doesn't understand the rationale of people who force you to know their email to add them on LinkedIn; what's the point of joining a biz network and then limiting which potential clients / employers can add you?

And why you shouldn't have a resume at all:

http://ping.fm/Q5Xj5

Resume advice from Apple co-founder Guy Kawasaki:

http://ping.fm/f3wEd

Currently using Ping.fm to update my Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, FriendFeed, and even my blog, all at once, testing

Who will make our Next PC?

With Dell fading into obscurity to be replaced by HP & Acer, a few big questions remain: who will make your next PC, which OS will it use, and how will you pay for it, with cash or an internet subscription?

This year will be a big one for Apple: a new "iPad" media device, and/or Verizon wlan Netbooks are likely under development, as well as OLED iphones & Macbooks, Snow Leopard (a faster performing Mac OS), Cocoa (iphone programming language for Mac), and more, not to mention multicore processing and API's in Snow Leopard & Iphone through OpenCL support, a new iPhone SDK, and a multi-core iPhone for multitasking. None of this will significantly challenge MS domination of the consumer sector in the short-term, however, b/c of one word: price. Apple can't necessarily afford to release a full-powered Macbook costing $1000 for the $500 price of a similarly equipped Windows PC. Sources tell me that Intel can't make money on a $300 computer, therefore Apple certainly can't.

There is one possibility in overcoming Apple's price problem: outsourcing the sales of hardware to AT&T, Verizon and others, who can cut the cost of the laptop in exchange for 2 years of internet service.

There's a lot of advantage to this "hardware as a service" model beyond savings: you can afford to upgrade your hardware more often, so there might be opportunity to increase PC sales volume.

But there is still the question of whether Android or Apple netbooks, both subsidized by wireless carriers, can compete with Windows 7 netbooks on price, stability and application support any time soon. Apple's built-in apps are integrated but don't offer as many options as Windows if you don't like the built-in apps. Googles apps are even better, but they lack an outside developer base or App Store (for the moment).

MS true test in Enterprise still lies in the Cloud,however, with tempting products like Silverlight, Azure & Live mesh still floundering, but Windows 7 and later, Office 2010 online, and Win Server 2008 R2 will solidify MS presence in the enterprise in the short-term.

So the question remains: Windows machines are likely to dominate the business sector for some time.

But in the consumer space, will your next PC be made by an American company like Apple & HP, or Taiwanese company like Acer? Will it use a Cloud-based OS like Android or a terrestrial one like Windows 7 & Mac OSX? And will you actually need to purchase it?