This past week went by quickly, but a lot of my time was spent at VON Canada, Jeff Pulver's famous conference which held its first ever Canadian edition of the show (more about interesting happenings at this event in another entry).  Hence, Technology Futurist could not keep up with the flurry of activity during this eventful week.

One noteworthy development was Bill Gates' comments on blogging technology this part Thursday.  In his keynote speech delivered at the 2004 Microsoft CEO Summit, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told some of the world's biggest moguls about the blog phenomenon.  The annual gathering at the Microsoft Redmond campus brings together distinguished business leaders such as Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Michael Dell, Barry Diller, Carly Fiorina, Gerald Grinstein and Stephen Riggio, among others.