I just got back from a couple of days away from the Internet. While catching up on things, I found out that Om Malik had a heart attack last week. Get well Om - you'll have to make some changes in your lifestyle now.

With the holidays, I've been distracted and haven't posted. I'll be back soon as we get set for CES. I'm watching CES from a safe distance - San Jose. There will be enough reporters and bloggers and analysts there that I can cover more territory by reading their reports than I could on foot at the show.

I got an iPod Touch for Christmas and hope to spend more time with it. The interface is very interesting, but I see more work that needs to be done to make touch screens more useable - Apple's work is not done yet.