Don't know who Jeff Sandquist is...?  Among many other things he is Robert Scobles' boss (do any of us envy him this role????????).  Jeff is also largely responsible for Newsgator Media Center Edition (which you can access from the Online Spotlight feature of Windows XP Media Center Edition).  Jeff introduced me to Greg Reinacker and convinced me Newsgator was worthy of our time and effort.  I hadn't heard of Newsgator at the time, had only recently been introduced to 'the blogosphere' and my cup (actually more of a bucket) was already running over working on some (fairly big name) partners at the time for the launch event.

I'm glad I paused and listened to Jeff and we chose to work with Newsgator.  As a result, I now enjoy all Channel9 videos (and a good bit of other *casting content) from the comfort of my couch.

Anywho, Jeff is putting together a blogger meetup.  I'll be there, Jeff -- and I'll try to bring a few others along with me.