Just to kick the blog a bit

I've got about a half-dozen blog posts in the Draft drawer, but every time I get halfway through a thought, Real Life and the Job™ get in the way and steal away all of my attention. Plus, lately, I've been stuck in the majority of my waking hours in front of a recalcitrant (at best) Windows machine with so many security restrictions in place, I'm surprised it takes my password AT ALL.

I've also looked into a few other blogging/web space alternatives, in the hopes of removing some other barriers that prevent me from getting into any sort of compositional groove. There has been limited success, especially since it feels like I have to run the gauntlet of three services over what looks to be the span of a workweek to get everything migrated anywhere else than where it is right now to get things fixed up. This isn't inertia; it's stasis. A few topics I do want to cover, though, that are not easily summarized in a 140-character Twitter post are...

Why Twitter's Winning (this may be my "re-state the obvious" post, but I hope to shed my own light on some parts)

Apple, Dyson and Nintendo - Fearlessly Owning Their Niches A few of the common threads I've seen in product design and top-level focus that seems to be lacking everywhere else.

...and maybe a few reviews along the way. Also thinking about a video podcast/screencast or two, and tempted by the MobileMe account I still hang on to for some reason even though it often seems to dare me to use it.

More later, as it develops...