During last week's wonderful mesh meet-up, Leesa Barnes worked the crowd with her digital recorder and microphone doing a series of podcast interviews. She did a terrific job talking to a whole bunch of people about what they were excited about on the Web these days. We've posted some of them on the mesh Web site for your listening pleasure. Thank you, Lisa, for being so enthusiastic. You really added an amazing component to the evening. And thank you for your very nice blog post the other day.

I've been a long-time Windows user and, for the most part, been a happy camper. Despite a steady campaign from my brother-in-law, I've never considered a move to the Mac side of the house...until I started using a MacBook. Whether it's the novelty, the fact the MacBook is super-fast, or whether the Mac is just a better way to go, I've become a convert. The biggest challenge is getting hold of all the software (e.g. Mac for Office) that I had in my library. I've been playing around with 1Passwd as a password manager but still far from convinced it's better than Roboform. I've also got to play with QuickSilver some more to figure out how to take advantage of what it has to offer. That said, the MacBook is a joy. Any tips on software, features, secrets, etc. would be much appreciated.

This being U.S. Thanksgiving, CNet used the lull in the news cycle to publish a, well, provocative list of the leading 10 "geeks girls". In organizing the mesh conference, we've had plenty of discussions about having having women involved on the stage as opposed to yet another event dominated by middle-aged white guys who really, really need to visit the gym. Fellow mesh-ite, Rob Hyndman, offers some thoughts, including some suggestions about who should really be on the list.