Just finished watching Steveb talk (video will be up here in a bit) – at the University of Washington - about the cloud. He described “5 dimensions of the cloud”:

1. The cloud creates opportunities and responsibilities.
2. The cloud learns and helps you learn, decide and take action.
3. The cloud enhances your social and professional interactions.
4. The cloud wants smarter devices.
5. The cloud drives server advances that drive the cloud.

You can take a look at where Microsoft is and where we’re headed right here. We’re all in.

Also on stage was Blaise talking about Bing Maps – really to highlight how cloud services (such as maps) can be enhanced with (for instance) user generated information: geotagged blogs, photos etc. You can try that demo here: http://bing.com/maps/explore

Nice demo of Sky Player on XBox too.