 here.

Props to the Xbox/Media Center teams

Chris Pirillo is giving props to the Xbox 360 and Media Center teams. Very cool.

Trouble with Bloglines

Scoble is reporting trouble with managing feeds in Bloglines. I’ve had this trouble myself. I’ve tried to use NewsGator’s online features, but that only seems to work great with the NewsGator feed reader. Any other suggestions for web-based feed managers?

Dilbertian blog

Scott Adams: “[F]ormer FEMA head Michael Brown is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm. Readers of Dilbert could have predicted this. If you’re infamous for being slow to act, your best bet is a job that bills by the hour.”
That is classic!

Business jargon- what do you think?

Ole Eichorn: “Do you hate business jargon as much as I do?”
Ole’s example of Live is one that I don’t agree with. Branding isn’t “business jargon”. At worst, it is pure marketing. I think Live does have greater meaning but that’s for each individual to interpret/decide.