Microsoft showed this off recently... what our future might look like in 2019

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I recently ordered the Mimo 710 USB powered 7" LCD monitor and I have to admit its a great addition to my setup.



I can throw this monitor in my backpack with either of my 2lb laptops when I am on the road and have expanded screen real estate - which allows me to read PDFs, scan faxes, or review documents in one screen while I work on the response document on the main monitor of the laptop.

At only $129 for the 710 model (ohter models have web cams and touch screens), the screen is a good value, and it is very versatile when you spin its 800x480 resoluion potrait or landscape.

When its at the office, I dock my outlook calendar in that screen, always having it available to schedule appointments.

As always, screen technology continues to evolve, but this should tide me over until Sony releses their virtual monitors.

Although I would like to be an avid runner, I orignally purchased my Nike+iPod for walks and hikes and more for the iPod controls than the workout tracking feature.

This ski season (our family has had 17 days of skiing and counting!) I wanted to be able to hook

Giro Ski helmets speakers into my iPhone.

But what I found was that I was pulling my iPhone out of my ski pockets to change songs, and since I had thick gloves on, this seemed a likely way to drop my iPhone in the snow.

So I pulled my old iPod Nano out of the drawer, hooked up the Nike+iPod control bracelet and tucked the nano in a secure pocket.

Now I can listen to my tunes, pause them and adjust the volumne all from my wrist.

Microsofts Technet
What Microsoft is telling IT proffesionals
and Microsofts press releases on Window 7

I think this quote summarizes what so many are pursuing:

The size of the future you actually experience will largely be determined by one factor: the people you choose to connect with. When you invite people who are truly committed to growth into every aspect of your life, your own potential for growth becomes truly unlimited
-- Dan Sullivan

But I also think that too many people have forgotten what it means to "connect" - its not a matter of forwarding a LinkedIn request, but actually getting to know someone - their abilities, hopes, dreams, aspirations, and what makes them perspire during the day... most of which is missing from the sterile technology based social network.

The question is - who will create it?