An interesting item that I read today at Scobleizer :
Microsoft coming out with a Videoconferencing product “Microsoft Office Roundtable“. Works with Communication Server 2007. A table top device that creates a panoramic 360 degree view of everyone that is in the conference room. Check out the devices in the Gallery page. Sounds very cool. Many places I have worked at, will benefit from such a technology. Folks no longer need to fly in to attend project or global support meetings.
Update: A new posting at Scobleizer. Cisco is releasing a Videoconferencing product called “Cisco Telepresence”. Robert has indicated that he has videos coming. Looking at the price, not sure how many organizations (that I have worked with) can afford one of them.
I am sure you have realized by now that I think Cory is the real geek. Check out his keynote address at ToorCon 8. He talks about DRM, RIAA, MPAA….He is amazing! Checkout that ring on his right hand. WICKED!!! 
Warning: This video is not the best quality. Its shaky at times!
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Another week, another blog…It has been one of those weeks at work. Do you ever feel you give your 100% and are not being rewarded for what you are worth? Do you look around and see yourself being stretched out? Do you have peers that seek your assistance and forget about you when you step in to help them out? All of that and much more kept me busy over the weekend. Had to do some “soul searching”.
I have been listening to the latest TWIT podcast. One thing that really got my attention is Leo’s mention of Anne Sweeney the CEO of Disney indicating that they recognize Piracy as a competitor. I am sure Cory is excited to hear that an organization such as Disney has recognized this and is working to address this by providing the consumers/the users with content that is more attractive and easy to use. I have heard Cory mention again and again that for a consumer to go and legally obtain content from a service provider, such service or content providers have to make their offering attractive and easily obtainable and flexible. Only then will it be a better choice for one to do obtain content, honestly. I am curious to hear Cory’s reaction to this. I am sure he will have more to add, more to put on the table for Disney and others to learn from, understand and adopt. Unfortunately he was not on TWIT 73. I am hoping he is on a TWIT session soon.
We got our 1st snowfall of the season here in the upper Wisconsin area. It has been brrr…. cold (for me). Another extremely busy week coming ahead. Working to build some new SQL Clusters for our Non-PROD environments. It requires working sessions with our DBA team, to formulate and agree upon a common build spec. I prefer being very specific and like to buildout a cluster exactly to match a baseline. I am not sure how successful I will be in getting these new servers built out to the way I’d prefer it. I am going to try hard, hopefully other matters do not pull me away from this effort. As its said, quality and quantity don’t go well together…Until next week! Take Care…
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