- Google/Writely points to online/offline future (Phil Sim is putting out some excellent analysis these days, especially on the topic of Web Office. In this post he convincingly makes the

ETech 2006 has started and it's the one conference this year which people kept telling me I should be at (but oddly, no one offered to pay my airfare...). Oh

- 37Signals publish a PDF book ("DIY publishing: There’s a new sheriff in town." -- suggestion to 37Signals: create a product that enables other authors to DIY publish...) - Kottke

- How would you spend VC money if you could? (Matt McAlister lists his virtual shopping list -- publisher services is his top pick: "Understanding content and communities is the

- Apples rolls out new Intel Mac Minis, iPod Hi-Fi (the iPod Hi-Fi described by Steve Jobs as "a home stereo reinvented [...] for the iPod age")  - MediaPost: Mainstream

- Erik Benson goes "old man grey" (I knew he was wise beyond his years...) - Kevin Roberts' Sisomo (leading edge kiwi wows the marketing/advertising world again with a beautifully

- The Return of Mr Safe (like a geeky version of Inspector Clouseau, Mr Safe is one of the enduring characters of the tech blogging world... in this latest episode

- TechCrunch leads Silicon Valley Web renaissance (I miss the Gatsby mansion... fun times in Silicon Valley) - Brian Oberkirch interviews Umair Haque (a nice Bubblegeneration 101 on Umair's theories,

- Amazon Plans Music Service To Rival iTunes (nice opportunity for server-->device integration here... among the plans: Amazon-branded portable music players for retailers and a subscription service) - MySpace goes mobile

- The Evolution of Information Grazing (more cow metaphors) - James plays the field ("Grazing, on the other hand, is feed promiscuity. No commitment.") - Ross Levinsohn on Fox's Digital