My friend and writing colleague Kiyong recently won first place in the Intel Indies Film Contest at Atom Films. A clever idea and no surprise the folks at Intel went for it. Great job Kiyong!

My coach sent me an article about “getting unstuck” from whatever it is holding me back. The main idea is “don’t resist your stuckness [because] it keeps you stuck.”

Here are three behavior changes suggested by the article’s author, Cheryl Richardson.

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In a recent Mactopia newsletter from Microsoft they offer a FAQ about running Office:Mac 2004 on the new Intel-based Macs. I love this one:

Q. Will you re-release Office 2004 for Intel-based Macs?

A. No. There are no plans to re-release Office 2004. With Rosetta, Office 2004 runs well on Intel-based Macs.

Um, okay. What have you people been doing in Redmond during the last year when you could buy a Mac-Intel developer machine for $1000? Maybe the Mac BU had some budget cuts.

The next Q&A is interesting:

Q. When will the next version of Office for Mac be available?

A. The next version of Office for Mac is under development, and we typically release a new version every two to three years. Although we are on track, making sure that our next version will run on the Intel-based Macs will likely require additional time in our development schedule. We will know more about our release date after we’ve thoroughly evaluated the Intel-based Macs, and have identified any changes we need to make so that Office for Mac runs smoothly on both PowerPC-based Macs and Intel-based Macs.

They should have been evaluating this last year. It must be a great gig working for the Mac BU with heads buried in the sand.

I can only hope the Mac-native version of OpenOffice comes out soon and be rid of any Microsoft software on my Mac.