Micro Persuasion

For those of you not familiar with Think Weeks, they're a legendary part of what has made Bill Gates so successful. Twice a year Gates heads off solo to a cabin in the woods of Washington to ponder where technology is heading. He noshes lightly, guzzles lots of Diet Orange Crush and reads dozens of papers that Microsofties have submitted in advance to his technical assistant. The Wall Street Journal recently took a peek behind the scenes of this fascinating exercise. It looks like Scoble is on a similar track as he transitions jobs.