I have this observation to

I have this observation to make: Tim O'Reilly is a fucking genius.

Beth is a blogging machine,

Beth is a blogging machine, I can see her about 8 feet from me, typing quickly on her tablet PC. She's got some great live coverage of Gnomedex, so if you're wondering what's going on here, check out her site.

Hmm, I don't see Rob

Hmm, I don't see Rob Malda anywhere around, but Slashdot won't let me access the RSS feed, it says I'm abusing the feed by requesting it too often. What's really happening is about 150 people are online from one IP address, using NAT, so it just LOOKS like I'm abusing it.

Dan Gillmor is talking now,

Dan Gillmor is talking now, he's another smart guy, who really GETS weblogs, after Dvorak made it painfully obvious that he did not. They're not all about people's cats. I don't even own a cat. Gillmor is right about the need to verify things they post, and even has the Kaycee debacle mentioned in his slides.

John C. Dvorak is on

John C. Dvorak is on now: "I'd use a Mac [like Tim O'Reilly] but I can't afford one."