A Good Day for Techies and Geeks
If you're a techno-phile curious about what's ahead, feast your eyes today on news of Microsoft's coming innovation, the Ultra-Mobile PC (featured in today's most-cited link), the prototype result of the long-awaited Origami Project (today's No. 15 top link). Microsoft's official press release about the go-anywhere, connect-anywhere, handheld PC ranks No. 27 today among top links, and Intel's companion announcement ranks No. 26. Microsoft's Channel 9 blog also has a brief blurb.
What time is it?
Maintaining the high-tech theme, today's No. 9 top blog post from ProductDose.com features the Top 10 Geek Watches, with eclectic nods to James Bond, Frank Gehry, Mr. Gadget and the Stanley (Tools) Ruler Watch. Timely discussion ensues.
Occupational buzz
A BlogPulse reader e-mailed recently and suggested a Trend Graph that plots "buzz" about various professions, so we gave it a whirl on several fronts (and will feature others in coming weeks). First, journalist vs. blogger vs. pundit:

And secondly, jobs in the news recently: coal miner vs. longshoreman/port worker and Enron executive.

Posted by Sue MacDonald at March 10, 2006 11:36 AM