Tonight I was honored to participate in a delightful dinner at Hotel Monaco in San Francisco, hosted by our friends from PwC.  Ironically, the first topic of conversation around our table was started by Danielle Butke, whom I have known for several years.  Back in June, 2006, I posted on this blog a less-than-flattering photo I took of her taken at the Catalyst Identity Management conference.  I later posted a better photo, but apparently, Danielle has been the subject of a lot of ribbing over the years from her PwC colleagues because of those photos, so she requested tonight that I remove the photos from my  blog.  I am pleased to report that all photos of Danielle have been successfully removed from this blog and my Flickr account.  All that remains are mysterious frames where Danielle’s face used to grace the pages:

But around the dinner table, we agreed that I needed to replace the photos.  We chose Rex Thexton, PwC Identity Management guru extraordinaire, to replace Danielle on my blog.  So here is Rex on the left, striking his best “Velocity” pose. 

Plus, for good measure, on the right is my Oracle colleague Joe Palastro, who happened to be sitting next to me and somewhat reluctantly agreed that I could post his photo.

Sorry about the the grainy photos, but what more can an iPhone offer?

Thank you, my good friends, for a delightful evening and memories!

Here is to a great year ahead of us!

Thanks to my friend Andre Koot from the Netherlands who introduced me today to the WeTab 11 inch tablet computer, based on the MeeGo operating system.  It isn’t available in the US now, but shows some real promise.

I’ll certainly be tracking this as I gear up to buy my first tablet this year.

iPad 2 to Have SD Card Slot & Qualcomm Chip [RUMOR].

Sign me up for both iPad 2 and iPhone 5!

Such interesting advice from a child …

Brilliant idea, Crazy Eddie!

But maybe so-called social networks can be anti-social as well.  Have you seen any anti-social behavior on Facebook or Twitter?

NASA: ISS Crew in space observe national moment of silence.

Great to see that respect for the victims of last Saturday’s violence extends beyond our traditional boundaries.

BBC NEWS | Camels’ milk could hit UK shelves.

My son lived for two years in Mongolia.  We enjoyed the photos he sent of himself riding on camels and of camels hauling wood into little town where he lived.  It would be great to see camel milk to become a growing export for the impoverished Mongolians.

Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans – Tech Talk – CBS News.

Do we really want the President – or any federal official – establishing our personal Internet ID’s?  Sounds like government over-reach to me.

I am experimenting with various ways to create posts from my iPhone. This post emenated from the WordPress iPhone app.

A day in the life of a sales consultant …

… but today, I am very grateful to be one.