Last night a friend tipped me off to a video he said I must watch. Being that Finley (my youngest) had a 103 temperature and I had just come back from a Lab School meeting in which I wanted to strangle the parent educator, I wasn't too keen on watching some doofus talk about Identity 2.0 or anything having to do with Web 2.0 or anything with 2.0 on the end of it whatsoever. However, you know where this is going, I decided I'd give Dick Hardt 30 seconds to impress me with his talk and if I wasn't impressed then the laptop was going to be shut down for the rest of the evening.

It didn't take 30 seconds, the first 10 seconds had me [well the first 10 seconds after the introduction by the moderator]. Dick's talk was quite impressive and well thought out. It's perhaps one of the best talks I've seen given in quite some time and I encourage all of you to take a look at it. I also encourage you to learn more about Sxip as well as think about the web services / api movement we're in right now. The internet is a shifting and it's not just the ad spend and marketing that's shifting, it's the whole focus of data, where it's stored, how it's used and who's controlling it. Dick Hardt's talk will get you thinking a bit about it but after you see his talk you need to think about the mechanics of it and that's when your mind will really begin to see where we're going online and where your VC dollars and market research needs to be applied.

Ping me with any questions you have with regards to the mechanics, I'd be happy to see and respond to them.

Hello, Jason's readers...Shannon (the wife) here to chat for a minute, so pull up a nice piece of comfy cozy something (like Piper would say) and get comfortable. I know how much Jason loves his blog, but he loves me more so he gave me permission to post this. What a guy, that Jason, and so sexy. Did you know that when he was little he wanted to spell his name J-A-S-I-N? Anyway, here you go...

So, I have written about the "school" that Piper and Finn attend, Lab School and something really exciting is happening at our school. We are raising money for a new playground for our facility. The main fundraiser is a Wine and Cheese party this weekend that sounds like it's going to be really fun. There will be a wine tasting and raffle and music and everything and it is at the home of one of our lab school families, and let me just say their home is BEAUTIFUL.

So, you are all invited and Jason and I will be there and if you don't want to attend or are busy for some reason, consider making a donation. We have a sponsor that is matching the money we raise up to $10,000. cool, see you there...I'll be the drop-dead grogeous one, right.

Some people think this is big news but it's really not a shocker at all. Allegedly, Pat Martin, The CEO of WebSourced resigns [so says SEW forums]. People are talking about it but come on, is it really that big of a surprise? Revenues for THK are at all time highs but the profit margins are at all time lows, doesn't take a math wizard to figure out that can't last long. I may have more to say on this later but I'm biting my tonge for now.