IBM commits $3.6 billion to drive chips to 14nm, staying at the top of the industry. http://ping.fm/tbQTC

Friday humor. http://ping.fm/QQqUA

An era ended when Steve Jobs retired from Apple but thank goodness we all still have Jeff Bezos at Amazon.

Today, Narita -> Incheon on United. People say Haneda is closer, but with the Narita Express makes NRT pretty easy.

Lower temperatures and the end of Setsuden have made Tokyo more livable this week. Good New York times article too. http://ping.fm/3yZ53

Oops, wrong link to the FT article. Here's the correct one. http://ping.fm/T2nn9

Goes nicely with an in-depth article on what's driving Hactivism from the Financial Times (no paywall) http://ping.fm/sfU0O

Excellent primer on digital threats from IBM just published. http://ping.fm/HMJzv

Off to Tokyo. United 881 today, this time from Chicago. Mild hangover from wedding reception. Need coffee.

Ugly moments in the debate last night. http://ping.fm/S23lo

Met Whitman supports Proposition 8, banning Same Sex marriage. http://ping.fm/VJhIH

Heading to the heartland for the weekend - off to Peoria.

You read the powerpoint. Now watch the movie. My presentation from PVSEC, straight to video! http://ping.fm/vBtk6

Props to my friend Mark Leno for giving us some of our privacy back. http://ping.fm/CFCwU

Sleepless night. Woke up, starting thinking about work. Cannot fall back asleep. Gave up at 2:20am.

Jill Puleri, IBM's Retail lead - very funny and insightful today. She knows we want skinny jeans, but shouldn't wear them.

Its so cute how they still sell paper books and magazines in airports.

It's official today: Don't Ask Don't Tell is history.

San Diego today (day trip) for the Smarter Commerce summit.

Awesome guide to social media. http://ping.fm/pOXIO

Secret lameness in Pandora's new HTML5 UI exposed: it still has elements of Flash and doesn't run without Flash. Ick!

Companies that invest in social business get a great ROI. New data from IBM. http://ping.fm/Ux4Dr

Heard on the street: "I refuse to believe that corporations are people until Texas executes one."

Mandatory workouts in IBM meetings? Yes!

Philips R+D chief talks skills and people strategy in Shanghai.

Shanghai! Speaking today at IBM's global HR & diversity conference here.

My favorite financial commentator Barry Ritholtz on Wall Street analysts - they're useless! http://ping.fm/uXdnz

NH1259 - Haneda to Shanghai

Azusa 9, Tokyo to Nagano

This is what happens when you watch Fox news. http://ping.fm/MjeCy

The end of an era: no more Starbucks coffee on United. :(

UA901 to San Francisco

River cruise of Hamburg to finish our PVSEC showing.

KL1781 back to Hamburg from Amsterdam

KL1667 to Amsterdam

SK3666 from Hamburg to Stockholm

ICE890 Berlin -> Hamburg

Tablets and smartphones everywhere at HTC.

Net TV enabled by IBM at the Philips booth.

Panasonic is showing home fuel cells and solar power gateways.

Panasonic goes on a fitness kick.

No connections at Sony.

Hands on with Sony's new tablets.

Hands on with Samsung's new note-taking phone.

Another perfect Berlin morning run. Spotted a fox in the park too.

Germany's economy minister talks Smarter Planet.

IBM acquisition engine revs up again. Today's second buy: Algorithmics.

On the Red Caroet with Miss IFA 2011

S+D guys all dressed up

Coverage of Samsung's IFA press conference. http://ping.fm/i5RgI

Pens are everywhere. Writing is the past & future of input. Samsung launches new phone designed for pen input.

IBM IFA booth under construction.