I just got home from an evening reception over in Bellevue for a Microsoft event I’ve been invited to tomorrow. They invited 14 people to come to Seattle and take part in talking about the next Mix conference. I was pleasantly surprised to be invited and one of the major draws was a Q&A session with Bill Gates for an hour today (it will be after midnight when I post this).

But after today, I’m really stoked for the event. Why? They invited some very interesting people to take part in this thing. Now I know people still think badly of Microsoft. It seems like people think of them as a character in a bad horror movie – the guy who seems nice but then turns out to be a killer at the end. That is no longer the case. Believe me, this is a new Microsoft. I know how crazy that sounds, but I promise you, we’re not dealing with the Microsoft of old here.

As I said, they invited a lot of interesting people. I got to talk with Liz Gannes, Shaun Inman and was briefly introduced to Jeremy Zawodny. Also in the group for tomorrow are Steve Rubel, Michael Arrington and Chris Pirillo among others. Consider me the ambassador for the Z-list.

It should be a really good time and I’m looking forward to some killer dialogue.

[tags]Bill Gates, Microsoft, Mix07[/tags]

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