That last post got me thinking... the tricky thing about buzzwords is that they are so often taken and used outside of any appropriate context. That's how you know when a buzzword is really hot -- when everyone and their mother starts dropping it in ...

Esther Dyson and David Vise take the stage, with David doing a little role playing, notably Bill Gates. When he asks if Microsoft is every going to do search right, Esther tells him to give up and do something else, because they're not going to w...

For the record, I'm David Berkowitz, not Microsoft SVP Steve Berkowitz. There was some confusion during the keynote Q&A. For the record, I'm also not

In no particular order, here are some of the hot topics I've been hearing about so far at the Summit, largely fueled by discussions last night over margaritas (so my memory might be a bit fuzzy): * Google-DoubleClick - what's going to happen? It's f...

After a great reception last night where I had the chance to see some old friends (David Berkowitz, Dan Perry, Lee Odden, Cam Balzer) I'm just desperately trying to finalize what I'm going to be talking about in just over an hour. One of the challeng...

So I am officially the human buzz-o-meter for the Search Insider Summit (for all the old school Cubs fans out there, I draw my inspiration from the Shawon-o-meter). At the last summit in November...