Is it really expected that our current administration would worry about 10 million Iraqi refugees when they're working so hard to impose economic sanctions on their own country's bottom 90%.

I've been sitting watching the Steve Jobs' MacWorld Keynote. And as much as I like Apple, I really think that Steve's RDF is either:

• starting to run thin.
• not transferrable via MP4 stream

My summary of it is:

• people have upgraded to OS X.
• If I skied I could get a jacket that costs more then my iPod to put it in.
• all the apps they've been trying to get us to use (iTunes, iPhoto, etc.) they will continue to try to get us to use....but now they're going to make us use all of them....I actually think this is cool, but not the amazing news its made out to be.
• They think that futzing with bookmarks makes a browser innovative.
• I can get another version of Powerpoint for $99.
• ok...the new TiBook is cool.
• g is faster than b. (802.11, that is.)
• My understanding is thar most Firewire devices are really IDE drives in Firewire enclosres, and therefore limited to IDE speeds...if that's the case, is Firewire 800 that much more compelling? Or am I behind, and they've started to make real FW drives now?
• I like the new ad.
• damn...I need a new hard drive for either my backups or my MP3 collection...I was hoping they would finally release a standalone stereo component (with expandable HD) so I could stop using my Mac for that...I guess I'll have to get the drive, though.

Dave is giving up on VCs. I was pretty much there already, but from the other direction, I don't think the need for VC is there for most businesses. However, Dave Winer is going into education. I can only hope he's not doing that in order "to find another way to finance the leading edge". Education (specifically higher education) is increasingly dominated by the same big corporate interests that caused the bubble...there's not likely to be much of a better situation coming out of there unless they get away from focusing on profits and back to focusing on research and learning.